The Mount Holly news., 1919-12-30
roll CALL WILL
SUPPORT GREAT
HOME PROGn Asl
American Red Cross, ps-
sides Serving in Disasters,
VIII Conduct National
Movement for Health
Betterment

The American Red Cross has an
nounced for the week of Novembe
2 to IL, nationwide campaign to
he known as the Third Red Cross Rel
Call. This membership campaign is
for the support OF the future home ac-
tivities of the Red Cross.
Rapid-Fire Relief.
AS comrade-in-arms to the AmeIi
can soldier, following him and Otter
preceding him into the thick of bal
tie, and ON all~eccasions typifying the
loving care and solicitude of the folks
at home. the Red Cross won the graft
tude of every fighting unit that wen.
into action With the Twenty-Sey-
enth and Seventy-Seventh Divisions
the Red Cross representatives distin-
guished themselves for the perform
ance Of rapid fire relief measures
which saved the lives OF hundreds of
the fighters in both New York Divi-
sions. These services were typical
also of the services to other American
Divisions.
Major-General John F. O'Ryan
commander of the Twenty-Seventh
Division, signified his gratitude for
hese services by volunteering to do
II in his power to aid the Atlantic
}ivision of the American Red Cross
the approaching campaign. and will
'erve as chairman of the third Red
ross Roll Call in the Atlantic Divi-
ion. Col. Charles w. Whittlesey,
the Seventy-Seventh Divisions
ost Battalion" Brigadier-General
Seorge R. Dyer, commander of the
First Brigade of the New York State
Guard, and many other military lead
ers and service men have enlisted
under the Red Cross banner, as
token of their appreciation for SER
vices rendered.
Why the Red Cross Must Go On
The war is over, but the work of
the American Red Cross is far from
ended Its gigantic organization for
relief and human betterment today
faces tasks even more momentous
than those it faced and solved during
he days of the war In the disor-
| saniZed and plague stricken coun-
tries of Eastern Europe, in Poland
| Siberia, and the Near Fiast-it is CON-
atting fearful epidemics IF typhoid
aud cholera which, unchecked would
sweep over Western Europe and
eventually to America with more dis
astrous results than those of the In
iuenZa Epidemic Of 1918 It's pro
ram Of relief cannot be abandoned
n those countries without removing
The one buiwark against disease and
disorder which protects the rest of
the civilized world
The Red Cross has other obliga-
tions in Europe which make it not
only humane, but economically imper-
ative, that its program be carried
through to successful completion.
Supplies of the American Army
abroad have been turned over to the
Red Cross for administration and dis
posal
| The proper utilization of these sup
plies for humanitarian purposes
makes it necessary that the Red
Cross keep some of its forces in Eu-
rope for long time to come. An
other duty to be performed is the es-
tablishment of schools to train native
workers in the war%stricken coun-
tries in American standards of san
itation and social work Unless this
vital measure is accomplished the
value OF much that has been done for
the relief of Europe will be lost.
Peace Program at Home.
In addition to these European OBJ
legations, the Red Cross is laying the
foundation for a great Peace Program
at home. 1t Is applying the lessons
learned in war to the problems of
peace, and will be the great teacher
of public health, sanitation, care of
the child, first aid and home hygiene
in all the communities of the United
States where well-organized social
agencies do not exist
Already the Red Cross has organ.
lied, in hundreds of rural districts
and city slums, its classes in Public
Health Nursing, where wives and
mothers, school children and indus
trial workers are being taught the
simple principles of health and sani-
tation.
The Red Cross must go on. It
must carry on in Europe until the OBJ
legations of the American people are
fulfilled; it must carry on at home
as an auxiliary to the Army and Navy
of the United States, as the care-taker
OF our wounded and disabled soldiers.
as disaster relief organization to
bring relief in fires, floods and epi-
denies, and as the one great unity