St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1919-01-22
RED CROSS NOTES

Following; are o;::..:c..s from icttlr:
.lo.a The No1; England Division
Headquarters:
Dec. II, 1913
TO all Organizations:
Rehabilitation Las been so r&ri.i
nd O. workers haze pu. suck -
.neuGoas er,hu~ia N in the rroluc-
ion O.. kn.t.-d garments, that We
teci We have new Il sufficient supply
u these a.iicles vi(h which NC VIII
DC able to care 1cr the demands Of
ne Amy and navy IA New England:
National headquarters has calculated
he ro:,uirllu,Mt5 c: knitted artlcl>.
.cedcd curing dolnobil..ati0n and be-
ig.as they have 4 a,;..cieAt stock ca
ian.i. Therefore We feel il would D.
Use Tor you 10 suspend Knitting as
o.t. OF your regular production actl-
lilies uatil the present stocks ',t1
.ep!etcd,'
i il greatly desired to complete
md 81 I'd all knitted work already be-
sun.
"The New England Division Of the
american Red Cross is today 1&cl't"'
he most serious crisis since it came
nto existence as u W;iI relief agency.
The w1.lua Of New England have -
;ats responded with oXtraordin" J
nthusiaa,n to every call put urom
hem and New England has never
allied yet 10 accomplish all and NO.:
han has been asked OF it.
Today Northern France and Bel. j.
Til, freed from the invader: lie al =
utcly PROSTATE. a million and OK
ALI refugee; have returned CT g.,
'cturniny to the places that Np"c
heir noracs. Hundreds Of villa2, $
I'D over 60 large cities have bc,n
.baolutcly destroyed. These people
nc living u.der tic most terrible
conditions and thc,;c conditions are
,uch ina. considerable length Of
irlc must elar:c before they arc be
cred. IN lie njcantimc the wcat h"
: Geld, ana the refugees are "'carin.ct'
uch clothes as their recent capto,3'
ave allowed them to retain. in c.
jcr to relieve theac conditions t!.a
BED Cross undertook, Stirring las,
al, very lar%c program Of g:trm" ::
nAking. Win the signing OF t:o
Arn,;stice, conditions abroad become
acrcasingly wol5c, as The number Of
lcIelcss refugees increased rath4"
han decreased. There are no store
n which they can bny clothes, tIic.:'
ave no hoMcs in which to n@!;c
:!othcs and no facilities for makiiG'
hem if the materials were available.
The only thing that stands bctTCcE
hcse people and suffering CT dca.N
rom lack Of necessities Of livina' i:
he American Red Cross. The Com
mission for Relief in Belgium is M
lcitaking the feeding OF these people,
)ut the clothing so sorcly needed,
aust be quickly made by the Red
Cross in order to be available III.
winter.
The New England Division as it.
share of this work has been asked 10
make about 100000 garments. Speed
in the completion of these garments
is absolutely essential if they arc to
be of use this winter. The garment
arc being shipped abroad as rapidly
IS received at the Division Ware
house and cable requests from abroad
all for more and more. By March isl
he bulk Of these garments must be
'lther in our Division Warehouse or
III their way from Chapters. This t.
Is important a Drive as any we have
lad so far and every effort must be
out forth by Chapters and Branchcs
o arouse their present and forrAer
workers to the importance of this sit
nation and to get in all new worker,
possible
Now since the quota for Caledoa;"
county is $4,000, it is absolutely nee
'ssary that the number of helpers b.
increased tremendously. Three
hundred at every regular meeting an
title groups or societies and individ-
'lals working ct home are Imperative
Y needed TO get the work done If
'cason; and it is unthinkablc that St
'ohnsbury should fail to do he,
part in this great drive.