The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1919-01-02
ACTIVITIES NOT CURTAILED
Membership Campaign Each Christ
mas Will Be Means OF Calling
Americans Together to
Show Spirit of Love.


American Red Cross:
THE whole American people will be
invited In the week preceding Christ
mas to enroll as members of the Red
Cross. 1t Is confidently believed
there will be no further campaigns for
Red Cross funds, but instead the an.
nsal roll call will constitute the foun.
dation Of the Red Cross. The people
should therefore know as definitely as
possible the plans Of this their ma
tional humanitarian society.
Since the armistice was signed |
have had an opportunity to confer in
Paris with the heads of all American
Red Cross commissions in Europe, and
later, in Washington. with the Presi-
dent of the United States, the War
Council of tie Red Cross, the man
ayers of the IA Red Cross divisions of
the United States and with the heads
Of our departments a. national head
quarters. l am. therefore, able to
speak now with knowledge and assur-
ance In saying that the beneficsnt
work OF tho American Red Cross u to
go forward on great scale-not
alone, as heretofore. for purposes of
relief Of war, but a. An agency OF peace
and permanent human serv1ce.
Since Americas entry into war the
purpose Of our Red Cross has been pri-
marily to aid our army and navy in the
care of our own men under arms, and,
secondly, TO extend relief to the sol
diers, sailors and civilians OF those
nations which were fighting our bat
ties along with their own. With the
funds which have been SO generously
contributed by the American people
this war work OF the Red Cross will
continue and be complete with all pos
sible sympathy and energy.
Wherever our soldiers and sailors
may be. the Red Cross Will stay with
ing which we may do will be left un-
done, either For She men in the wa
zone, for those returning, for those III
the camps and hospitals or for their
families at home the Red Cross will
continue its ministrations In this lat
ter effort 10000 trained Red Cross
workers are now engaged at $500 diff
ferent places throughout 10 land
The problems of reconstruction. in.
EoI'ing feeding and caring for the dis
tressed civilian population of Europe.
are of such magnitude that necessarily
they must be met very largely by the
governments of our allies. with whom
our own government will cooperate.
The great task of fighting tubercu
Iosis, promoting child welfare and car
< tor refugees, with which the Amer
can Rcd Cross has concerned itself 50
effectively IA France, Italy and Bel
sum. will at an early date be assumed
y the governments, the Red Cross or
sanizations and the relief societies OF
hose countries, which, now that they
re released from the terrific burden
waelng war. naturally desire to take
are, as far as they can OF their own
seople.
The war program of the American
Rcd Cross Will thus steadily and rap
Oily merge itself into peace program
the wake of war Will. however. reveal
be prevalence OF disease and give rise
- epidemics and emergencies which
II all parts of the world will call for
unlimited voluntary effort, the cutting
t red tape and the manifestation Of
hose qualities OF human sympathy
which government action cannot dis
LAY
Here viii be the opportunity for the
american Red Cross But even our
led Cross must not and cannot act
most effectively alone we must labor
n cooperation with the National Red
Gross and relief societies OF other ma
IONS, TO the end that not alone the
heart of ArlJ RIGA but the heart of all
mankind may be modified on behalf
suffering humanity
While, therefore, the plans Of the
American Red Cross in this direction
cannot be formulated specifically, In
advance of the general relief program
+ the Allied governments. the Amer.
can Red Cross is nevertheless plan
ming to develop its permanent organi-
aation in this country upon a scale
never before contemplated in time of
peace.
The commissions which are now
conducting the activities of the Amer
lean Red Cross in foreign countries. as
we'll as the temporary war organiza-
ton in this country will as matter
OF course ultimately merge their eDer-
gtes with those OF the permanent or
sani7stton OF the Red Cross.
With the war hzs developed the
tTfkmg and important fact thai many
,sen and women. some Of whom have
net with great success IN devokng
hefy lives entirely to business. came
alto ths Red Cross organization az TIE
sutss< of the war simply that they