The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-13
LhTAH COUNTY
WILL RALLY FOR
THE RED CROSS
CHAIRMAN C. b. GREEN GIVES OUT
A STATEMENT TELLING OF
THE DRIVE
CLOSES DECEMBER "a
PLAN OF THE NATION is TO ADD
100000 TO PRESENT
MEMBERSHIP


other patriotic communities in tn
United States, will launch a driv
next Sunday for membership in tn
Red Cross society. G. B. Green, o
Moscow, chairman for Latah county
Is organizing his forces this weel
and will give an outline of his plans
in a few days. AS a preliminary
Chairman Green gives out the follow
ing statement:
Are you a member of the Red Cross!
If not, why not?
These are the questions that our
boys at the front are asking. Can you
blame them when you picture a scene
like the following: A shell-torn bat
tlefield; it's hailing lead; %shrapnel
bombs are bursting all around; heavy
explosive shells are ripping new era
tiers forward, backward, to the right
and to the left.
A young man is moved down by
the fire. His arm and leg are badly
torn-but he can be saved!
Are There to Save
I'd come a Red Cross nurse and a
They're advance workers,
eager to care for the lad, to ave him.
But all ~bandagNs have already been
used. A dollars worth would ave
his arm, his leg, his life-but since
there are none, he must die! And
all because someone failed to do his
part by contributing a dollar to the
Red Cross to buy more bandages. That
lad is some mothers son, some IA
theirs son, perhaps your son! Think,
please Think In the name of human
ity. please don't, don't send the Angels
of Mercy e~mpty-handed to administer
to the needs, the agonies, the suffer-
ings of our brave lads.
Do Your Part
You have a heart. You want to do
your part. Become a Red Cross mem
Der yourself, and also subscribe for
one of the boys in the trenches. Send
him a membership card as a Christ
mas greeting. If you haven't a son
or relative there, send a membership
card to any of Uncle Sans sons. The
War Department will furnish names.
Subscribe today. Make every mem
Der Of your family a member of the
Red Cross.
Make the West Ring True
Help make the west ring true. Help
show the boys that Alaska, Idaho, Ore
gon and Washington are with them
to the last dollar. Let's have the
next mail tell two million of our
boys that they are not for
What greater Christmas cheer can
be sent to our boys, or more depress-
ing news to Kaiser Bill, than a mes
sage to the effect that the United
States have increased their member
ship in the International Red Cross
from 5000, 900 to 100000.
The Time for Work
This is what the commander-in-chief
II our armies has asked us to do dur
ng the week from December II to
IS. He has appointed Theo. Vail, OF
lew York, to head the national cam
'aign for this membership. Her
,ey Lindley, of Seattle, has been ap-
ointed chairman for the district COM
rising Idaho, Washington, Oregon
Alaska. Ed. H. Dewey, OF
Tampa, has been appointed to handle
campaign in Idaho.
Plan for Latah County
1t has been arranged to give ev-
~ individual in Latah county an OPP *
ortunity to become a member of the
ed Cross, and will appoint someone
your locality to accept your mem
srship fee. Do not wait for some
re to call upon you, but go to the
preventative in your community, or
end your money to c. B. Green, at
and proper receipt, with a
I'd Cross button, will be sent you
lie membership fee is $1.00. Do not
DO with your own membership, but
t your friends to become members
80, so that we may send q message
good cheer to our boys at the front
Christmas morning.