The St. Johns herald., 1917-06-21
JOHN E. MILLER.
appontsd President Wilson take charge of the American territory ofthe Mississippi

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 Red Cross War Fund in the territory g Mississippi
 you are real American you must contribute to the War Fund of Red Cross during the week of Jun8h 25h whether you believe yourself able you ican question of giving from your surpusYou give keeping giving until and after that, you must keep
 We are at war; realize what s and if the Red Cross is able do its full duty will know what be-
 Do you know what the Red Cross does? Some day. Some where France when soldiers the trenches line of American boys will of their trenches slip through the barbed wire and of high explosive shells gas liquid shapne grenades machine and rifle fire face the barb ed wire of the enemy trenches for the bare chance meeting byone with bayonet other boys to blame for this than they
 You know what the will be- that after Ypres the had only 27 alive of the 689 that the sun come up that day.
 What of the fen the Red Cross ready the Ambulance Corps the fighting regiments will carry the wounded back through the communicating trenches to the dressing station Here Red Cross under the direct of the United States Medical Department will give first aid The woundedw be Red Cross ambuances and carried back to the Red Cross field Hospital for immediate attention From the Red Cross Field Hospital Red Cross ambulances Red Cross trains and France Red Cross canal boats will the back the Red Cross base hospitals If the wound convaescng will take of the sodes till he ready go back to the the disabled Red Cross steamer will bring him back America and the Red Cross receiving ton will for him. send him home and top of his family after he wounded just will have looked after his family all the time he has been away.
 Do you what this means? the old days before the
 
 Today under proper conditions the percentage not
 your boy wounded every dollar have in the world would go willingly to put him in the Red Cross hands Sixty Los Angeles boys registered June fifth for the draft How of them will require Red Cross aid within the next two years?
 The Red Cross is not hit miss organization grabbing dollar and dollar there and wasting the money the five offensive defensive of every civilized govern ment the face of the earth.
 Every dollar that comes by the best business supplies and materials designated y the Medical Department of the United States Department that has stamped yellow fever well other great national scourge
 Ex-President Taft the Chairman of the Red Cross part ner the house Morgan it's Financial Chief Its audited by the War Department Its existence and operations directed under special Acts Congress and President Wilson himself by executive order established the Executive Committee under which the Red Cross is now being managed.
 The Red Cross therefore part of the fighting forces of the and be supported such This support will easy enough gewhen that support too late Let the too one often doesto 2 GOO more With the hospitals overcowded and dying for of enon the response to the Red Cross call will roll fast enough but then it will be too late.
 Don't you of those hold back until that Don't slacker You inevitably will contribute Why now?