Cleveland County herald., 1919-11-13
FIRST REPORTS TO EACH STATE HEADQUARTERS INDICATE
 SUCCEeS OF ( tHPAlGN.
WARTIME ENTHUSIASM
 OF LAST YEAR REVIVED
General Pershing Is Among Prominent Speakers Who Are Devoting Energies to Red Cross in
 Roll Call Behalf

With the inception of the Third Red Cross Roll Call, Sunday Novem- Der 2. the opening day was obseryed as Red Cross Sunday" in thousands of churches throughout Missouri, Kan sas, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and a vast force of men and women workers began the task of garnering Red Cross memberships for the coming year.
 Clergymen, in pulpits of all danomi- nations, referred to the humanitarian attributes of the Red Cross in sermons prepared especially for the occasion and Red Cross tributes, in some in stances, augmented the usual morning and evening devotional services.
 Preliminary reports reaching cam paign managers in each state indicate an increasing volume of interest in the drive that augurs well for it's success ful conclusion. The quota for the Southwestern Division is set at 2,000,. eco members, while the nation wide campaign has for it's objective the attainment of 20,009,000 members. Officials in charge of thp drive expect he Southwestern Division to exceed it's quota by 500,O00, and state quotas have been assigned on this basis. The quotas follow: Missouri, 100000; Kansas, 100000; Texas, S00,000; Ar sansas, 00,000; Oklahoma, 100000.
 The opening of the drive found the Red Cross organization, which slowly has been mobilizing for months, ready for the job in herd In manner that recalls vividly the wartime enthusiasm of a year ago uniformed women work srs magically have appeared in each city, town and county, to solicit mem. Dc ships. A house-to-house canvass is now being carried on.
 Women Workers Re-enisting.
 Groups Of women whose services were rendered so generously during lke war have re-enlisted. Canteen workers, nurses and nurses aids, motor transport corps workers, surgi- .a dressing workers, knitters and 5dment workers, all are asked to axgend their efforts again to the ut most to help establish the Rer Cross irmly upon peace basis.
 Thousands of clubs and fraternal organizations will observe a Red cross" day during Roll Call week by pecial lunchc di ners and meet ngs, at which speakers vii tell the story of the Red Cross and it's future. ln many cases motion pictures illus ratiye of it's work will be shown.
 Former Fighters Help.
 Returned soldiers, sailors and ma rines have enlisted in large numbers 0 assist in the campaign, grateful for work This permission applies to all JrGyiCed for ;aem by the Red Cross. As members cf the American Le- Ion and as individuals, thousands i returned "Yanks" and "gobs" will .eaome volunteer canvassers for Red
 ross memb61eA.p5 during Roll Call, D to it's close, on Armistice Day, november Ii. h some places veterans i the world war are directing the .a1fpaign All such workers will be unifornE
 Permission has been granted to all present and ormer ned Cross work IFS to wear their regulation Red Cross informs while engaged in campaign york This permission applies to all 2urses. foreign service workers, field
 gvice directors, canteCl, motor
 rps and chapter workers.
 One of the most remark; ble mobil- ..tioas of spea.;ing talent that has er volunteered for an effort of this
 d will go into action for the dura-
 on of the drive. Former American ambassadors, high Army officers,
 abinet officials, flying squadron of ted Cross overseas nurses ;nd other 'ogl1ers. State Governors, members of tongTess, clergymen. editors, businesa -en, returned fighters and eyel. labor @s. will speak in behalf of the Red ross during Roll Call week.
 General Pershinn to Speak
 Foremost among those who have volunteered is General Pefshing. Oth- ITS are Former Ambassador to Ger many, James W. Gerard, and former Ambassador to Turkey, Abram I. FL sus. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer has consented to give what ever spare moments he has to mak. ;ng Red Cross appecls, and other members of the Cabine. gre being call l ed upon.
 Women of national pr )minenoe are put Ga speaking tours for the Roll l Call, notably Miss Ma el T. Board. 1 man, of the Central Co mittee of the | American Red Cross, rs. Larz An. 1erson, of Boston. and Dr. Esther c. Lovejoy, of Portland. Oregon. Red Cross nurses. many of them ] decorated for bravery overseas, are speaking in the interests of the qeace-time health program of the Re: Cross. 1 Third Fed Cross Roll Call, Nov. a.f,.