The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-12-12
RED CROSS has A
NOBLE TASK AHEAD
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The Red Cross has . Erca, vorA
ahesd OF II . very great work. q no
bic worn, We don't ~ rraliss hov
great this work h to b. night herv IN
New England Bat We shall know
better IN 4 few weeks. when cur
wounded boys are here- and bstter
still IN year from nov, when We
have seen them with cur own eyes
and have heard their stories,
The work that the Red Cross has
done In France has been great and
useful when we arrived there We
veYe in terrible need of tents and
blanke When we had done our
best there was still need Then the
Red Cross stepped In, without any
useless red tape. and found us the
tents and the blankets, and saw to Il
that our New England boys were kept
comfortable. That means great
deal to boy when he is three thou
sand miles away from home and cold
and wet The Red Cross win be busy
In France and Belgium for long time
yet, with the people in the devastated
regions and with our own boys. But
the work that can't help thinking Of
most, the work dearest to me, IL that
which Will be absolutely necessary for
our boys here and for their families,
night in our midst
Every day get scores OF letters
of them are most pathetic they take
hold On my heart. They come from
the mothers OF our boys. mothers who
DO not know where their boys are
and who are sick with worry. moth
en- Who know that their boys have
been wounded bat wish to learn more
about them. TO ease their terrible
anxiety, mothers Who wish 10 know
when their dead boys WIN be seut
home
Letters come from Widows whose
only sons are In the army in France
and Who ne Dependent On these saaa.
There mothers are sometimes tn
Great ned Of financial aid, and thsy
are afraid that their government A.
lstnents wfn not arrive IN Tina. 1hsy
nesd moasy for tood and for rent
Here h . lstter fsum . WIDOW whose
sun has ben wounded and 10 nov b
the hospital In another state. He
cannot yet Be DISCHARGED but b II
her only support and she writes to
tan ne her needs becsuse unleas help |
comes she II sufng 10 suffer.
Last year these mc4hers vese send
ING boxes Ut Thanksgiving time 70
their boyA This year many Of them
are waiting. while they weep. for the
terrible box that win bring the body
Of the dear son home to them. These
mothers Are the r1ghtful care Of the
Red Cross, and what . vorf II can
do foe then
On or boat coming homo vsss iss
c,iepsed meo. coming back 10 make
their way again Another boat Start
"a The Same day vstA - many nnse.
Some Of tAase boys havs only 80
arm. so0e AAvs oaly o. No. saos
vill not - their me1her's fAos ~
eause hoy ase Alind what b snlnS
10 become Il tbose boys Who have
gfven all hat they cosld! Many Of
them caaAst hold thalr "a plscas Of
vosk. wAsss vfI they and nov
o.ss! No HeAsW vosk can - doae
than f1r IL Red Gross b - 10 II
tAaA they ~ made comfortable, tAAs
tAey ass looked Aftes until thsy ~
ssetjed again. And they msSt not
como hack 70 homes that have been
uproeted While they were away. The
Red Cross caA make them most hap
~ BY having their homes safe for
them. and their mcshers and SISTERS
veil.
Ono Of the bast things about the
Red Cross IA that y has no rcd tape
II goes straight to the heart Of things
II cnce, and wastes no time tn
help 10 sure and quick. and that
means everything hope that the
Red Cross can zee to It that no man
shan be found. a year from now. with
an empty sleeve or on crutches. who
is wandering the streets hooking for
work We dent yet know what II
all means, but we are going to and
out pretty soon when the boys are
here again.
The Red Cross has 4 great and a
very noble task ahead ,
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