Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-02
RED CROSS MONEY
AIDS $4,000 MEN
IN the SOUTHWEST
REPORT ON WORK IN cAMPs AND
cANroNMENTS SHOWS HOW
: CASH Is SPENT,
PROMPT WORK SAVES LIVES
Twenty thousand Blankets Rushed to
Camp Bowie When Men SUI.
Tered for Lack Of Bedding
: mo Red Tape Here.
Sweaters worth s1.25O. 900 have been

Sweaters worth 1885, 900 have been
given to soldiers in Southwestern
camps and environments by the Red
Cross since the mobilization Of the
National army was begun.
This information Is contained in a
report made to the Washington head
quarters Of the American Red Cross
by Stanley Stoner, director Of military
relief for the Southwestern division OF
the organization.
Stoner's report is proof positive of
the support the Red Cross Is givins
the War Department in fitting Ameri-
can soldiery for winning the war. That
no other agency outside the War De-
,partment itself is SO potent a factor to
that end is recognized and admitted
generally. Every supporter of the Red
Cross well may feel that he or she &C.
'tually is helping to save the world for
democracy and to crush the unspeak-
able house of Hohenzollern.
The report made by Director Stoner
shows that $4,000 sweaters were dis.
tributed up to Feb. / to soldiers in
eight large camps and cantonments,
several smaller camps and to the army
which constantly is on guard on the
Mexican border. But sweaters was
only n Of 200 items provided. 1t was
impossible for the War Department to
foresee many requirements of the sol.
diers, and in many instances, when
necessity arose for supplies of differ.
ent kinds, 1t was impossible to get
army acquisitions through fast enough
to handle the situation. Field direc-
tors in the different camps, always on
the alert for such emergencies and
armed with authority to spend money
freely when necessity arose. stepped
In and provided whatever was needed
for the comfort and well being Of the
men.
From Spoons to Automobiles.
In addition to the sweaters, 44,370
mufflers we're distributed. Other items
were as follows: Socks, 66,373; blan'
kets, 1850; w%ristlets, 1854; helmets,
500; Christmas packages, 1867;
automobiles, 4; comforts, 1889. The
automobiles were touring cars neces-
sary for the proper transportation OF
sick soldiers from their quarters to
hospitals. Nearly 100000 items. 571.
926 to be exact, were distributed
Their diversity is Illustrated by the
following list taken from Director
6toner's report: Towels, pajamas,
comfort kits, playing cards. tooth
brushes, tooth paste, condensed milk,
oil heaters. drugs, bed Sheets pillow
cases. rubber gloves. soup. foot pow
der, shoes, magazines. books. slippers,
wash cloths. bath robes, hot-water bot
ties, window curtains, bath rugs, Ice
picks. egg heaters, spoons, electric
plates, knives, spoons. gowns. apples
oranges, lemons. nuts, foot warmers
rubber sheets, ice bags, boilers, bed
room slippers, gloves, a mufts, domi
noes, rubber sheets. cots. auto trucks
fly swatters, soup strainers, pneu
monia Jackets, chickens, dish rags
combs. Victrola, quilts.
And wherever the Red Cross is a,
work In these camps, which mean all
Of them, soldiers are praising 1t. They
call It Uncle Sans right.hand man.
which tells the story well enough ant
true.
Service Which Saves Llvss.
Nothing illustrates better what The
Red Cross ean to the soldiers in the
Southwestern camps and cantonments
than an occurrence at Camp Bowie
Fort Worth, Tex. When the December
blizzard struck the camp 1t found thu
men unprepared for 1t. One thousand
soldiers fell Ill in "a hours. More thar
1000 were III u hours after the bliz
card hit. Many Of them were threat
ened with pneumonia. Many had pneu
monia. There was insufficient bedding
The government was unable to tax,
care Of the situation. Charles W. Con
merry, field director for the Red Cros
ut Camp Bowie, bought every blanke
he could get In Fort Worth and othe
Texas cities and wired Red Cros
headquarters at st. Louis for more
Within 4S hours after the blizzar'
struck. Connery turned over 1000
blankets to the commandant Of til
camp. without any cost to the govern
ment whatever. Undoubtedly TIL
quick work saved the lives Of man
soldiers.
That Is the sort Of work the Re
Cross Is doing for 100000 Amsrics
soldiers In the Southwestern camp
and cantonments, likewise in ever
camp and cantonment In the Unite
States. That IL how money given
the Red Cross Is spent in militar
relief.
ehspplns Personally Conducted.
The American soldier in France
2 good fighting man. But when b
faces thu French shopkeeper-ths
a~uicktonsusd. 'sharp-syed little won
m who keeps the TIL a. full a. Oh
can while her husband fights, no
Slad enough to have an America
woman beside him. 30 the Red Gro,
women Ut the lins-ofcommunioatio
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