The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-26

The wOmen's auto corps Of Bis
marck, under the direction of the Bur-
leigh county Red Cross chapter, will
| begin early tomorrow mOning a brief
| but strenuous drive for refugee cloth
'ng and supplies 70 the Belgians, who
soon will be called upon TO face an
other winter of disease, deprivation
and death. HOuseholders are asked
immediately-this very evening-to
ransack attics. clothes closets and
easements for garments which will
serve to protect the Belgians from
the cold. Then notice to Phone 267
will bring a member of the women S
auto corps pOste haste to collect the
articles contributed
Commenting on the need for this
further effot upon the part of pros
porous Americans, housed in comfort
able, peaceful and cOntented homes.
in a letter 1G the local committee,
says:
ITO Our Co.Workers:
1.-The gratifying results. Of the cam
paign for the collection of clothing for
the destitute Of Belgium, which was
inaugurated in March and closed on
June l. furnish grounds for deep sat
isfaction to all that have participated
in it. The American Red Cross, with
it's characteristic readiness, applied all
the machinery of it's organization to
the solicitation, collection and ship
lnent of gifts, and in an initial drive
lasting a week opened the channel for
steady flow of contributions which
has not yet ceased. The individual
Red Cross chapters throughout the
ny have given themselves whole
heartrdly to the eXacting LABOR involv
ed in this great work Of relief. Com
munities, organizations Of many kinds,
business firms and individual donors
have responded SO generously to the
appeal that the Commission for Relief
in Belgium is enabled to announce the
receipt OF upwards of five thousand
tons of clothing. both new and worn,
which represent more than fifteen mil
lion garments.
For this response to the need Of
brave people in desperate straits the
gratitude of the Belgian destitute and
Of their American spokesman is heart
felt A formal recognition goes to you
herewith, which will serve to recall
yOul "" IL pdIC VI ILLS NOIh, uuL WulCA
can not add to the satisfaction you
must feel in having share in the
alienation of distress and misery.
Vast as has been the response to
this appeal, it is not yet enough. OF
THE ten million inhabitants of the &C.
cupied region, one-half at least must
look to the outside world for their pro-
lection against the rigors of winter
All supplies of clothing and raw ma
terial have disappeared from Belgium
and the worlds markets can not pro-
vide the garments or the material ne
cessary to make them in sufficient
quantities to meet the need. The
story of physical suffering and of the
devices resorted to by the ingenious
population to provide bodily protec-
ton is pathetic in the extreme. To
relieve plucky and long-suffering ma
ton from the necessity of fashioning
inadequate garments from table-cloths.
blankets, and sheets lall of which
have even now almost disappeared).
we must open up the stores Of partly
used clothing that are to be found in
almost every family in the land. The
value of these supplies is inestimable.
Making them available for Belgium
and France means saving human be-
ings from suffering and death, and
helping to make possible a coming
generation of Belgians possessing
some measure of health and vigor.
| 1.-THE National Red Cross has once