The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-20
WILSON COMMENDS
RED CROSS YORK
Says the War Council Has Faithfully
and Economically Administered the
Peoples Trust, and Asks for
Continued Support.

Continued Support
Washington, May 20.-The American
Red Cross, the nations official mercy or
c ganization, launches to-day its second
drive for Sl00OO000O war fund.
With its appeal for subscriptions sane
toned and endorsed by President Will
son, the cabinet, General Pershing, Vice
Admiral Sims, Cardinal Gibbons and 9th
er prominent Americans, the Red Cross
has set in motion its vast machinery of
10000 members in an intensive campaign
of one week to obtain funds necessary
for the maintenance and expansion of
great system of relief work overseas and
at home.
Emphasizing that the war council has
faithfully and economically admins
tered the peoples trust" President Will
son, in his recent proclamation announc-
ing the drive, pointed out that the war
fund raised in l9l7 needed replenish.
ment in order to care 'for the welfare of
the men in our military and naval forces
and for those dependent upon them, and
for the yet more urgent necessities of
our allies, military and civilian, who
have long borne the brunt of the war"
Contributions to the war fund are de
scribed by the president as "the dis
coyery of new opportunities Of helpful
ness under conditions which translate OPP
portunity into duty"
Last years fund easily was raised and
the campaign to treble the membership
went over the top with a rush. so ma
tional officials of the organization now
maintain a justifiable confidence in the |
Willingness of the American people TO |
respond again to the plea of subscrip- |
tions.
Since the first band Of American work |
ers sailed last June, the Red Cross has
built up a system of relief that extends
from the home stations of the DESTROYER
fleets on the Irish coast down to the bat
tie lines in northern Italy. Vast sums
of money have been entrusted TO the |
American commissions, but the expen .di
lures have effected a full measure OF
relief.
Moreover, the generosity of the Ameri-
can people as expressed in the readiness
of the Red Cross representatives to de-
vote time and money unsparingly in an
effort to relieve the distress Of both the {
military and civilian population, has i'm
bued in the war SCARED peoples of Eu. {
rope an enduring love and respect for {
this nation. Ii
1t is in France, the land that has suf- i
fered most from Prussian barbarity that I
the accomplishments of the Red Cross /
are most prominent. Headed by James
Fl. Perkins of New York, great mercy c
organization has been built UP, consist n
ing of 1000 American men and women. v
A vast number are unpaid, while the t
others receive only enough to meet sim t
pie living expenses. $
With General Pershing's expedition. o
Try forces the closest touch is kept G
through divisional and regimental medi- n
al officers, while representatives of the Y
department. of information and casual a
les and the department of home service q
ire in constant contact with the men a.
whether in the hospital, training camp
IT field. Rest stations and canteens OPP Il
rated by American women have been rs
established along the lines of communi- a
alton, and emergency needs for hospital m
upplies, drugs and comforts readily are II
applied from warehouses ma intained at al
trategic points along the line pl
"To the civilian and soldier in France nj
cen carried in countless ways de- tn
lares Eliot Wsdsworth, Of the war coun- VI
II, who has just returned from three al
lonths' observation trip TO Europe w
Supplies for thousands of hospitals; ia
est and food for hundreds of soldiers w
t railroad functions; food, clothing and W.
for refugees driven from ca
heir homes. and helping hand in their w
ousing and the beginning again of their VI
are a few of the activities lea
With a vision that has distinguished
5 work since Americas entrance into ma
he war. the Red Cross already has es- tn
Iblished at Berne. Switzerland. large 50
srehouses containing supplies of food ia
I'd clothing for Americans in German RI
-ison camps. Packages for the prison IN
: are being sent forward, under ar foi
ngeInents with the German govern An
emit, and through Red Cross channels
ere comes practically the only official
formation concerning those Americans
ho have fallen into German hands. Ka
Supplementary to its other activities
a campaign Of the Red Cross to con-
{ the ravsges Of tuberculosis in
ance. Every protection is given the de- Xix
ndents Of men at the front. and spe- eqt
i efforts are made 10 effec; a recovery the
the cases Of those soldiers who have per
come subject 10 the disease az a result the
long detention in prison camps. vie
IN England the British Red Cross has %
-ried on a splendid work since the be thr
ming Of the war. However. the Amer vii
"A organization hzs contributed from gro
. var funds more than two and a and