Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-12-18
RED CROSS IN PEACE
WORK FOR THE ORGANIZATION
NOW THAT WAR MAY BE CON-
SIDERED ENDED.
WHOLE NATION ASKED TO AID
Chairman Dawson Announces That
Week Preceding Christmas Will Be
Given to Efforts to Extend the Or
der's Membership to All Citizens.


der's Membership to All Citizens.
Washington, Dec. 4-Future plans
of the American Red Cross, under
Which the great organization built
up during the war will be devoted to
peace-time relief work not only in the
United States but throughout the
world, was outlined in a statement is
sued tonight by Henry P. Dawson,
chairman of the war council
1.-THE whole American people will be
invited in the week preceding Christ
mas to enroll as members of the Red
Cross 1t is confidently believed there
need be no further campaigns for Red
Cross funds, but instead the annual
roll call will constitute the foundation
of the Red Cross. The people should,
therefore, know as definitely as pos
sible the plans of this their national
humanitarian society.
wherever our soldiers and sailors
may be, the Red Cross will stay with
them until they are denobilized.
Nothing which we may do will be left
undOne, either for the men in the war
zone, for those returning, for those in
the camps and hospitals or for their
families at home to whom will con-
tinue to be devoted the ministrations
of the Red Cross home service In
this latter effort $4,000 trained Red
Cross workers are now engaged at
$500 different places throughout the
land
"The problems of reconstruction, in
volving feeding and caring for the dis
tressed civilian populations of Europe,
are of such magnitude that necesSar-
lily they must be met very largely by
the governments Of our allies, with
whom our own government will coop
crate.
1.-THE war program of the American
Red Cross will thus steadily and rapid
ly merge itself into a peace program.
While the plans in this direction can
not be formulated specifically, in adj
vance of the general relief program Of
the allied governments, the American
Red Cross is nevertheless planning TO
develop its permanent organization in
this country upon a scale never before
contemplated in time of peace. The
commissions which are now conduct
Ing the activities Of the American Red
Cross in foreign countries, as well as
the temporary war organization in this
country, will as matter of course ul-
timately merge their energies with
those of the permanent organization
of the Red Cross.
"There may be, therefore, perfect
confidence that the peace activities of
the Red Cross will be conducted UNI
der able and inspiring leadership. The
chapters will maintain their organiZa-
| tons upon scale adequate to the
new demands to be made upon them.
Local committees will indeed appreci-
ote more and more the value of having
in their midst strong ana efficient Red
| Cross chapters. The divisional organ
1zatiOns, with honorary and permanent
staffs, will be Observation-Disclosures
| ready for service; and national head
quarters will have large and efficient
| personnel to direct the activities of the
| organization as WHOLE
For the completion of its war work
and for the institution of its peace
program. the Red Cross is fortunately
| in healthy financial condition. Album
dant occasion for the use of large
| funds of money and great quantities
| of garments and other supplies will
! continue to arise, but it is believed
| that there will be no further need for
| intensive campaigns for funds. The
WORK OF experimenting governmental
activities, which the Red Cross will
| be called u-on to do in all parts of
| the world, will be upon great scale,
but 1t will call for human service rath-
err than for large expenditures.
what the American Red Cross
needs now is not so much contributions
| of money, as the continued devotion
and loyalty of its members: This is
peculiarly true at this moment of
| transition from war to peace. Annual
membership involves the payment Of
| only one dollar. The moneys thus re-
ceived not only defray all the admins
! trative expenses of the organization
but leave substantial balance, which,
| together with all funds subscribed di-
rectly for relief, are devoted solely to
that purpose. The roll call of the ma
ton is thus to be called at Christmas
time, that through enrolment in their
Red Cross the American people may
send a message to our soldiers still
overseas and to the peoples OF the
world that we are not only merely con-
tent with seeing our arms united with
our allies in victory, but that our abid-
ing purpose is that the love, the SYM
patty and the intelligence of all Amer
lea shall be rededicated to the perma-
nent service of mankind"
Intelligent Dog.
The family doctor was making pro-