Douglas Island news., 1918-05-24
HELP FOR BOYS
 AT THE FRONT
Mir. Bradley in Four-Minute Ad- dress, Makes Appeal to Men and
 Women to Enlist for Work


 audience at the Orpheum theatre last Sunday night, gave a very i'm tercstlng talk, Che substance Of which was as follows:
 "Tho Red Cross is a somi-onicial organization whoso function is to net as a channel through which the volunteer service of the people Of the United States may loo transmit ted to their armed forces in Che field, and also Co direct this service to Che best advantage. The official charac- ter of this organization is SO well recognized by our courts that con- tomptuous or offensive remarks di- rccted against the Rcd Cross are considered scditious
 "Thc amount of service we, the civilian forces at home, render our armed forces in the field reflects the intensity of our patriotism. The pco- pie of Alaska are as patriotic as any people of the United States, and Che people Of Douglas Island are as pa triotic as any people of Alaska. Tho amount Of service we will render. however. will be in direct propor- tion to our understanding of its necessity.
 "Thcro are two ways whereby those of us in this community can render service to the American Red Gross. One is by contributions of. money and the other is by contribu- ton of effort. Generally speaking thc money is contributed by men for the purchase of materials, and the effort is contributed by the women at the Red Cross work rooms, where the materials are worked mp Into the desired articles.
 "In contributing our money or cf- fort. or both. we should not let our likes or dislikes influence us in any manner whatsoever. Suppose Mir Doe has a few dollars he can anord Co give but does not because he dis likes Mir Roe who is connected with thc Red Cross. Mir. Doe might say, q will not contribute a cent toward anything that Mir Roe will get credit for Now, no one is in Rcd Cross work for credit they arc in| it because they consider it a sacred duty: tho only credit that can ap- ply as a result of Red Cross work is credit to our community Now, be- cause Mir. Does few dollars do not get into the treasury certain amount of bandago material is not bought Mrs. Green may not go to| the Red Cross work rooms because she does not like the way Mrs Brown does her back hair; consc- oucntly tho output of bandagcs is| short by the amount Mrs Green should have made. Now. if ono of our wounded boys dies because of a lack Of bandogcs, ! presume Mir. Doe Is properly avenged, and that Mrs Green will think it an Mrs. Browns. fault ! may be very stupid, but I can sec no possible connection be- tween our patriotic obligations and our likes and dislikes.
 And another thing: if any one taxes you with not doing your duty toward the Red Cross, at certain time or place, get as indignant os. you like. for this Is the height of impudoncc. If any one urges or en- couragcs you to work for Red Cross do not be indignant. for that is the height of duty. The scle judge of the time. the place or the occasion of helping Red Cross, by any ndi- vidual is the individual himself. We| can an be the judge as to whether or not a certain individual does his share of work, but the manner Of. doing his share must be left to the individual himsolt-thc main thing is to sec that everyone does his. share and in this we can all help by example or precept.
 "A brief review of our first years work shows that this community raised S3.37O. and of this S2,77O went for the purchase of supplies leaving $500 in the treasury. The raw materials purchased were con verted into 25.9OO finished articles. This is truly good record, but please bear in mind that during the coming year. with the U. s. troops at the front, there will be nearly twice as many to provide for as heretofore and this means that every chapter win be called upon Co double its output. Indeed, We have already felt the call.
 "If we work as we should work our output can be doubled. Those boys who went from this community know we expect great things from them and they have the right Co ex- pect great things from us. They arc not going to dlsappoint us-we must not disappoint them"