Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-04-25
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There: are q great many qaes-
tions asked vs. on this subject. and
| beg q place in your columns to
explain. First, and foremost,
we are band Of loyal. patriotic
women, organized solely for the
purpose of administering to the
needs of the boys in blue, andes
TEEN it privilege to assist them
in caring for helpless and depen-
dent ones. Financial aid is seldom
needed now, but they do need the
words Of cheer and sympathy,
which we can give and do give.
We do not crave notoriety ncr
do we desire to boast but q few
words about what we have done,
and what we are still trying 10 do
will help make this question more
clear, hope.
First, the National President.
in the name Of the National w. r.
c., was one of the first to send Q
message TO President Wilson,
when we entered the world war,
loffering him our sympathy and
prayers and support and received
from him a letter of gratitude for
our confidence and his genuine
appreciation for our support.
| In August last year at the 53rd.
National Convention of the G.. A.
r. i'm Boston, Mass, our National
President presented to the Army
nurses Association a check for
lStOO and to the Commander in
Chief of the Grand Army Of the.
Republic a check for $1,000. and
thereby showing that our work is
not merely idle. In Iowa alone.
with 20t corps, ass make reports
of war work. Out of a total of i23-
20 members 5,557 belong to the
Red Cross and are active workers.
They also contributed from the
general fund s1,8i5,i7 TO tho Red
ICross and for the benefit OF our
soldiers in the present war $685.
OF. Almost 1000 members are as
sisting the National Council Of
Defense.
! The leaders o the G. A. r. have
repeatedly made the statement
that the Posts are still aliye only
because of the work of the w. r.
lC. This stands for something, does
lit not?
1t would please the w. r. c. If
we could teach every one. young
and old, TO give salute on meet
ing any man who wears the little
bronze button, and every soldier,
whether he wears it or not. The
corps sends once year boxes Of
fruit and jellies to the Old Soldier
! home, which are used for the i'll
and aged. They also send cush-
. ions and pads for hospital use.
;. When the soldiers and their
T wives listen to the music -fFom the
e talking machines and player
y pianos and view the moving pict-
q ures all donated by the w. R. C.
e l think they realize that the w. r.
n c. stands for great deal to them.
Our support has also made it
el possible to keep the g. A. r. Ad-
Ell vocate, the official paper Of the
G. A. n. and it's only auxiliary the
: w. R. C. alive and flourishing.
Il And now let US repeat that the
ylW. r.. C. has ever led. not followed
q others. in the work of patriotic
n education. 1t loses no chance u
it advocate this work, and it cannot
IS allow any people 70 pe more patri
; otto than it is itself and always
II observes Memorial Day and strew:
IL the graves of the departed com
IS radcs with flowers and evergreen
20 We ask no greater monumen
" than to leave behind us the effect
", of teachings that will live lon;
after each one Of us is gone am
10 forgotten. Now I hope that thi;
10 has explained the standing of tn
w. r. C. have given those arti
cles not boastingly but could no
think of a better way than to Civ
a few statistics of the noble worl
:. of the w. r. C.
in ~
George Ebaugh returned fron
ed an Omaha hospital last evening
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