The Carlisle independent., 1919-10-02
PLANS FUR DRIVE BEGUN
CAMPAIGN WILL DETERMINE THE
 FUTURE OF RED CROSS.
Reasons for Maintaining Organization at Present High Efficiency
 Are Given.

Plans for the nationwide Red Cross campaign, openisg Monday. November 3 and closing Armistiee Day, No7em- Der II, are being begun in every city. town and county by Red Cross work CTS. The primary object of ths cam paign, which will be known the Third Red Cross Roll Call, win be to 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 and Arkansas, the quota has been set at 2,000, 600 members.
 IL is the consensus of opinion that the coming drive is the most importanx ever undertaken by the Red Cross, ,~1 asmuch as the results will detew to a large extent the possibilitiZ 2 future Red Cross endeavors. S
 Is there an unspoken question in your mind as to why the Red Cross Is conducting a drive? If so, perhaps the following brief outline will answer your query
 The Red Cross, first of all, must take care of the wounded ar disabled soldiers in the hospitals. sands of men are still in the spitals. abroad in the Army of Occupation, ill the camps awaiting discharge and in service on the border. The Red Cross must continue to care for these men until the last man IS home.
 The safety of America hinges O.. the checking of disease and Bolsheyisn abroad The Red Cross must complete it's obligations to foreign countries. 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 ,calf of the American people. The toll of the influenza epidemic, the health con- ditions revealed by the draft, alarn ing statistics concerning infant nortals ity. have added to the growing reali zation 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 it's activities have reached communities where no other social agency is at work. They are learning to appreciate that the future of Amor ica depends on the training for cit izenship of the coming generations. America Is turning to the Red Crosf for help in solving these community problems.
 One of the best reasons for th4 maintenance of the Red Cross at its present high state of reorganization ard efficiency is to be found in tho prompt relief measures taken during .Le recent storms that swept the Texas coast.
 The Red Cross, one of whose cb1 $> is to minimize suffering after S such a disaster, had machineM readiness that was put into ins operation. Those left dependent by injury and death were not compelled to rely upon haphazard improvise4 organization to collect funds and dis tribute inefficiently and wastefully thf means of relief On the first receilt of the news of the disaster. reiief trains were made up at Laredo anG San Antonio, Tex, trained disaster rs- lief officials left St. Louis to take charge of the disbursement of sup plies. while at Galveston government vessel was hurriedly impressed into service to carry relief supplies.
 The duty of liberal allthe-yea1A round support of the Red Cross i9 made plain.