The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-10-03
FOR DRIVE BEGBA
CAMPAIGN WILL DETERMINE THE
FUTURE OF RED CROSS.
Reasons for Maintaining Organization
At Present High EFFICIENCY
Are Given.

FlauS LOT lue Reu (IOSs
campaign, opening Monday, November
3 and closing Armistice Day. Noyem-
Der IL, are being begun in every city.
town and county by Red Cross work
ers. The primary object of the cam
paign, which will be known as the
Third Red Cross Roll Call, will be
10 enroll members for 1920, Twenty
million members will be sought
throughout the country, and in the
Southwestern Division Of the Red
Cross, comprising the states Of Mis-.
souri,, Kansas. Texas, Oklahoma ID
Arkansas, the quota has been set at
100000 members.
II is the, consensus OF opinion that
the coming drive is the most important
ever undertaken by the Red Cross, in.
asmuch as the results will determine
TO a large extent the possibilities OF
future Red Cross endeayOrs.
Is there an unspoken question in
your mind as to why the Red Cross
is conducting a drive? II 80, perhaps
the following brief outline ill answer
your query:
The Red Cross, first OF all, must
take care Of the wounded and disabled
soldiers in the hospitals. Thousands
OF men are still in the hospitals
abroad In the Army r occupation, In
the camps awaiting discharge and In
service on the border. The Red Cros !
rust continue to care for these men
Until the lasi man is home.
The safety of Amo hinges OH the
checking of disease and BolsAevism
abroad, The Red Cross must complete
its obligations to foreign countnes
Red Cross relief commissions have
won their way into the hearts OF these
suffering peoples and have at hand the
means for the solution Of their prob
lens.
The Red Cross must answer the call
Of the American people. The toll Of
the Influenza epidemic. the health con
ditions revealed by the draft, alarm
ing statistics concerning infant mortal.
ity. have added to the growing reali
cation that public welfare depends
on public health. The American peo-
pie are becoming aroused to the urgent
need Of health knowledge. They have
realized the value OF Red Cross Home
Service for its activities have reached
communities where no other social
agency is at work. They are learning
10 appreciate that the future Of Amer
lea depends on the training for cit.
izenshlp OF the coming generations.
America is turning to the Red Cross
for help In solving these community
problems.
One OF the best reasons for the
maintenance OF the Red Cross at its
present high state Of reorganizs Jon
and efficiency is to be found in the
prompt relief measures taken DUNG
the recent storms that swept the Texas
coast.
The Red Cross. one OF whose objects
is to minimize suffering after just
such a disaster, had machinery in
readiness fthat was put into instant
operation, Those left dependent by
injury and death were not compelled
to rely upon a haphazard i%mprovlsed
organization to collect funds and dis
tribute mefficiently and w~astefully the
mean OF relief. On the FIRST receipt
OF the news Of the disaster, relief
trains were made up at Laredo and
San Antonio. Tex, trained disaster re-
lief officials left st. Louis to take
charge of the disbursement Of sup
plies, while at Galveston a government
vessel was hurriedly impressed into
service to carry relief supplies.
The duty OF liberal all.the-year-
round support OF the Red Cross is
made plain.