The Jasper news., 1918-10-31
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/. will thus been seen that during
the eighteen months which have
elapsed since the United States en-
tered the war, the American people
will have either paid In or pledged to
the American Red Cross for its work
of relief throughout the world, In,
money or In material values, net
total Of at least 1925, 100000.
Revealed Americas Heart.
1t has been because Of this spirit
which has pervaded all American Red
Cross effort in this war that the aged
governor of one of the stricken and
battered provinces Of France stated
not long since that, though France had
long known of Americas greatness,
strength and enterprise, 1t remained
for the American Red Cross in this war
to reveal Americas heart.
In this country, at this moment, the
workers of the Red Cross through its
chapters, are helping to add to the
comfort and health Of the millions of
our soldiers In 102 camps and canton
ments, as well as Of those travelling on
railroad. trains or embarking on ships
for duty overseas.
The home service Of the Red Cross.
with its now more than 10000 workers,
Is extending its ministrations of sym,
pathy and counsel each month to up
wards of 100000 families left behind
by soldiers at the front-a number
ever growing with the increase of our
men under arms,
But, Of course, the heart Of the Red
Cross and Its money and attention al
ways move toward and focus them
selves in Europe where the American
Red Cross, as truly 'the greatest moth
er in the world" Is seeking to draw u.
vast net of mercy through an ocean OF
unspeakable pain"
Red Cross Worth Recognized.
Nothing is withheld that can be
| given over there to supplement the
efforts Of our army and navy in caring
| for our own boys. The Red Cross does
not pretend to do the work of the
medical corps of the army or the navy ;
Its purpose is to help and to supple
ment.
Nor does the Red Cross seek to
| glorify what 1t does or those who do
| It; our satisfaction is In the result,
which, we are assured 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 your Red
Cross will have working in France up
wards Of 5000 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 1897, to initiate our eff
forts in Europe
| Your Red Cross now has active, op-
Grating commissions In France, In Eng
land, In Italy, In Belgium, In Switzer-
land, in Palestine and in Greece. You
have sent shipload Of relief supplies
and group Of devoted workers to
northern Russia; you have dispatched
a commission to work behind our arm
les in eastern Siberia; you have sent
| special representatives to Denmark, to
Serbia and to the island of Madeira.
| Carries Message Of Hope.
| Your Red Cross is thus extending re-
| lief to the armies and navies Of our
allies and you are carrying practical
message of hope and relief to the
friendly peoples Of afflicted Europe and
| Asia.
| Indeed, we are told 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 left
at home, especially In France and
Italy, haze constituted very real fac
tor in winning the war.
The veil has already begun to lift.
| 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 "the mobillzed 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 great
movement, seeking to embody In organ
lied form the spirit of service, the
spirit of sacrifice-in short, all that Is
best and highest in the ideals and as
pirations Of our country.
Indeed we cannot but believe that
this wonderful spirit which service ia