The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-09-25
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FIVE THOUSAND TONS
OF CLOTHING NEEDED
Cambridge People Are Asked to Help
In Present Drive to Relieve The
Suffering Beleians.

Ten million men, women and
children in the occupied parts OF Bel
GUM and France again look to the
American people to provide them
with clothing to get through the com
ing winter. On the success of the
second clothing drive which the
American Red Cross, at the request
of the Belgian Relief Commission,
launched on September %, to con-
tinue for one week, depends whether
these sorely-tried people are to have
enough covering for their poorly
nourished bodies during the cold
weather
Five thousand tons of clothing is
the minimum amount the Red Cross
hopes to ship to these people as re-
suit of this drive. An equal amount
was collected in the clothing cam
paign last March, and for some time
past has been in the process of dis
tribution in Belgium and Northern
France, but at least as much more
is needed according to Herbert c.
Hoover, chairman of the Commission
for the Relief of Belgium. In an APP
peal to the American people for a
hearty response to this worthy call,
Henry P. Davidson, chairman of the
War Council of the American Red
Cross, says in part:
Back of the German wall that for
four years has Lemmed in brave lit
tie Belgium and her neighbors in
northern France, 100000 human
beings look to us for clothing as we'll
as food Even the well-to-do lack
necessities. and the poor are in the
direst need. All stocks of clothing
and raw material have long since
been exhausted. There have been no
commercial imports since the first
devastation of the country. The
quantity of materials that the Com
mission for Relief has been permit
ted to import for manufacture into
clothing has never been sufficient,
and now the world is short both of
clothing and raw material. We can
not purchase what is needed.
But you can give it.
Every household in the land has
some spare clothing, worn or out
grown, of little value here, but des-
perately needed by the destitute
there. They have been reduced to
fashioning garments from flour sacks,
old blankets, sheets, and tablecloths,
which have now almost disappeared,
and shoes from scraps of carpet and
jute sacks. Today it costs eight dol
lars to have pair of shoes resoled.
For bedding, sacks stuffed with dry
leaves or moss serve as mattresses.
Everywhere the need for blankets is
tremendous. Hospitals and other in
situations suffer for want of sheets.
In some places whole families sleep
together to share a single blanket
ITO relieve plucky and long-suf-
fering nation We must open up our
stores of partly used clothing. The
value of these supplies is incstimable.
Your unused garments will cIothe
our oppressed allies as human be-
ings should be clothed, save them
from suffering, disease and death by
protecting them against the cold and
raw winters of northern Europe"
Garments of every kind, for both
sexes, and all ages, are needed, ac-
cording to the appeal Also piece
goods, which can be made into
sheets, blankets, and baby clothes.
Only garments of strong mamterials
will be accepted. Apparel of f1imsy
material or fancy clothing will not