Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-05-08

fering. On the battlefelds of Europe
there are hundreds Of our boys. They
are fighting our battle. Regardless OF
the kind of uniforms they wear, they
are protecting our homes and our
families from the murderous horGes
that for four years have been ravish-
ing Europe.
The people Of the United States have
not yet felt the real effect of the
mighty conflict. Our casualty lists
have been short and only a few have
experienced the anxiety incident to the
knowledge that near and dear rela-
tive or friend is lying wounded Some
where in France
The casualty lists in France and
England bring sorrow to thousands of
families every day.
AS this is written, our American
boys are marching shoulder to shoulder
with the English and French soldiers
and the announcement is expected
daily that more than one hundred
thousands OF them have been thrust
INTO the human slaughter that is going
ON III northern France. When that day
comes, we must be prepared to face a
long casualty list 1t is then we will
long to be with them and care for
them.
While that is not possible, fortunate
ly there is an institution whose sole
purpose is to alleviate and prevent
suffering. The American Red Cross is
on the job everywhere. Wherever our
soldiers go, the Red Cross is with them
to minister to their needs, whether they
are sick wounded or ua11
At the front when a soldier comes
from the trenches tired and dirty, off
for furlough, he finds Red Cross
canteen. There he see American
women in the Red Cross uniform
standing back Of a counter, pouring
coffee. ladling soup, and passing out
sandwiches as fast as they can work.
When troops are moved across the
country, there are bound to be delays
OF supplies, late trains and lack of
good food. The Red Cross canteen
workers take care Of such situations
with the movable kitchens, distribut-
ing sandwiches, soup, coffee and cake.
1t would take volumes to tell about
even few of the ways in which the
Red Cross works to prevent suffering.
But in these war times when millions
OF men and the most modern scientific
inventions for slaughter are putting
forth their utmost efforts to kill or
MAIN other millions of men. women
and children, the task imposed upon
the Red Cross is so great that the
human mind cannot grasp it in it's en-
tirety.
1t is the Red Cross ambulance that
goes into the darkness of the night and
over shot-shelled roads to gather up
the wounded after a battle. 1t is in
the Red Cross hospitals that the
wounded and sick soldiers are tenderly
cared for by the best physicians and
surgeons, and by we'll trained nurses.
1t is the Red Cross which helps to
care for the families of soldiers which
have been left destitute and for the
refugees who have been deprived of
everything they possessed and driven |
from their homes in the war-swept |
battletields. In these and in many. |
many other ways. the Red Cross is
binding up the wounds which this |
terrible war is causing
But 1t takes money to do all these |
things. They must be done and the !
Red Cross must have the money to do !
them. Beginning May Doth and con-
tlnulng for one week. a campaign will |
be made to raise S1OO,OOO.OU0 for the
Red Cross work. Every penny con-
[ributed i'll this campaign will be used |
III war work. The expense of the cam
paign will be paid for the general funds
IT the Red Cross Society.
We cannot personally care for our /
boys who are fighting our battle for us.
but we can make make our dollars
minister to their needs and comfort
them in their suffering You would |
tear up your own clothes to bind up
the wounds of a man who had fought
to save your daughters. You would
not refuse a cup of coffee to a man
who was fighting fire in your barn.
Our boys are offering their all COM
pared to what we are giving. Our
last dollar would be but little.
Give your dollars to the Red Cross
and help take care of our boys.
The monthly business meeting of the
Red Cross will be held Thursday. May
18th. A program will be rendered
after the business meeting, Everyone
IS welcome
Sw. Luth Church Of Alvarado.
J. w. LUNDGREN. Pastor.
Services to be held in Bloomwood
3 ! Sunday, May ~, at II a. m and at
Alvarado at 8 p. m. Rev. Dahlquist
will speak. Sunday school in Alvarado
1t 1880 p. m. Don't forget to send
your children there.
Baptist Church Of Vexa.