Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-10-26

thuiasm and a devotion in the doing
which, after all. are greater and bigge
than could be anything measured il
terms of time or dollars
1t has been becanselFof this spri
which has perwaded 81 american Rec
Cross effort In this war that the aget
governor of one of the stricken ant
battered provinces of gi@rance STATED
not long since that, Though France hat
long known of Americas greatness
strength and enterprise. Hit remained
for the American Red iCrossetn this wal
to reveal Ameiieas heart.
In this country. at this. ma1gent, the
workers of the Red Gross, through its
chapters are helping to aadd. to the
y comfort and health of the, millions of
our soldiers In 1@2 camps, and canton
ments, as well as of those travelling on
railroad trains @,r enfhssrking ner. ships
s,s or duty overseas
The home service of the Red EEass,
IY5fy tn its now more than 10000, workers
;ls extending its ministratiols of sym
Pathy and counsel each mOrth to,,Uf-
,Wssds Of 100000 families left behind
by soldiers at the frssat---a number
ever growing with the ineress Sc of, our
men,pnder arms.
Bar, of course, the heart OF the Red
GrOssafnd its money and attention al
ways I'll owe toward and fOeus them
selves iAh Europe where the American
Red Cross. as truly "the greatest moth
er IN the usyorld," is seeking to draw IA
vast net at mercy through an ocean of
unspeskal,1e pain"
Red Gesss Worth Recognized.
Nothing us withheld that can be \
given over ,tGere to supplement the
efforts Of ess .s<IDy aud navy in caring
for our own boys. The Red Cross does
not pretend 10 DO the work Of the |
medical corps of che army or the navy; |
its purpose il to help and TO supple
,Ment.
Nor does the ked Cross seek to |
glQsify what it does ar those who do |
It,; sur satisfaction Is In the result,
which. we are assuree by Secretary
Baker. General Pershing. General Ire
land And all our leaders, is of ines
Unable value and Of Indispensable i'm
portance.
BY the FIRST Of January yeur Red
Cross will have working In France up
wards of $500 Americans-a vivid
contrast to the little group of eighteen
men and women which, as the first Red
Cross commission to France. sailed
about June l. 1911, 30 Initiate our eff
forts In Europe.
Under your commission to France
he work has been carefully organized.
facilities have been provided. and ef-
'ective efforts made to so cooperate
With the army as to carry out the de-
of the American people,
md especially of the members OF the
Red Cross. that our boys "over there
shall lack for nothing which may add
o their safety, comfort and happiness. :
Your Red Cross now has active, op-
.rating commissions In France, in Eng
and, In Italy, In Belgium. in Switzer-
and. In Palestine and in Greece, You
ave sent a shipload of relief supplies Y
md group of devoted workers to Z
lorthern Russia you have dispatched @
commission to work behind our arm q
es in eastern Siberia; you have sent
special representatives to Denmark, 10 Q
Serbia and to the island Of Madeira.
Carries Message Of Hoor.
1ouf Red Cross is thus extending re- /
ief to the armies and navies Of Our /
lilies; and you are carrying a practical (
message of Nope cid relief 70 The
'nehu'y pe"p' of afflic &c Europe and
Asia
indeed. we are soId by those best In
formed in the countries of our allies
that the efforts of your Red Cross to
aid the soldiers and to sustain the
morale of the civilian populations LETT
at home, especially in France and
italy, have constituted very real fac-
tor ia winning the war,
The veil has ulyeady begun to lift.
The detection of Bulgaria, which by
the time this message can he read may
have been followed by events still more
portentous, may point the way TO yet
greater Red Cross opportunity and OBJ
legation. THE cry from Macedonia to |
come and help will probably prove one |
of the most appealing messages to
which the world has ever listened.
What the Red Cross may be called
upon to do in the further course OF the
war, or with the coming of victory
peace and reconstruction, 1t would be
idle to attempt to prophesy.
But your great organization. in very
truth 1.-The modified heart and spirit
of the whole American people, has
shown itself equal to any call, ready to
respond to any emergency.
Spirit OF All Best and Highest.
The American Red Cross has become
not so much an organization as a great
| movement, seeking to embody In organ
| lied form the spirit Of service, the
| spirit of sacrifice-in short, all that IL
best and highest In the ideals and as