The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-12-26
Most Successful Termina-
ton of Red Cross Roll Call
Week With Exercises
at Armory.
LARGE AUDIENCE ATTENDS
Speeches and Music are the Best of
Their Kind and Were Greatly
Enjoyed by an Enthusi-
astic Assemblage.

81 think it the greatest honor mixed
with the greatest pleasure to have
fought for my country and to return
and tell you, not Of the hell of it all
but Of the little bit Of heaven mixed
with the big lot Of hell, the little Bit
Of heaven having been furnished by
you Red Cross people," said Lieutenant
Wayland Brooks to thousand PEG
pie assembled at the Armory Saturday
night
Not dull nor an uninteresting min.
ute intruded itself upon the two hours
program which marked the closing OF
Red Cross Roll Call week. Every fea.
ture Of the big affair was interesting
entertaining and instructive from be
ginning to end. The music was fine
both instrumental and vocal, so fine
in fact that the performers were en-
ccred time and again until they wore
themselves out in responding to the
frequent calls, and still the big au.
dience kept clapping for them.
The speaking was interesting, in.
structive, and to the point. One beauty
about all the speeches was that each
speaker had message to tell; he told
it briefly and entertainingly and well
and quit when he had told it.
TO begin with the Armory was most
beautifully and tastefully decorated for
the occasion with ferns, palms, pines
flags Of the United States and her AL,
lies, Red Gross banners, and bunting.
The decorations went along way in en-
HANGING the pleasure of the occasion.
AT O'Clock the crowd having gath
cred the Naval band from Great Lakes
station entered and took its place on
the stage while the Red Cross officials
in uniform followed and occupied the
front row of seats. A few, and only a
few of the returned soldiers and sail
ors took their seats on the stage which
had been set apart for them.
Alfred t. Terrell, chairman of the
Red Cross activities in Kenosha county
presided in most able manner. He
opened the meeting by calling on Vic
tor Baer, the sweet singer of the navy
to lead the audience in singing the
Star Spangled Banner. And they
sang. The assembly made the very
rafters Of the building ring with the
strains of the National Anthem.
AT the close of the singing chairman
Terrell delivered short but very ex-
pressive address. Among other things,
Mr.. Terrell said:
The slogan, GA Heart and Dol.
lar'' is being used in every city, in
every hamlet, endeavoring to secure
the membership of every man, woman,
and child in the American Red Cross.
The drive begins at home, every mem
Der Of your family is urged to join.
The war is over, the fighting is done,
but the activities of the Red Cross
must go on. In the devastated regions
we must do our part to relieve the suf-
fering in Europe and on all of the bat
tie fronts which has brought such a
glorious victory to the Allied forces.
Can we in the midst of our prosperity
and plenty see these people want.
Think of the civilian population of Bel
GUM, France. Think of Russia in throes
Of revolution after the splendid sacri-
fee she has made. The sick, the
wounded, the homeless, and helpless
people, the lack of food on all of the
fighting fronts. The Red Cross must
hn1u 4bnen Manila W. oro x,a1vr 1881
ing 100000 families a month on the
other side. We must and viii take care
Of our own sick and wounded and pro.
tect their families.
While we have every reason to feel
proud of the support given by this ma
tion, we made the least sacrifice but we
will receive the same benefits now that
we are rid of the German menace for
world power.
The first organized work done by wo-
men in war was started by Florence
Nightingale in the Crimean war. She
endeared herself to the soldiers and ma
ton by her sacrifice in nursing the
wounded.
A convention was held in Geneva,
Switzerland in 1868 from which the
Red Cross was founded, its flag being
great cross on a white ground. This
convention was not ratified by the u. S.
Government until 1882. In 1900 Con-
gres gave a National Charter to be
known as the American Red Cross
At the commencement of the war the
membership did not exceed three hum
dred thousand members and before the
national organization was reorganized
it was suggested the membership be
increased to one million. In less than