Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-06-15

NV ''tiiAoTN NtSi OF The MISSES iDDi /
u You are "A real American Won
must contribute TO the war fund of
the Red Cross during the week Of
June 18th TO 18th. whether YOU be.
heve Yourself able or not. If Won Are
a real American II j. not a question
Of GIVING Your surplus--you must
give and keep on giving until Won
can give no more, and. even pltrr
that You must keep on.
We are at war. but We do no. re,l-
ne what war -, and hfe the Red
Gross ~ able 10 do it5 full duiy. we
Will never know what war can hr.
Do YOU know what the Red ,In,s
does Some dav. "Somewher. m
France when our soldiers are m the
trenches. a line through the Da.Jed
wlre, and, IN face of high explosive
shells. gas, liquid fire. sharpnci. ,1en-
ade-, machine gun aud rifle tire, ia,e
the barbed wire ia front of caplg
trenches for the bare chance of
meeting bayonct with bayonot, o.her
boy no more To blame for tn war
than they are
You know What the los vail be.
You know that after Ipres the Pea.
cess Pas, had only l21 men alive out
of the $50 that saw the sun come up
that day.
What of the fallen! II the Ecd
Cross is ready, the ambulance CORPS
OF the fighting regiments will carr,
the wounded back through the com
mun.cating trenches to the dr. 'ssing
station Here Red Cross surg 'lr~.
under the direct control of the Init
ed States Medical Department "a,
give first aid The wounded VT! b
turned over to Red Cross drbu-
lances and carried back to IN, l;cd
Cro,, field hospital for imm, dat,
attention. From the Rcd Gross field
hospital, Red Cross ambulance. I'D
Gross trains and, IN France, c,rr
Re- Cross canal boats will carry th.
men back to the Red Cross base 3o-.
pitfalls. If the wound is not fatal d
Red Cross convalescing station vii
take care of the soldier till he l.
ready to 90 to the front If the NAL
is disabled a Red Cross steamer VII
bring him back to America, and ia,
Red Cross receiving station her. vii
care for him, send him home ana ol
top of that look after his family al
the time he has been away
Do you know what this meano
In the old days before the Red Cros
came, 900 soldiers died out of ever
!tf,000 wounded Today under prooe
conditions the percentage Is not "N'
five per cent.
If Your boy was wounded cor
dollar YOU have IN the world Won
20 Willingly to put him IN Red 'ios
hands. Sixty thousand Los An.cic
bows registered June 9TH for tn
draft. How many of them will re
ouirc Red Cross aid within the neN
two years
The Red Cros, is not a Int an
miss organization, grabbing a doIla
here and a dollar there and Wa9Ilh
the money. 1t Is one of the i've OF
fensiye and defensive arms oil ever
civilized government on the lace q
the earth
Every dollar that comes m Is sper
bv the best business men IA Aemrc
far supple and gatcral desisna'
ed hy the Medical Department OF u
United States army the dcparImeI
that has stamped ont yellow fever
v.u 81. other great national -course
Ey-presidcnt Taft Is the chalrma
dr the Red Gross. \ partner IN u
housc of Morgan b. IT, inanel
chief It, accounts are audited
the war department Its eNlsten
and operations are directed una
.necial Acts of Congress. and Tres
dent Wilson, himself, bN eNecnl'
order. established the executive col
mittee under which the Red Cross
now being managed.
The Red Cross is therefore pa
. ~ the fighting forces of the cover
ment and mnst be supported rs sue
u This support will be easy enough
get-when that support = too Ia
LET the toll of one battle mount"
often does. to $1,000 men or MOI
With the hospitals overcrowded :"
our men diving for want OF a''eh'''
,bc response To the Red cross e
will roll in fast enoueh-bo' t"en
will be too late.
Don't you he one of those 10 "'
hack until that time. Don ! DC
Stacker You inevitably will con'r
ute. why not now
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