The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-11-22
THAT SWEATER STORY

had bought II. etc. cte.. etc, The pres
idcnt has been requested TO investigate
( The yarn, report il IL anything can b.
found to substan,iate II or make pub
lie denial II il is found TO be false s,
we started out 10 investigate and tn,
story was told IN fourteen different
versions. As no sweaters have beer
given out from here, our own Branci
is cleared from any blame. To show
how nonsensical the story is, simple
statement will clarity me situation
II is this;-No sweater "of a peculiar
color" could be accepted by any Red
Cross organization, as only grey,
khaki, or navy blue can be taken or
sent away, II any Chapter or Branch
should violate this rule, il would be
investigated and disorganized and its
officers disbarred from serving. The
whole story is nonsensical falsehood
from beginning to end and we chal
lenge anyone to prove it,
Why will some persons make of
themselves human crows and vultures
and seize upon "carrion" when there
are SO many good things in life to
cheer and comfort and sound the
depths of our soul-consciousness? The
time is at hand when the best people
in our country consider disloyalty to
the American Red Cross as the gross
est kind of "pro-Germanism." Only
ignorant or malicious slackers can be
guilty of dragging down our beloved
emblem that means so much to the
whole world today. If there be. in
anyone's judgment, some mismanage-
ment in the affairs of the local organ
iZation then let them come out like
true men and true women to the Off
GERS in charge and make their com
plant. Any conscientious officer would
welcome criticism of any kind and
take pleasure in explaining the cause
or correcting the effects. We are par
fortunate in this community,
for where there is one Stacker, there
are dozens of earnest, soulful workers
putting their shoulders to the wheel
during this terrible ordeal of our ma
tons peril. Now is the time for
to our boys at the
front; to the suffering humanity
across the waters; to our Heavenly
Father, who in spite of these clouds of
loubt and derision, is sending forth |
His love into these great caverns Of |
Exhausted energy through the hand of |
,ur Red Cross to comfort and help andl
.heer Our greatest hospitals, like /
Johns Hopkins and others, are sending
,ver TO the stricken countries nurses
md doctors by the hundreds for Red
ross service to take care of millions
If little orphaned children, sick and
talved and injured. They are fed and
lothed and American Red Cross dol
ars are doing it. Our Red Cross is
hipping to Russia one million pounds
{ condensed milk each month for Rus
las starving babies. This alone"
aid a great Russian general, will
ement powerful friendship with
america because her Red Cross is saw
liz the lives Of the babies Of our Rus
ian soldiers"
At Evian in France, there are ar
wing two trainloads daily-about one
lousand people who have been held
risoners, arriving each day, mind
ou!-and our American Red Cross is
1ere with its canteens Of hot coffee
nd good things to eat and clothing to !
ear. We have established in France,
423 hospitals. In French railway ;
,ations, we are taking care of over I
lirty thousand soldiers a day, and A.,
no knows, but what our own Poult- !
~ boys are being fed by a part of I
,ur money you have already given
rough your own Branch Of this v
lightly work. We are also running c
tifcial limb factories near Paris I
here crutches, splints, and artificial @
ms and legs are made. We are I
hundreds of movable hos b
tails so that the wounded can have
aimed service while being sent be- A
nd the danger line. We have "Chil- b
ems Refuge" where thousands Of r
tie ones are gathered and sent away h
om the danger of gas and shell fire. 3
e are building portable houses for u
, use of families who are returning Il
their homes. We are helping thous- H
DIS Of disabled soldiers to find work o.
tied TO them. We are operating b;
tor bus lines to aid released prison Il
J from the German frontier to re- O,
n to France and Belgium. Thous- cs
Dis Of little children threatened with .ce
ath from gas bombs dropped from W
ships were removed by auto trucks fr
ven by our Red Cross nurses, doc a.
$ and helpers, while loads Of CON L,
ised milk, clothing and drugs were