Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-08
N. 5. McMullen, Field Secretary Of
the Central Division of the
American Red Cross,
Visits City.
SPEAKS IN RED CROSS ROOMS.
Commends the Response of the PEG.
pie of Hamilton County in
Talk to Workers.

The absolute loyalty of the Amer
lean people to the Red Cross is th'
need of the hour. The Red Cross !!
this governments agent of relief ant
it is the government who assigns i
its tasks. This is the message Of M
S. McMullen, field secretary of thu
Central Division, American Ret
Cross, who delivered an intensely in
teresting and instructive address be-
fore a group of workers in the Rec
Cross workrooms Wednesday after.
noon.
Commends Local Response.
II commend the response of the
people in this county in the second
war fund campaign of the Red Cross
and l most heartily approve of the
method used-that of raising the en-
tire fund by voluntary subscription.
The work done by the Hamilton
county chapter has been splendid in
both amount and quality" Mr.. Nc
Mullen continued Z
Work Slackens Temporarily.
The reason for the present slack
ening of work in the Red Cross work
rooms is not generally understood
and Mr.. McMullen made a very def
mite explanation for it, which he de-
clared to be threefold, as follows:
/. The tremendous emergency dur
ing the past year has resulted in an
overwhelming scarcity of materials
used by the Red Cross.
2. The present tremendous move.
ment of troops across the water has
made necessary the withholding of
every pound of supplies possible in
order to give space on all vessels for
men to be taken across.
3. In the past months the fine
service of Red Cross workers has
been so great as to anticipate the
present wants, so the quotas may be
lessened at this time without jeopar-
dizing supplies needed for the well
fare of the men in the service.
OF course these conditions are but
temporary and as the number Of men
increases in oversee service and in
the training camps here it will be
necessary for the Red Cross to fol-
low up their efforts If the war goes
on, by enlarging their groups Of
workers and widening the scope Of
activity. Speaking along this line.
Mr.. McMullen declared that workers,
returning from France, were Of the
belief that the war would continue
from two to five years longer. The
same forces which brought about the
war are still present, he said, and
the war cannot end until these forces
are obliterated.
Need for Home Service.
The Home Service committee OF
the Webster City Red Cross chapter
was present to hear the address and
Mr.. McMullen told the members 1t
was their duty to be in touch with
the conditions in the family of each
local boy in the service. The Home
Service will provide funds to tide the
soldiers family over temporary en-
barrassments, secure adjustments of
allotments and allowances due fami-
lies and render any service OF
friend or neighbor to every family in
the community who has boy in the
service of his country.
Mr.. McMullen went from here to
Algona Thursday where he address,
ed great Fourth OF July gathering.
The profits of every business house,
Fourth of July stand, or entertain
ment, were turned over to sne Red
Cross in that city yesterday.