The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-23
American Red Cross Members and
Officers Lining Up to Answer
Aye at Third Roll
Call.
SOLDIERS WILL HELP
Returned Service Men and Others in
Gratitude for Work Done for
Them Will be in
Line.

The greatest army ever mobil1zed
30, 600, 900 officers and members,
will form for the third Red Cross roll
call from Nov. End to 18th, the only
public campaign to be wagei by the
Red Cross this year.
| Throughout the country nearly
1000 Red Cross chapters with l,,0OO
branches have organized their forces
for the campaign, the purpose 81
which is to enroll all former neE'
beers for 1920, to obtain as many addl-
4, tional members as possible, ana to
raise $15,000,000 to carry on the
, international, national and local ac-
tivities of the organization.
In the central division, comprising
the states of Iowa, Michigan, Ne
braska, Wisconsin and Illinois, there
are 532 chapters and 4,O37 branches,
with nearly 100000 members to
carry on the campaign. OrganHntion.s
for the roll call have been completed
in virtually all local chapters.
The first step in the prenarafjons
for the roll call was a call FOR 1,ou1.-
600 volunteer workers. This was vel
lowed UP by personal invitation mall
led to nearly 100000 active chapter
workers by the Junior Red Cross ana
Boy Scout messengers. The response
already made is reported as very
gratifying.
preach on Red Cross.
! AS the roll call will open on Sun
day clergymen of all faiths have been
invited to arrange for the observance
, of Red Cross Sunday on Nov. 2nu.
Thus In thousands of churches SER
mons on the work of the Red Gross.
which Vice President Marshall las
termed 1.-THE gospel in boots" Will he
heard by the congregations.
| In many cities and towns TIE OIL
| call will be formally opened wi Il a
mass meeting in the afternoon or
ievening of Red Cross Sunday, at
which speakers of national promln-
ierce will make addresses on the his
tory of the Red Cross and its plans
for the future. Thousands of clubs
land fraternal organizations will OBJ
serve a Red Cross day before NO
yeulber End by specia, meetings at
which speakers will tell the story OF
the Red Cross.
| For the work of enrolling Red
Cross members the house-to-house
canvass system has been adopted as
| the central feature. Cites and towns
have been cut into blocks, each apart
lment house and public building being
listed separately. The blocks and
buildings have been numbered and
women Red Cross workers Will be
assigned to blocks in which they
live. greatly simplifying their work
as their efforts will be carried on In
their own immediate neighhorhood
and among the people they know.
In the business districts groups OF
returned soldiers and women work
iers will enroll members. Factory
districts will be organized separately,
members being enrolled by commit
tees organized for each plant.
Soldiers Will Help.
! Returned soldiers, as members OF
THE American Legion and as indi-
iyiduals, have enlisted In large num-
hers to assist in tho campaign,
grateful for the manifold comforts
and services provided for them by
the Red Cross ever since the United
States entered the war.
| To facilitate the work national
headquarters has granted permission
To all present and former Red Cross
personnel to wear their regulation
Red Cross uniforms while engaged
in roll call work.
The peace program of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, for which it will ask
the united support OF the people, in
cludes nationwide activity for the
promotion of public health and pre-
Evention of disease through the estab,
'lishment of community health cen
ters and extension of the nursing re-
sources of cities, towns and rural
communities; broadening of Red
Cross home service that has been
confined to soldiers and sailors and
their families to be of general useful
ness where other sociai agencies are
lacking; greatly increased Junior Red
Cross activities for the 100000
school children enrolled in thai
branch; extension of Red Cross
facilities for emergency disaster re
lief: completion Of relief measures
for victims of the war in this coun
try and over seas, and preparation tc
fulfill whatever duties may be lait
upon the Red Cross as the officia
volunteer relief society authorized tt
assist the army and navy.
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