Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1919-11-21
NOVEMBER ROLL CALL
To Establish Red Cross Com
munity Welfare Work.
STATE cHAlRMEN AND QUoTAS
FOR ALABAMA, LOUISIANA
AND MISSISSIPPI.

I New Orleans.-There will be two
victories celebrated on Armistice Day
of 1919 First there will be the an.
niversary OF the Germans last Kan.
erad," of course. Next, there will be
at the same hour of the same day, the
successful termination OF the Third
Red Cross Roll Call which will be con-
Quoted, according to an announcement
made Saturday at the headquarters of
the Gulf Division here, from Novem.
ber 2 to II.
The State Chairmen and the state
quotas we're also announced. For
Alabama, Lloyd NJ. Hooper, of Selma,
will head the drive. In Louisiana,
Judge e. H. Randolph, Of Shreveport,
will mobilize the Red Cross forces
Thaddeus hampton, of Jackson, is
Chairman for the State of Mississippi
The national goal is for $15,OOO,O 900,
and 2O,000,000 members. Alabama is
asked for s73,O60 and S4O $50 members.
The Louisiana quota is $130,OO0 and
l49,6O0 members, and the Mississippi
mark is s56,S4o and 65,45O member.
ship.
The campaign ls to supply the,
American Red Cross with the men,
womer, and money needed not only
to complete wartime activities of the
Red Cross, but to establish in local
communities the newly formulated
peace program Of which work such as
that now being done by the Red Cross
In the stricken areas around Corpus
Christi, is one branch.
Other branches Of this peace-time
program are the Home Service De.
which gives help and ad.
vice TO the, needy, works for better
schools, playgroui.ss. recreation and
!. srn' carasanpity epsbs i
,,, Nursing E, pepartment whose Hana,ts ns
nurse In every Chapter, and to do
emergency nursing in times of cpl
denies; First Aid Department, to
give training in emergency treatment;
and a Department of Disaster Relief.
In addition to this peace program,
the completion OF the present war pro
gram includes the care and service to
American soldiers in Russia Germany
and in France; the continuation Of the
disease fight which is being waged in
Siberia, Poland and the Balkans; and
continued care, assistance and serv-
ice TO the 10000 American soldiers
still In military hospitals, and the sew
eral hundred thousand who have been
discharged disabled.
One of the high lights of the cam
paign here in New Orleans will be
the visit Of DR., Livingston Farrand,
Chairman Of the national central com
mittee of the American Red Cross,
will pay the Crescent City. DR.. Far
rand will reach New Orleans on Oc-
yober 8, in the swing he Is making
about the country in the interests Of
the Roll Call, and will make an ad.
dress here the same night. He will
leave on the following morning for
Jackson, where he will speak that
evening. On the tenth DR., Farrand
will speak in Birmingham, Alabama.
Incidentally, there is one chapter in
the American Red Cross which has al
ready far exceeded It's quota, despite
the fact that the roll call will not be
completed until the sleventh hour OF
the eleventh day of the eleventh
month, and that Chapter is Honolulu.
According to telegraphic an.
nouncement from Washington head
quarters Immediately upon receipt OF
the campaign plans the Hawaiian
branch cabled a subscription Of $751;
900. This sum was much larger than
the quota which would have been as.
signed the Honolulu chapter.
The following Cali was issued Sat
urday by Manager Homer W. Borst,
OF the Gulf Divisions Third Roll Call:
"For the purpose Of alleviating hu-
man suffering among our recent allies
OF the great war; Of continuing Red
Cross service to the soldiers and sail.
ors Of our country; of aiding disabled
soldiers and sailors TO regain health
and happines; of continuing Red
Cross advice and assistance In every
locality to the families OF fighting
men; Of extending the aid Of the Red
Cross to all those in need; and Of
using every practicable means for the
elimination OF disease and distress,
Red Cross calls upon every American
to give loyal response to the Third
Roll Call, November to H."
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