The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-01-16
WORK OF RED
CROSS NOT DONE
"Can't You Accept More Work? q
Is the Plea from Chapter
Headquarters

if the Kennewick Branch continues to
maintain record of meeting every
demand made upon it, every needle
in the community must continue to be
busy. Instead of the demands de-
creasing, they are increasing and or
ders come from headquarters every
week to speed up the work and in
crease the output if desirable.
The great demand now is for refugee
clothing. The local branch has just
completed its allotment of children's
suits and has started to make ckild-
ren's underwear. The sewing rooms
were crowded Tuesday and as the in;
fluenza epidemic subsidies Mrs. Pratt
is of the opinion that the Branch will
be able to get back to its former eff
ficient working basis.
| While some of the war working or
CARNATIONS have been enveloped in
storms of criticism there apparently
is nothing but commentator for the
work of the Red Cross. Soldiers and
sailors, from generals and admirals
to privates and seamen are unanimous
in it's praise. Some Of the fine trib-
utes which have been paid to the or
ganization recently follows:
General Pershing says: 'The Amer
lean Red Cross is the recognized Ma
tional organization for relief work in
the Army and Navy in time of war.
1t is thru this organization that the
men and women Of America contrib
ute their funds and their labor for the
relief and comfort of the men in the
service. To the millions of women
whose hearts and .hands are conse-
Grated to the service; to the millions
of men, rich and poor alike thruout
the country who have contributed and
sacrificed and to the millions of school
children, it should be made clear that
the relief and comfort contributed by
them thru the American Red Cross to
the men in the service is essential"
Admiral Sims says: eve have had
many crosses to bear during this war,
but the Red Cross has been the finest
and best of them.
"The Red Cross man is like a COM
bmation of the President of the Unit
ed States, the Cabinet and both houses
of Congress. He can make law as
quickly as you can write check. The
emblem of the Red Cross is two small
pieces of red tape laid neatly across
each other. But so far as l know,
this is the only bit of red tape they've
got. They do things unhampered by
rules or regulations. When our men
are sick or wounded and we need
quick action, unhampered and free,
that's where the Red Cross comes to
the front"
Surgeon General Blue says: "The
American people are justly proud of
their Red Cross and the way it has
looked after the comfort and assisted
in protecting the health of the coun-
try's fighting men. They will expect.
the Red Cross to continue this care
without relaxation of effort until the
last man is back at his own freside.
Furthermore, one cannot think of the
devastation in Europe without the con-
Syiction that our Red Cross will have
to continue it's relief operations over
there.
Surgeon-General Ireland says: "The
functions and services of the Red
Cross cannot be given up now. The
Medical Department will need the help
of the Red Cross until the last wound
ed man is safely returned to his home.
The men in their billets and camps
will need more than ever, during the
cold, cherries. French winter, the COM
radcship and wholesome goodfellow-
ship of the Red Cross women. The
searchers will be the means of COM
munication between the wounded and
their families at home, now more than
ever before. The refugees. too,> must
not be left cold and helpless.
"Now, therefore, is the time for a |
closer and more active functioning and
a larger and more Jealous membership |
for the American Red Cross
Geneal John Biddle says: 81 really |
do not know what the American army
would have done in England without |
the American Red Cross. Everywhere
the Red Cross is giving the best that |
can be given or asked.
"We in the army all feel a gratitude
to the Red Cross which it is hard for