Arizona republican., 1918-02-18
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

effort is doing real good. much more than they realize perhaps, when the work is on such big scale and the fruits of it are so far off, they must wonder at times whether it is really worth while, but I can assure them | they need have no doubts" ! From John L. Clymer. director of bureau of development of the Pacific division, has issued the following bull letin:
 | Our Red Cross Commission in Paris has received word from our comman- er-in-chief of the Ameican Expedi- tionary force that one of our chapters has written direct to individual offi- cers in France for information in re-
 gard to certain specified articles which
 would be useful fo their men. The message says, in part: The informa- tion as to the needs of the American troops for such things as the Red Cross supplies can be readily ascer-
 tained by the Red Cross through regu- lar channels, and it is thought that less confusion will ensue, if this man ner of handling the matter is adopted.'
 
 the commander-in chief, as trans
 mitted by Major Perkins in his cable.
 1t should be understood by chapters
 that hereafter all needs of the army in
 foreign service will be communicated by the proper authorities representing
 the army at our Paris office, which in turn will communicate these needs di- rect to Red Cross National headquar- ters. In order to ensure the closest CO., ! operation with the army, it must be clearly understood that the Paris and , Washington headquarters of the Red z Cross must be the only points of con- | tact between the army and the Red Cross. Should any officer write re- ! quests directly to chapters at home for , Red Cross supplies for men in their
 commands such requests should inn
 mediately be referred to division head ' quarters in order that we may CO., operate with Geneal Pershing as he so , desires.
 ' are, $ e, e,dlDw.hAIrq q. blk EFT SH CHM During the past ten days ten cases
 have been shipped by freight to the
 division headquarters in addition to the : knitted articles that have been for t warded to the coast.
 Major Grayson M. P. Murphy spoke
 to the men and women workers at na-
 tional headquarters recently. What he U said was not only for them. but for IS every member of the American Red 1T Cross He gave what might be termed " family talk" He said in part: K T know that the work that has been u accomplished by the American Red
 Cross since we started our present l- work, shortly after the outbreak of the U war, has been the greatest work of it's j. kind that ever was done in the history
 of the world
 No work of a similar nature hes d ever been dreamed of before. and you 'e cannot understand on this side of the re water what an effect it has had on the le War abroad.
 III We have had support abroad the ;e like of which I did not dare to dream oI of when l went over. We have been ,u backed, and helped, and supported, and to cheered from this side of the water in i- a way that would have made it impos-
 sible for any organization even a very ne meager one, to do other than excellent ed work.
 Ill When we arrived early in June the IL situation in France and all along the
 western front was a pretty extraordin- p- ary one. Those cCuntries had been o- terribly worn by this war. France.
 from ? population of somewhere
 around 3S,O0O,0O0, has lost in killed. Stl 4ObolN lSOnCAo dbOuS L lu 9,500,000 men. If we lost in this coun- oy try 10,000,00 it would be in about the to same proportion. England in the last lle year of the war has lost S00,000 in Il killed and wounded.
 ds The whole of those countries is in s9I the game. There is not man, woman ai or child in France, in Belgium, in
 Great Britain or Italy that is not af- ., fected by this war. The suffering is cnVo h hot 7nt 1x-e. ss and we shall not begin to understand. II, IT. even those who have been there, until ,i-' we really set in the game ourselves. 1h All For many years we have followed uo a policy of failing to prepare for war. s The result was that when we declared ilu war in April it was impossible for US ne to put an effective military force in the .' field. Today, months after the decla- 's' ration of war, our war is still being
 fought for us by our allies. We have
 taken no active part in the fighting 'le Although in very short time our men eh will begin to go in we shall not be a III real factor in the military situation fol tS' a long time to come.
 pe When we arrived in France, the 'cn 'cn great feeling all along the front was idl one of happiness that this great coun- iss try of ours had come to take our par are in the fight. They believe over ther, ns' that America is capable of eXtraordin IFS. ary deeds They think we are a peo. ese pie who can carry out miracles of or ny ganization and effective work. Witt t,. d our entry into the war the people fel DI- victory had been assured. iu- If, during all the months that hav'
 passed since our declaration of war
 our country has been able to do noth ct ing but continue it's preparations lce those of us who have been on the othe ., side realize that the effect would hav the been on the spirit of the people wh cen were carrying on the fighting. Icn There has been only one grea olI agency that has been able to fill tn can gap and to carry t6 the people owe are there the knowledge that America no row only was making promises. not onl ItIc was preparing, but was actually ac
 complishng-and that was the Ameri no can Red Cross
 70 From he eighteen men that yo
 sent there in June, without .organiZa
 ton, without equipment, even withou
 offices, we have today an organiZatio
 that is operating and operating effec Ie: lively all the way from Sicily up tn If whole western front and into Grea . Britain.
 ,r. We have goods which you have sen If us stored in our warehouses behind tn . lines all the way from London throug
 Belgium, and all along the wester
 front into Italy.
 " We have the greatest motor trans