Putnam patriot., 1919-10-24
ROLL CALL KILL
SUPPORT GREAT
HOME PROGRAM
American Red Cross, Be-
sides Serving in Disasters,
Will Conduct National
Movement for Health
Betterment

Inc american Red Cross has an
nounced for the week of November
to IL. a nationwide campaign TO
! be known as the Third Red Cross Roll
Call. This membership campaign Is
for the support of the future home ac-
tivities OF the Red Cross
Rapid-Fire Relief.
As comrade-in-arns to the Ameri-
can soldier, following him and often
preceding him into the thick Of bat
tie, and on all occasions typifying the
loving care ard solicitude of the folks
al home. the Red Cross won the graf.
| tude OF every fighting unit that went
into action With the Twenty-Sev-
enth and Seyenty-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,
| Division, signffed his gratitude for
these services by volunteering to do
| all in his power to aid the Atlantic
| Division Of the American Red Cross
in the approaching campaign. and will
serve as chairman of the third Red
Cross Roll Cab in the Atlantic Dtyi.
| sion. Col. Charles w. Whittlesey.
| II the Seventy-Seventh Divisions
| Lost Battalion" Brigadier-General
| George 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 ii faced and solved during
The DAYS OF the war. In the disor-
| ganized and plague stricken coun-
| tries of Eastern Europe,-in Poland.
Siberia. and the Near East--it is com
batting fearful epidemics of typhoid
and cholera which. unchecked. would
| sweep over Western Europe and
| eventually to America With more dis
sstrous results than those Of the In
nuenza Epidemic Of 1918 It's pro-
| gram OF relief cannot be abandoned
in those countries without removing
The one bulwarh against disease and
disorder which protects the rest OF
the civilized world
The Red Cross has other obliga-
tions in Europe which make il not
only humane. but economically imper>
| alive. 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
| posaf
The proper utilization of these sup
| plies for humanitarian purposes
makes it necessary that the Red
| Cross keep some of its forces in Eu-
|
other duty to be performed is the es-
| adjustment of schools to train native
| workers in the warestricken 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 win 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 II 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. it's classes in Public
Health Nursing. where wives and
mothers, school children and indus
trial workers are being taught the
simple principles Of health and SAM
tation.
The Red Cross must go on. II
must carry on in Europe until the OBJ
legations of the American people are
fulfilled: II 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
b ing relief in fires, floods and cpl
denies, and as the one great unity
ing, cooperative agency in the field
of public health