Iron County register., 1919-03-13
Red Cross Notices.

There are soma people in the world
wSo cannot be happy unless they are
practising fraud. 1t seems hardly
thinksble that any one would practice
fraud by playing upon the feelings of
those who have dear dead in France
and whose bodies they wish brought
home, and yet we hear that an eastern
organization is writing to the relatives
of the deceased members of the
American Expeditionary Forces offer
ing to bring back the bodies at $40
per body. They suggest that the $40
be inclosed by return mail. A ques-
tion like this can only be taken up
with the Government through the
Office of the Adjutant General, U. s.
Army, Washington, D. O. Do not
answer any advertisement you see
until you have first visited or written
to our Home Service Section in re-
gard to it. That is intended as a
means of directing our returned SOL
diers and their families as to the best
steps to pursue in every case, and
you will not go astray if you first seek
advice from that quarter.
The Navy is planning to bring back
soGn to the United States the bodies
of officers and men of the Navy
and Marine Corps who were killed or
who died in foreign service. They
wish to know the expressed wish OF
the next of kin in each case. The
wish of kin who desire that the bodies
of their relatives shall remain in
France will be respected and a suit
able plot will be purchased wherein
all our soldier dead over there will be
assembled and perpetual care given
to the grave. Or if it is the wish of
the relative that the body of the loved
one be brought to this country and
buried in the National Cemetery at
Arlington, that will be done. Or if
you prefer, the body will be shipped
to your own home. Every expense
prior to and up to the delivery of the
body will be prepaid by the Navy, but
the cost of private interment must at
first be borne by the family, as the
Navy Department is prohibited by law
from paying these charges, but upon
application to the War Risk Insurance,
Treasury Department, Washington,
d. c., they will be reimbursed to the
amount of $10O by presenting proper
ly receipted and certified bills. So, if
you have lost any of the members of
your family in the Navy or Marine
Corps, the Navy Department should
at once be notified of your wishes in
the matter. If you will state your
wishes to our Social Service Secre-
tary, Mrs. Ella Mckee, Ironton, Mo-,
she will see that it gets to the proper
source.
The following are the Officers and
Chairmen of Committees of our local
Red Cross Chapter for the ensuing
year:
DR.. R W. Gay, Chairman; Mr.. w.
W. Reese, Vice Chairman; Mr.. E. l..
Cook, Secretary; Mr.. Mann Ringo,
Treasurer; Mrs. F. P. AXE, Chairman
Finance; Mr.. J. L. Baldwin, Chairman
Membership; Mrs. Fl. Collins, Chair
man Extension; Rev. III. E. Stone,
Chairman Home Service; Mr.. G.. W.
Hanson, Chairman Junior Member
ship; Mrs. Milford Riggs, Chairman
Publicity; DIR. R. w. Gay, Chairman
Nursing Service; Mrs. Mann Ringo,
Chairman Military Relief.
Last week we said we hoped to be
able by this week to announce the
plans for the collection of clothing for
the suffering people overseas. We
want clothing and shoes for the desti-
tute people of Northern France, Bel
GUM, Italy, Roumania, Montenegro, i,
Palestine, Albania, Czecho- -Slovakia,
Poland, Armenia, Siberia, Russia, etc.
They have freedom, but they are
cold and hungry. America is feeding
them under the leadership of Herbert
Hoover, and to the Red Cross has
fallen the task of clothing them. The
minimum quota for Iron county els
1850 lbs. But we expect to go far be-
yond the minimum. The collection
is to be made entirely within the week
Monday, March oath, through to Mon
day, March 31st. We want to get ev-
erything prepared before that time,
30 that everything will run smoothly
during that week. Out in the county
the branch organizations will take
charge of the work in their commu
mites. Do you be ready to co-ope-
rate in every way you can, and do
what you are asked to do. Look
through all your last summer and this
winters supplies and spare every
thing you can in the way of shoes,
scraps of leather, blankets and cloth
ing. They can use wool hats or caps,
but nothing in the way of straw or
trimmings for hats. Short lengths of
materials to make clothes for the ba-
bies will be very acceptable. Bed
ticks and pill ows can be used, but do
not fill them.
MRS. MILFORD RIGGS,