Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-03-08
HEROIC ACTS ON !.
WESTERN FRONT
U. S. Soldiers Connected With
Red Cross Make Rescues Re-
gardless of Consequences.
Other Chapter News.

In the attack of the Germans on
the American lines in France last
Friday number Of American boys
were injured. Tho following is the
testimony of one of the boys regard
ing the efficiency of the Red Cross.
The report is taken from an Asso-
ciated press dispatch from the front:
~ was just approaching the sta
tion in the rear of two stretcher bear
ing teams who were preceding, bent
over, to escape, if possible. the fly
ing pieces of shell, when q shell
pumped down on top of the station,
exploded and wiped it out. Apiece of
rock hit me in the head. When woke
up some stretcher bearers had me,
hauling me over the shell holes.
"I've sure got TO hand il to those
men with the Red Cross on their
arms. They all worked like dogs i'm
that hell out there. They seemed to
haveb ut one idea-to do their duty
and apparently cared nothing for
their own lives doing il. They were
game right to the core"
In this connection the dispatch stat
ed that among the. casualty list were
al number of the men who wore the
Red Cross OH their arms"
Who knows but that today some of
the wounded American soldiers in
France are wrapped in bnndages
made by the deft hands of Tazcwell
County women?
(The copy for this column is fur
nished by the local branch Of the Red
Cross Auxiliary.
Every American soldier now enter
ing the trenches carries an American
Red Cross comfort kit containing n
towel, shirt, writing paper, pencil,
soap. handkerchief, socks, mirror and
tobacco. The number of kits cannot be
stated, but the very fact that every
soldier has one means that the work
done by American women is Il big
comfort to the soldiers now on the
firing line. This facts hould be a So
lace to the American women who
have made them as we'll as to the
soldiers. More kits wanted with socks
and tobacco.
In Il middle Western town white
haired patriot has sat at his fire-side
the long winter through making knit
ting needles for the Red Cross work.
ers.
With carefully selected list of wal
nut and hickory at his side he has
whitfield and shaved and polished un-
til not only his own chapter, but Il
great number of chapters in other
western States have been supplied
with needles of the various kind and
sizes required
He is one of Virginia's sons and
because. in the retrospection of ad-
vancing years, his heart yearns tow
ard Tazewell where rests the dusts
of his ancestors, he still whittles and
shaves and polishes that the women
of his native State may not lack the
necessary tools for their patriotic
service.
Among the stories of devotion to
our country in her great crisis that
will be handed down to posterity with
those of our sons who face the can
non, will be this one Of grandfather
John S. Williams, Of Albany, Mo.
Any woman in the county needing
any kind of needles can leave an or
der at the Tazewell work rooms. They
are yours for the asking, postage pre-
paid.
Did you ever think how the Red
Cross would be crippled without the
generous co operation of the country
newspapers \
The Red Cross herewith expresses
its appreciation of the valuable ser
vice given and registers the hope that
the Clinch Valley News and Tazewell
Republican will continue to have the
loyal support of the county. They
deserve it.
A rush order for 80 property bags
came in last Monday. They were
shipped out Tuesday afternoon.
Comfort pillows, bed socks, hot wa
ter covers, are not needle at present,
so the making of them will be dis
continued for time.
Do not get impatient for the ma
terial needed In the Serving room. 1t
will come. The delay Is caused by
congested expressage on the railroads
Last Friday was record day in sur
gical dressings-1150 wipes, 4-4 were
made.
Several women worked all day on
Thursday, preparing the gauze that
was used on Friday afternoon Miss
Gillespie is investigating a machine
used for cutting gauze that will
greatly expedite hte work.
Because of request from Wash
ington that each box packed for ship
ping contain only one kind of article
the Tazewell work rooms will make
pajamas through the month Of March
and bed shirts in April.
Some of the Methodist ladies' are
organized into neighborhood sewing
circles and are donating layettes to
swell the number made in the work
rooms.
Typewriter Wanted.
The distress call for a typewriter
has been sent out by the Tazewel