The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-08-22

The task of the organization is two
fold: First, the physical part, which
is immediate, tangible and urgent
the care of the wounded, the hungr,
and the homeless
, But when the task of alleviatinf
physical suffering is done, there re-
mains the great work of healing the
spirit Of the nations, the purging Of
mems hearts of hate and revenge anc
freeing mems minds from the bondage
of narrow nationalism and selfish ma.
terialism.
A nation is more than its lands and
it's people. 1t is either great or small
as it has a vision, purpose and q
will to foster and advance the prin-
ciples of humanity. And for nation
as we'll as men it profiteth little to
gain a kingdom or a world if it lose
its own soul.
There are nations where springs of
human sympathy we'll up from the
ground and where they can be turned
to make the world better place to
live in. We are such nation, and
the Red Cross society is one of the
channels through which flows the
stream of human kindness to allevi-
ate the suffering on the battlefield of
the world and that has changed the
thoughtless, selfish person into unit
of the millions who are working to
carry the spirit of love through to
the soldiers at the front.
AS to the accomplishments of the
Red Cross, let me quote Gen. Per-
shing:
No organization since the world be-
gan-that's a long time-has done
such a constructive work with the eff
ficiency, sympathy and understanding
with which the Red Cross has accom-
plished its work in France in the past
six months. ..
And who is to be the judge of eff
ficiency if not our generals and men
who are being served by the organiza-
ton? The next time some one tries
to tell you the Red Cross is inefficient,
that a large per cent of the money
which you contribute to the war fund
is used up in paying big salaries to
the high officials, tell them of what
Gen. Pershing says. There are no
high salaried officials, either in the
local organization, the division head
quarters at Seattle or the national
headquarters at Washington. A GER
tain force of bookkeepers, stenogra-
pliers and clerks, people who are not
SO situated financially as to be able to
donate their entire services, are on
the payroll of the national headquar-
tiers, but the men of executive ability |
who direct the affairs, whose ability |
would naturally command high sal
aries in private business, have left
that private business and are devot-
ing that same ability to the winning |
of this war with no compensation
And whatever may have
failed in this war-treaties, ammunl-
ton, elaborate strategies, even some
of the humanities-the Red Cross as
a symbol of service has never failed.
A little over year ago you gave
10 million dollars to the Red Cross,
the greatest voluntary donation ever
heard of. Within the past three
months you repeated the performance
giving 176 millions 1t is but natural
that you should be solicitous as to the
exact manner in which so vast sum
s being expended. For this reason (;
he Red Cross is giving publicity to {
Ill it's expenditures. Fifteen thou /,
sand tons of materials are being dis I
ributed in France alone every month. s
Along that desolate path of ruin, the
French and British lines from Bel ;
rum to Switzerland, returning refu- !
rees have earth under them and sky i,
'ver them and that is all-the land
las been swept clean. The French !;
nan of the goth century has to begin /
SfltIe Iilt 1NOIln <lliiCii~e@ 1A'4~Af \
would begin, by hunting for food,
emporary shelter, few clothes to +
over him. You have only to read 9
he daily papers to learn what has U
to million people in the =
french territory evacuated by the G
iermans. Every village has been to-
ally destroyed. The Germans have
rected battering rams, destroyed and .
urned and leveled everything to the u
round, gathered up all agricultural n
Implements in open squares and burn e.
d them, taken all the animals, de- p
troyed all, the fruit trees and vine II
ards, removed all the male popula- a
on between the ages of Is and CD u
} devastated the entire country that &
ithout help in restoring these things t'
lese people cannot get back on their o.
set. 1t is to. help such people as ca
lese that the Red Cross has located
S relief warehouses just back of the II
no. ord snopt On million dollars in 7