Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-11-01
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viii have either pnld In or pledged &c
the American Red Cross for It's work
OF relief throughout the world. In
money or In mnterinl values, q net
total OF nj lenst 1921. 100000.
Revealed Americas Heart.
II has been because OF this spirit
which has pervnded all American Red
Cross effort In this war that the aged
governor OF n Of the stricken and
battered provinces Of France ytntee
not long since that. though France hra
long known Of Americas greatness.
strength and enterprise, Il remained
for the American He'd Cross In tLis war
to reveal Americas henrt.
In this country, A. this momunt. the
workers OF the Red Cross. through lis
chapters. are helping 10 add 10 the
comfort and health of the millions Of
u soldiers In TO- camps and anton
ments. ms well M Of those trav,'ing ON
rnllrond trains or embnrklng on ships
for duty overseas.
The home service OF the Red Cross,
with liz now more than 10000 workers,
Is extending It's mlnis,rntlons Of sym.
pnthy and counsel each month Ia up
wnrtls Of 100000 families left behind
by soldiers at the front-a number
ever growing with the increase Of CUR
men under arms.
But, Of course, the heart OF the Red
Cross and Its money and attention nj.
ways move toward and focus them
selves In Europe where the American
Red Cross, as truly "the greatest moth
or In the world" IL seeking TO draw "a
vast net OF mercy through nm ocean OF
unspenknble pain"
Red Cross Worth Recognized.
Nothing IL withheld that can be
given Over there To supplement the
efforts of our army and navy In caring
for our own boys. The Red Cross does
no pretend to do the work OF the
medical corps Of the army or the navy /;
It's purpose IL to help and to supple
ment.
Nor does the Red Cross seek to
glorify whit II does or those who do
Il; our satisfaction Is In the result,
which. we are assured by Secretary
Baker, General PershIng, General Ire
land and all our leaders. Is of Ines
tlmable value and OF Indispensable i'm
p%Ortance.
BY the first OF January your Red
Cross will have working Ia France up
wards OF 5000 Americans-n vivid
contrast to the little group Of eighteen
men and women which, as the first Red
Cross commission to France, sailed
about June /, 1917, TO initiate u ef
forts In Europe.
Your Red Cross now has nctiye, op
Grating commissions In France, In Eng
land. In Italy, In Belgium, In Swltzer
land, In Palestine and In Greece. YOi
have sent n shipload OF relief supplies
and n group OF devoted workers 4
northern Russia you have dispatched
n commission 10 work behind our arm
les In eastern Siberia you have sen
special representatives to Denmark, q
Serbia and to the Island Of Madeira.
Carries. Message Of Hope.
. Your Red Cross Is thus extending re-
lief to the armies and nnvies of GU
allies and you are carrying II practlca
{ message of hope and relief to tn
friendly peoples Of afflicted Europe an
/. Asia.
Indeed, we are told by those best II
formed In the countries Of u allie
that the efforts Of your Red Cross I
aid the soldiers and TO sustain tn
morale Of the civilian populations lei
NJ home, especially In Frnnce IN
Italy. have constituted II very real fa'
n tor IN winning the war.
The veil has already begun TO lift.
Whit the Red Cross may be calle
q upon 20 do In the further course Of III
G war, or with the coming of victor,
$ penc, and reconstruction, 1t would |
idle 4, attempt 20 p%rophesy.
But your great organization, In vei
trLt- 1.-THE moblllzed heart and splr
OF the whole American people," hi
shown itself equal to any call, ready
e respond TO any emergency.
? Spirit Of All Best and Highest.
e The American Red Cross has becon
not 80 much an organization ny n gree
movement, seeking to embody In orga
It tied form the spirit Of service, Il
Ie spirit OF sncrlfice-ln short, all that
n best and highest in the ideals and u
n plrntions OF our country.
lr Indeed We cnnnOt but believe thI
a. this wonderful spirit which service
c. aud for the Red Cross has evoked
r. this war. Is destined to become In Of
p national life an element Of permane
~ value.
lr Al Christmas time we shall ask Il
whole American people to answer q