Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-11
RED CROSS WORK At FRONT
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RED CROSS WORK At front
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give morale to the men, fill them with
i pep. 1t is this that the Geznans hate
to see, he said, and that is the reason
that they are continually bombing our
hospitals. It has come to the point
where we must camoufage them, be
said, SO that the Germans cannot To-
cate them. DR.. Perry described what
the Red Cross is doing and principal
among these things is the work of
keeping in trim 10000 French soldiers
each week. He said that if the Red
Cross did not do that it would be ne
cessary FOR this country to take that
number Of raw recruits each week and
send them to the front.
The knights Of Columbus and the
Y. NJ. c.. A.. the speaker stated, are do
! ing a great work at the front, lending
the boys in khaki helping hand in
ma,-y ways. This is greatly appreciat-
ed by the boys.
America has the ending of this war
in its hands, the speaker said. He
stated that we could shorten this war
if we just got into it with determina-
! ion. He expressed the belief that if
the German people could know the
! truth about all things the war would
! be shortened. He gave it as his opin-
ion that if Wilson's last message to
congress could be read by the German
people the war would end tomorrow, he
referring to the president urgent
| pleading to the German people to come
and join the brotherhood of nations.
The speaker brought forth rounds of
applause again when he stated that if
France, italy and England fail in this
war, and are brought down to their
knees, America, the unconquered, the
| unconquerable, will never fail!
How the German soldiers are taught
to protect their comrades against the
dangers of venereal diseases, was de-
scribed by the speaker, and, wai!e to
the nearer it seemed almost unbe.iev-
able, he maintained that it was abso-
lutely true and that even German pris-
oners had testified to it. Conditions in
the German trenches are largely blam.
ed for this, as the conditions there are
terrible, he said. The men. after
spending months in the trenches un-
der such conditions. become maniacs
and really do not now what they are
doing, he said. 3.
Germany does not feed its prisoners
and they are all fed by friends, the
speaker disclosed. The American Red
Cross is now sending food packages
through Switzerland so that they will!
reach any American soldiers who m..7
be captured by the Germans. Other
things that the American Red Cross
is doing arc to buiii barracks where
soldiers who are returning homo from
the front may stop and get some good
food, take bath, get hive, clean
clothing, etc., before continuing ON
their way home. Before these barracks
were built the men when leaving tho
trenches were covered with yermin,
their clothing was all mud and they
were dirty, and in this condition
they had to travel the entire distance
to their homes. Little children to the
! number of 500 day are being sent
through the lines by the Germans be-
cause there are too many people in
that country now to feed and care for.
The Red Cross is taking up ali these
children and giving them food. cloth
F.; ing and providing homes for them.
DR.. Perry stated that the rumors
about our soldiers not getting articles
made by the Red Cross should not be
believed. All the soldiers 40 we'll
cared for, he said. and before they are
sent to the front they are provided
with sweaters, muffcrs, wrist.ets, COM
fort kits and everything that is neces-
sary. Further, he said, there is abso-
lutely no truth in the reports that
so many Of our soldiers are diseased.
Ninety-five per cent Of the men who
went over there are clean and they
will come back home clean.
In concluding his talk DR.. Perry told
of an actual experience with an Afneri-'
can soldier who had been: wounded at
the front and who he saw at a hospi-
tai in France, in a dying condition.
He said that he asked the soldier if
there was ANYTHING that he could do
for him, but he replied "no.'' Hest
tating for a short time, DR.. Perry ask
ed him if he was willing 10 have Mr..
Perry write a letter to his parents in
this country. The soldier replied that
he was an orphan and that no one
cared for him. DR.. Perry asked if
there was anyone at the orphanage
where he had been brought up to whom
he wished to write, as likely there was
someone there who. cared for him. He
gave him the name Of one Of the
teachers, whom he remembered had
; cared for him, but he did not know her
address. DR.. Perry promised that he
would see that tho teacher received
the letter, and he then asked Mr.. Per
ry to write her and to thank her for
the good things which she had given
him. He then asked Mr.. Perry to rest
his check against his, realizing that
: someone did care, and with that he
was satisfied. The speaker closed BY
saying that somebody always cares,
and that this is just what the Red
Cross means, that Somebody Cares.
CAN YOU SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?
If so rats cost the farmer 800 a
year, how much money are you vast
ing9
1t is estimated that there ore more
rats than human beings in the United
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