The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-11-03

stimulating interest in the campaign
and was attended by nearly four thou
sand persons. Many crippled soldiers
from Walter Reed Hospital-every
last one of them a subscriber to the
roll call-were in the audience
General Pershing was given a vo-
ciferous ovation when he walked over
to Private Ralph Grimm, a Walter
Reed boy, who lost both legs during
the third Argonne drive, and shook
hands with him. The cheering broke
out second time when Mr.. Sweeney
announced that Mrs. Henry r. Rea, of
Pittsburgh. former field director for
the Red Cross at Walter Reed, had
sent check to enroll every patient
at the hospital in the call.
Henry B. F. Mcfarland presided at
the meeting and introduced the vari-
Gus speakers after making q stirring
appeal to the workers to make the
drive a success. DR.. Livingstone Far
rand, chairman of the central com
mittee of the American Red Cross,
gave a graphic description Of the gi-
gantic task confronting the Red Cross
organization to carry out its war time
pledges to the stricken people Of Eu-
rope.
Misery of Belgium.
Mrs. Larz Anderson gave an &C
count Of her trip through the first
line trenches in Belgium and told of
the great suffering of the Belgian
people during the war. Mrs. Newton
ID. Baker. accompanied by Mrs. L. NJ.
Brett, gave rendition of when
Pershing's Men Go Marching Into
Picardy." that met with a rousing
ovation.
General Pershing, who had intended
only to give a short account of the
work done by the American Red Cross
during the war, fell in with the spirit
of his audience and went into many
details. He brought home the vari-
Gus points by telling several interest
ing anecdotes, all exemplary of the
work done by the organization.
1T seems to me-" said General
Pershing, that the traditions of the
Red Cross, that the record of service,
that the history of the splendid work
that has been done by this organiza-
ton should be fondly cherished by
our people to the extent Of making
this organization the basis of some
thing permanent so that we shall al
ways be ready to meet any emergency
which may arise and confront US in
the future.
should Came Forward.
Washington being the headquarters
of the National organization, IL seems
to me that we should come forward
tomorrow, with a push over the TOP.
so to speak, that will encourage other
Red Cross organizations throughout
the country for the next three days
and l should like to see the limit,
which we are suppose to raise, raised
tomorrow. This is the center from
which the impulse should some and
it would be a big thing for Wash
ington II she should be able to put
this over.
Through the Red Cross IL seems
to me we may encourage and instruct
and teach the children of America to
give for benevolent. charitable pur-
poses. l should like to see the mem
bership in the United States increased
to 5o.OO0,oOO. Why not?"
At the conclusion of the meeting
william f, GUIDE, Washington repre-
sentative of the American Florists
society," presented TO the Red Cross
Campaln committee n huge basket of
chrysanthemus with the assurance
that the members of his association
would join 100 per cent. Mr.. Swse-
ney. in accepting the gift, stated that
he would send it to the wounded boys
at Walter Reed