The daily progressive-miner., 1917-08-09


 citizens of Ketchikan to show their loyalty in a campaign for members for the Ketchikan Chapter of the Am erican National Red Cross which will be launched tomorrow morning. The drive has been arranged so that every man, woman and child of this com munity from the eldest pioneer to the youngest infant will be offered the chance of becoming member of this great organization. It is expected that the present membership will be at least doubled and then all annual" members who are at present not en- titled to receive the Red Cross Maga- zine will pay an additional dollar to the Treasurer of the Chapter and thus become Subscribing" members. In addition to this. it is especially urged that large number of business men become life or patron members of the organization.
 Membership in the Red Cross means practical patriotism. The Ketchikan Chapter is the official representative of the United States Government in this branch of it's work and our coun- try expects every citizen to show their patriotism by supporting this branch of service.
 Eliot Wadsworth, acting Central Committee American Red Cross says:
 The chapters are really the motive of the Red Cross. They represent throughout the country the members of the Red Cross who want to do the work of that kind"
 The army and navy are becoming thoroughly equipped to care for the aggressive warfare which will bring ultimate victory but the Red Cross has that part of the work which can not be carried on by any other de. partment of the Government. The Canadians have what they call Sun. shine" patriots, those men and wom. en who wave the flag and wear the national emblem on their coat but refuse to pay the cost. The real pat. riot is the man who not only salutes the flag but supports the Government behind it. Throughout Alaska a won derful support is being given the work of the Red Cross for it Is the first step that every citizen must take to show that they are behind the Gov ernment in this war. Military ex. perts agree that it will be several years before the war is finally con. cluded and the American National Red Cross as branch of our Govern. ment must lay solid foundation upon which to build for the coming months and years.
 Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, says:
 Organization for any task is the more important as the task becomes larger and more serious. It requires no organization to allow one of us as an individual to buy a dinner for a hungry man.
 Tt requires the highest degree of organization, to deal with the woes of a world. And so, in the interest of making effective our generous i'm. pulses,( the concentration of our eff. fort through the Red Cross, which has | both a Natic.2l and an International status and is anaged and conducted by men of la 9 affairs and great ex. perience with this sort of thing, seems to be essentially demanded"
 The Ketchikan Chapter has already been organized with representative men and women as the officers and on the committees. It now remains for every citizen to get behind the organ ization not merely, in words, but by taking the two necessary steps to be come an efficient member. First to pay the small membership fee of $2 which includes the Red Cross Maga