The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-04-04

RED CROSS NOTES
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assistant general manager of the
American Red Cross, Washington, D.
| c., explains the uselessness of cir
"We have been advised by the Sec
rotary Of War that General Pershing
cables that some Of our chapters are
sending circular letters and post
cards to troops from their district,
asking for information about various
camps to which men have been attach
ed since they entered service, date
they entered and left each camp, etc.
"Such information as is requested
by these circular letters and post
cards cannot be furnished as it is pro-
hibited by censorship regulations. 1t
should be manifest that such infor-
nation, if it were furnished might
easily fall into enemy hands and would
be very valuable to the enemy. More
over the mail service is already over
burdened and such useless mail SIM
ply adds to the confusion which al
ready is very great"
Glen Moon, of Minot, N. D., now a
soldier in France, recently wrote his
mother saying: "The Red Cross knit
ted garments are sure joy; that
story about the boys not getting them
is all bunc."
The Bartlett Red Cross unit, COM
prised of Fl members in the neigh
borhood of 209 East 10Th street, Min
neapolis, MIMI, meets two days each
week, from l to S: Although this
unit was organized only few weeks
ago, six dozen pajamas have been
completed. They also have a knitting
class and furnish thread and yarn to
workers. Mrs. S. B. Sund, residing in
the Bartlett apartments, is chair
man of the unit.
"A rooster has been donated to the
Colome branch Of the Red Cross,
Colome, S. D., and has already been
sold at three different auctions. The
first time it brought sos, the second
$215.50 and the third sos, making a
total of $425.5O.
There are now SO field directors
representing the Bureau of Camp Ser
vice in national army environments
national guard mobilization camps,
and naval stations. This camp ser
vice was established to render emer-
gency aid and to provide comforts for
the men, such as knitted outfits and
comfort kits. When an emergency
exists, the Red Cross supplies on mil
itary requests some of the articles
which the government undertakes to
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In order to protect from moths and
damage in other forms during the
summer months, Red Cross sweaters
and other knitted articles furnished
to the soldiers, an order has been is
sued under date of March 18th, by the
adjutant general of the army address.
ed to all commanding generals and all
department commanders, instructing
them to have an inventory taken at
once of all articles of wearing ap.
tIparel issued by the Red Cross and to
require the Unit Supply officers to
take up on their return and account
for these articles as though they were
government property regularly sup
piled by the quartermaster's corps
furthermore, Cney are TO exercise Cne
same care in their use and preserva-
ton and are to turn them in to the
quartermaster for renovation at the
end of the season or when no longer
required, to be reissued when needed
This action on the part of the war
department will assure the thousands
of American women who have knitted
sweaters and other articles for the sol.
diers for winter use that the articles
which they have made are to receive
the same careful attention as clothing
or any other article furnished by the
government.