Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-12-21
A Red Cross Membership for Each
Soldier in the United States Army
from Iron County.

| A number of gentlemen met in an
Office in Hurley this week and iu talk
ing over matters made this sugges-
tion-That it was up TO the people of
Iron county TO see that each boy who
went from this county to join the
L. $. army had membership card in
the Iron county chapter of the Red
Cross. have been asked to call the
attention and ask the help of the citi-
zens of Iron county in carrying out
this suggestion to success. and also
TO formulate plan which will give
our citizens an opportunity TO eontri-
butte to this worthy object.
No doubt if the Red Cross canyassers
would ask the parents or relatives of
our soldier boys to buy a membership
for their boy, they would gladly do
so. But we must recollect that a SOL
der boy is your boy, my boy and
every American citizens boy. Many
of them have faced the dangers of the
submarine and other dangers, incl
dental TO the most horrible war ever
waged in any country, civilized or un-
civilized, not alone for his own inn
mediate relatives but for all of US. He
has risked his life for a very small
pittanee, as far as money is concerned
while we during this war have en-
joyed the highest prices for our labor
that has ever been known in the
history of the world. Such unselfi-
shness should be recognized and l
know of nothing that a soldier boy
would appreciate more than a Red
Cross membership sent to him by
/ some old chum or friend.
Our plan is this: a list of the soldier
boys from each town in the county
will be placed in a conspicuous place
in your Post Once next Monday
morning, Dec. %. We would ask you
kindly TO look over this list and if
there is any soldier boy you know of
whose name is omitted, kindly give
his name to the postmaster, who will
add il to the list already posted. On
account of some of our boys enlisting
elsewhere than in Iron county we
have been unable TO secure as
complete list as we like. We do not
want to miss any soldiers name. So
/ be sure to look over the list and call
the attention of the postmaster to any
name omitted. Then pick out the
name of the soldier you wish to buy
a membership card for and pay the
postmaster your dollar. The post
master forwards this dollar to the
/ treasurer of the local chapter of the
| Red Cross, who forwards to the
soldier Red Cross button. a member
ship card and card giving your
name as donor.
After the drive for mem bership is
over list of the soldiers and the
names of those who paid their
memberships will be published in the
local newspapers. The list will then
be filed away amongst other historical
0A ACNOLdo VI tAlE LOuul1
Now, do not wait too long before
you see this list, as the soldier you
may wish to pay for may be paid for
by some other friend.
1t may not be long before our boys
viii be back with us again and may
be able to thank you personally for
vour kind ramon hrapca Pauau,bor
that our Red Cross has a great work
ahead of it to do. BY the word soldier
in this article | mean all men in the
service of the United States, whether
on land or sea.
In order that there will be the least
possible delay in the sending of these
cards it would be we'll if you have the
address of the soldier you pick out TO
hand to the postmaster.
Citizens, fully approaching your
loyalty and the sacrifices you have
already made, which makes Iron
county stand as one of the leading
counties in the state in war work, l
ask you once more to get into the
harness and make our soldier boys
feel that we are back of them-not
back of part of them, but back of all
of them.
Daniel Reid,
Assistant Chairman Iron
County Roll Call of the
Red Cross.