Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Red Cross News
is Timely Reading
Chrstmas Membership Drive Inspiring London--Red
Cross Sent Christmas Cheer Military Hospitals in
Observation-Disclosures Adopts Junior Red Cross
Canteens Help Morale in France

| the direction and control of tho work,
so that adjustments to local conditions
| can be made.
'In all cases where school authorities
authorized the Junior Red Cross
organization they may doubtless
| refer to the Red Cross all other
| organizations seeking tho cooper
! alton of the schools, in civilian or war
relief. This will reduce the perplexity
of conflicting demands without excluding
from consideration any worthy cause"
This official endorsement from the state
that has been SO long q leader in education
al matters is proof of the working value
OF the Junior membership officially ap-
proved by the War Council of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, September 8, 1917.
CANTEENs IN FRANCE.
General GoigouX, as O representative
of the French general staff, called at the
headquarters of the American Red
Cross in Paris recently to express the salts
faction of the military authorities at the
work the Red Cross is doing for the
French soldiers, especially by means of the
organization cantecns.
The only thing that matters in this
war" said General Goigoux, sis to beat
the Germans and TO accomplish this the
all-lmportant is the morale of the men.
This you have done much to uphold.
The atmosphere you create is more
valuable than even YOU can realize
Your work Is that Of good Americans,
good Frenchmen, good allies. / wish TO
thank you for ii In my own name and In
that of General Petain.
FOR DISABLED MEN.
For the training of crippled men IN
trades or occupations In which they can
engage in spite of their handicaps, the
American Red Cross has established in
New York City school of reeducation
known as the Red Cross Institute for
Crippled and Disabled Men. The organ
ization of this institute has been made
possible by gift of over $4,000 by Mr..
jeremiah Milbank of New York, who early
in the summer of the past year saw the
wisdom, in the present necessity of indus
trial production, of putting disabled men
back on the payroll
The facilities of the Institute will also
be at the disposal of the government for
the rehabilitation of crippled soldiers
and sailors.
The activities OF the Institute, which is
already under operation. include an
employment bureau for cripples: indus
trial and commercial training classes for
disabled men. and departments of scien-
tifc research and popular education.
Members of the Institute staff have been ,
engaged for the past six months in studying
the experience of the European coun ries
in reconstruc ting their disabled soldiers
The Institute is housed IN 8 large
building at 81 Fourth Avenue, in the
heart OF New York City. The structure
was formerly occupied by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons.
GLOVES AND TIN FOIL,
The Red Cross is especially anxious to
get old kid gloves and pieces of leather Tor
windproof Jackets. They can be left on
the first floor OF old City Hall, where
there Is a receptacle for them. They are
used for windproof jackets, which prove
veritable hfe-savers to both soldiers
and sailors.
Tin foil is very much needed, too, and it |
is asked that if possible, the tin foil be
Strengthened out instead OF being put in a |
ball. 1t is possible to sell it to better ad- |
vantage if the tin foil is fiat instead of |
rolled.