El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-17
To RAISE $4,000
FOR RED CROSS
Finance Committee Plans
Dances and Other Enter
tainmentS to Get Funds.

First steps were taken Monday arte--
noon by the finance committee of the
Red Cross in FL Paso TO raise a fund
OF $4,000 for Red Cross purposes a
meeting OF the finance committee WAS
held Monday afternoon in the Office
Of a. Z. Coles. with MI Coles Iresid-
ing. and the following members OF the
committee taking part. A. j. Coles.
W. W. Turney. ". l. Gaines. =. g. VIII
marth. Winchester Cooley and Herman
Andreas
The committee was organized With
the following Officers. Chairman. A
P. Coles: vice chairman. ". w. Tu.ney:
treasurer, ". l. Games. secretary J.
G. Wilmarth-
II was suggested 10y Ar. coles chat
arrangements be made Tor g lawn party
AT Washington park within the next
week or Ten days Offers were made
by Mrs. \ p. Coles. Mrs. j. T. VII
lams. John A aspper, Mrs .t- .e-s
Davis and Mrs Charles Davis 10 make
the arran gements for the lawn party.
and the offer was accepted. The dance
probably VIII be in the nature OF a
spring festival with a MAY pole feature.
Dances and May Festival Planned.
Benefit dances also are planned by
The committee. TO add to the Red
Cross fund. 4 committee composed
of ". /. Gaines and J. c. Wilmarth
was appointed 10 arrange with the
Country club directors for dance 10
De given at the Country club for the
benefit of the Red Cross. Othcr so-Icl
organizations IN the city are eNn=ctc.
TO assist in raising the Red Cross
fund Messrs- a. p. Coles and "a.
Cooley were appointed 20 couf"-
with the Tcitec club and Herman
Andreas is TO confer with the Elks- In
the event that spring festival Is held
children OF the public schools viii be
asked to take part and q committee Of
women is to be named later to take
charge of that feature.
All military bands and all other
bands IN the city VIII De aiuVIted 20
cooperate with the committee in this
work a committee composed of W
Cooley and H. Andress was appointed
TO arrange for the bands
Contributions ranging 10 So are be-
ing received by the committee for the
Red Cross and any member of the
committee VIII receive any contribu-
ton Fl Pasoans may wish 10 make for
me cause
DIR. ". l. Brown Gives Plans.
Dr.. ". J.. Brown laid before the com
mittee this concise statement OF Red
Cross needs and plans
Many have asked why the army did
not prepare to take care OF ;heir owl
its own wounded and give them every
necessary attention during battle In
order TO do this only one man OUT of
five would be carrying gun The
other four would be attached 20 the
medical department, hospital depart
ment, ambulance corps and transporta-
ton department Consequently the
great necessity may be seen that exists
for a humanitarian orEa nization like
the Red Cross.
The presidents first call IS f0r In
crease of the army 10 100000. While
it viii be possible for the medical de-
partment to keep pace with this in
crease, II may readily be seen that 10
VIII be absolutely impossible for them
to De prepared TO take care Of ali the
wounded. both at the front and base,
during any great battle
The Red Cross feels that now is the
time for il 10 be prepared and have
supply depOts full in case any great
emergency arises. to prevent any more
suffering than viii he absolutely neces-
Sary- The amount OF good done in the
European war by American. English.
German and French Red Cross asso-
cations is beyond comDreh cusiOu.
What the American Red Cross has
done alone in the way OF relieving sui
fering 70 the fan lies and children
can only be appreciated b. those who
have been in close contact with the
work
The Red Cross is also endeavorins
10 be in position to assist the depend
eat families Of those who enlist in the
service of the nation until such time
as proper provision can be made