The Holt County sentinel., 1917-09-07
CALL FOR SOLDIERS CLOTHING
Directions and Materials for Making
Soldiers Clothing Given by
Red Cross.

~ 'dii hOi ntiD NVltlt ItVf1 l11f
battle front in France on behalf of
American soldiers, the soldiers of
their Allies, and of the destitute civ
iians Of devastated Belgium and
Northern France. Six million warm.
knitted wooden articles are needed to
help them get through the winter.
The appeal has come to the American
Rcd Cross at Washington, ami il
pcc,fies 100000 each of sw, alter.
nufflers, wristlcts and socks.
The call is official. Major Grayscn
VI. i. Murphy. of General pershing',
taft. the Red Cross Commissioner for
Europe, who knows better merriam,
han any other man lust how badi,
nose things are needed, has cableG
for them. Here Is n mart of his mos.
age:
II asst winter broke the record for
cold and misery among the pcoplc
ierc. We incNprcssibly dread the
'0ming winter finding us without
upplics to meet the situation. W.,
urge you, on behalf Of our soldier
md those of our Allies. who will SUI.
fer in their frozen trenches. and ais
thousands Of French and belgian re-.
fugees, to begin shipping ut once l..
10000 each of the warm. knitted
Noolen articles named. They mus.
come before cold weather"
The entire people OF the land mr.,
allied upon 10 render this service t.
he men in khaki. and those strug.
Cling with them. The hearts of the
lcopic will he in the task because
heir own are among those who need
he service. Every county. every vii.
agc. every voting precinct, Il sending
Of liz best to fight for the country.
md the woman who knits one of ,hcs,
garments feels. with every stitch.
hat IL may her own son, her own
brother. or one of her dearest friends
Who may be kept more comfortable.
by her work.
From Director John J. O'Connor, of
the Central Division Of the Red Gross.
With headquarters at Chicago. the call
vent forth Ia iUSl chapters in tho
central states. urging the member.
% answer the cry. The chapters call.
IT on the Rcd Cross Supply Service
Tor yarn, knitting needles and full in
'tructions for the knitting. In III,
meantime knitting committees were
formed in the chapters, and volun.
tecrs called for.
The Supply Service was forced 10
ask some chapters to buy yarn and
needles In the local markets, or from
whatever source they could mos,
quickly yet them. The Supply Ser.
vice had not on hand enough good,
To I'LL such an unprecedented demand
on such short notice. Washington
could not even supply, as RAPIDLY ns
they were needed. the printed instruc.
tions for the knitting, and the news.
papers were called on to print the di.
rcctions so that every knittcr Nigh,
have a copy.
hut the work must he hurried
They must come before cold wealth
or" cablcd Major Murphy. Tim.
means that the entire 5000. 900 M.
,iclcs must be- completed in the short.
est possible time. and sent 10 France.
The chapters were urged 10 use every
possible minute, and TO call on every
woman and girl who can knit, whcth-
cr or not she H. "a Red Cross member.
and ask her Ia help In the work.
We, IN America. who as yet can
scarcely realize that our country Is
ut war, have no conception of the tor
riblc need Of the millions of pcoplc In
France and Belgium whose Lands are
ovcrrun by the Germans. Utterly
pcnnilcSs, with no possessions save the
ragged clothes on their back, they
suffered incredibly by tens of thous-
ands last winter. Now they face an.
other winter, weakened by the trials
they have already undergone, and il
l. "up 10 the Red Cross" TO keen
them from dying of cold. They arc
enduring what military experts have
pointed out Americans will be called
on to endure II the Germans ever ben,
tho Allied armies and nayics. and at
tack America on her own shores.
This call for knitted articles l., but
one phase Of the work of relief which
the American Red Cross must carry
on. Washington has repeatedly
warned the chapters that the knitting
must not he permitted to stop or de-.
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