Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-12-19
'DAVISOuAPPIEEl.LS
FORBIG ROLL CALL
Head Of Red Cross War Coun.
Gil Sends Stirring Message
to the Public.
Visit PROBLEMS Are Ahead
Sees Mo Necessity fer Further Cam
paigns for Funds If People Re
spond Properly 70 Christ
mas Drive.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 4.-IIcnry
2. Dawson, chairman Of the war coun-
Gil OF the Red Cross. today issued to
the 3,854 chapters and the 22,000.000
members the following statement out
lining the future policy of the Ameri-
can Red Gross:
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 posi-
bic the plans OF this, their national
humanitarian society.
"Since the armisdce was signed
have had an opportunity TO confer in
Paris With the heads of all American
Red Cross commissions in Europe, and
later in Washington with the presi-
dent of the United States the war
council Of the Red Cross the managers
Of the fourteen Red Cross divisions of
the United States, and with the heads
of our department at national head
quarters. / am, therefore. able to
-. * now with knowledge and assur-
aa"I III saying that the beneftcent work
OF the American Red Cross is to go
forward on a great scale-not alone,
as heretofore, for purposes of relief of
war, but as an agency Of peace and
permanent human service.
Since Americas entry into the war
the purpose of our Red Cross has been
primarily to aid our army and navy in
the care of our men under arms. and,
secondly. to extend relief to the sol
dierS, sailors and civilians of those ma
tons which were fighting our battles
along with their own. With the funds
which have been so generously con-
tributed by the American people this
war work Of the Red Cross will CON
tinue and be completed with all posi-
bic sympathy and energy.
Wherever our soldiers and sailors
may be the Red Cross will stay with
them until they are GemObilized. Moth
ing which we may do will be left un-
done, 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 necessa-
rily they must be met very largely by
the governments of our allies, with
whom our own government viii coop
crate.
Tile great tasks Of fighting tubercu-
lOsis promoting child welfare. and car
ing for refugees. with which the Amer
lean Red Cross hasAc0ncerned itself so
effectively in France, Italy and Bel
gi0n. will at an early date be assumed
BS iIIG governments, jIe 4tStl i-ICSS or
carnations, and the relief societies Of
those Countries which, now that they
are released FROM. the. terrible bjrden.
of wagingtNgr, naturally desire teetalle
care, as 'far-as they cam, 56f theiEa9Wn
people. >sis IS. -
aTho tWaF problem eff the american
Red Cross win thus Steadily {dne1 rap
ids merge Itself into a peace program
The wake Of the war will, however,
+ aeyeal the prevalence Of disease. and
give, rssex to epiaemics and eJQergoQ,
els which III afi p:ffs Of the world
81 call .for-unlimfted voluntary eff
#krf his cutting If faaaape aud aaaai.
fe*tht1nfg shoke dp3ities of hqman
sympathy whieh= goysFnment aetior
cannot display. Here will .be-the< op
H=!&{-E5i.t .44 FIR the. American Red GROSS
81 eeISI OR Red eroaF must not act
and caftiSSatt o ~, 71e~t, etseerFvsssF alone
: Ne n1Jfst FabGr IN e2-1peratian asFil tbs
NaionaFRedrCr and -rtlisnssaeietIe-
OF '@theranQtions, to the end that not
y atena"the heart Of AMERICA but the