The Parker post., 1918-05-18
RED CROSS WAR
FUND CAMPAIGN

The Red Cross War Drive begins
next Monday and will continue for
the entire week. The drive will open
in Parker on Monday evening with
an open-air meeting opposite the new
hotel building on California avenue.
There will be speaking and singing,
and the Indian band will play patri-
otic airs.
It is planned to make the opening
night Of the war drive the biggest
| patriotic meeting ever held in Parker.
| Everybody should attend this meet
ing and learn the reasons for the
raising of large fund for the work
| of the Red Cross society
The War Council of the American
Red Cross has issued the following
address to members of that organiza-
| tion: ''To carry out the proclamation
of the president of the United States
and president of the Red Cross you
are called upon to spare no effort to
make Red Cross week, beginning May
20, period of patriotic generosity.
| unsurpassed in the annals of
practical relief The minimum Am
erican contribution should be $780,
900, 600.
"You are asked to review carefully
| the needs of our own troops and
troops and civilian populations of
| our allies as outlined in the presi-
dents proclamation and discussed in
detail in many reports of this organ
izatiOn, and then bring these needs
to the attention of all with whom you
come into contact.
LET no Red Cross member fail in
the opportunity to give until he feels
he has satisfactory personal share
in these measures for victory Red
Cross week affords every American
an opportunity to give to his country
and his country's allies-to do his
utmost without thought of financial
return-that those who are suffering
may be sustained to victory
'Let no one be able to say that he
did not give or that he did not give
sufficiently because he failed to un-
derstand the needs, no matter how
many men are in camp or in transit
or in trenches, protection of the Red
Cross must be with every one. from
the time he leaves home until he re-
turns, or until he finds his grave on
foreign soil. The same protection
must be maintained over any depen-
dents he may leave behind.
Rapid increase in the number of
our soldiers in France means that Red
Cross facilities abroad for immediate
relief and care of our fighters must be
increased. Refugees driven from
their homes by Germans have added
thousands to the number of home
less old men, women and children in
France and Italy who must be fed,
clothed and nursed back to health
and re-established. The death of
every allied soldier makess this more
important to every civilian and es-
pecially every child.
"The fight to overcome tuberculo-
sis in France must be maintained and
increased. The campaign to save
babies and children---the immediate
hope of future citizenship-muat be
extended. The need for at least q
hundred million dollars is convincing
and immediate.
''The Red Cross in more than a
hundred ways is rendering service
here and abroad that saves human
life and maintains the fighting spirit
of our allies. The Red Cross must
always be financially prepared to deal
with unexpected emergencies con-
stantly arising from war conditions.
In these emergencies immediate re-
lief is the only effective relief Never
has money been made that yields
such big returns in allaying pain, re-
storing happiness and creating USE
fulness for our fellow human beings
as the Red Cross dollar of the first
war fund.