The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-03-12
RED Cross MONEY
AIDS 100000 MEN
IN THE SOUTHWEST
REPORT ON WORK IN CAMPS AND
CANTONMENTs SHOWS HOW
CASH is SPENT.
PROMPT WORK SAVES LIVES
twenty thousand Blankets Rushed tc
Camp Bowie When Men Sqf-
f3red for Lack OF EsdainJ
NO Red Tape Here.

Sweaters worth $1,250,00Q have beer
given to soldier in Southwestern
camps and cantonments by The Re-
Cross since The mobilization Of II,
National army was begun
This information is contained IN i,
report made to the Washington hea.
quarters Of the America Red Gro
by Stanley 5Joner director OF mlital.
relief for ihe SouthWe-ten diyi.ion u
the organization.
S}oners report is proof positive
the support the Red Cross is gvln.
the War Department in huing Amer.
can soldiery for winning The war lha
no otler agency outside the War D.
paumcnt Itself is potent q factor IL
that end is recognized and admitted
generelly Every supporter OF The Red
Cross well may feel that lie or she ac
mally is helping to save the world ion
democracy and TO crush the unspeaK
able house Of Hohenzolleln
The report made by Director Stone
shows that 100000 sweaters we're dis
Gibuted 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 one Of 200 items provided. 1t was
impossible for tie War Department n
! forcsee lnaNy requirements OF the sol
I diers, and in many instances, when
necessity arose for supplies Of differ
/ cnt kinds it 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 Nancy
freely when necessity arose, stepped
in and provided whatever was needed
for the comfort and wellbeing Of the
men
From Spoons to Automobiles.
In addition to the sweaters, 44,370
mufflers We're distributed. Other items
were as follows; Socks, 56,S73; blan.
kets, l160; wristlets, 2785l; helmets,
5,109; Christmas packages. 1861
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,-
925 10 be exact, were distributed.
Theis diversity is illustrated by the
follo%ing list taken from Director
StGaer's report. Towels, pajamas,
c0mfort 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 beaters, spoons, electric
plates, knives, spoons gowns, apples,
oranges, lemons, nuts, foot warmers.
rubber sheets, ice bags, boilers, bed
room slippers, gloves, ear muffs, domi-
noes, rubber sheets, cots, auto trucks,
fly sweaters. soup strainers. pneu-
monia jackets, chickens, dish rags.
combs. Victrola. quilts.
And wherever the Red Cross is at
work in these camps, which means all
of them, soldiers are praising it, They
call it Uncle Sans right-hand man,
which tells the story well enough and
true
Service Which Saves Lives.
Nothing illustrates better what the
Red Cross means to the soldiers in tie
Southwestern camps and cantonments
than an occurrence at Camp Bowie,
Fort Worth, Tex. When the December
blizzard struck the camp it found the
men unprepared for it, One thousand
soldiers fell i'll in "a hours. More than
1000 were i'll Y hours after the blz-
zard hit Many of them were threat
ened with pneumonia Many had pneu-
monia. There was insufficient bedding
The government was unable to take
care of the situation. Charles w Con
merry, field director for the Red Cross
at Camp Bowie, bought every blanke.
he could get in Fort Worth and other
Texas cities and wired Red Cross
headquarters at St Louis for more.
Within IS hours after the blizzard
struck. Connery turned over 10000
blankets to the commandant OF the
camp. without any cost to the govern
ment whatever. Undoubtedly this
quick work saved the lives Of many
soldiers.
That is the sort of work the Red
Cross is doing for $50, 600 American
soldiers in the Southwestern camps
and cantonments. likewise in every
camp and cantonment in the United
States. That is how money given to
the Red Cross Is spent in military
relief