Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-22
RED CROSS DID MUCH
TO WIN WORLD WAR
Big Factor in Administering Deci-
sivc Smash to kaiser's
Big Armies.

The greatest word IN the vooa hulary oi
the professional medical officer IS slnita
ton. Sanitation means cleanliness. ;.
And il order is heavens first wish
Tor the world, cleanliness must certainly
hc its second. In fact IT were called upon
10 outline heavens program Tor hum ah"N
would plac cleanliness first oi all.
That the world may hc clean! That IS
the way | view the gtcat task 81 thr heu
tross workers oi the world i'nh
phNsicalv. clcan mentally. clean morally
! can think of no more inspiring OF
practical gospel Tor humanity ihan 'ht'.
Nnd the Red Cruss !, its cNnnI'Il>'
II such 4 service Is needed by The world
In general. how much more Is Il needed lay
an army m action II IS u commonplace
that our greatest cucmN N TIN, WaI was,
hot the Germans, hut dirt Never before
have soIdirrs had to tight so much exposed
Ia dlrt and filth And vet never has
grcot ,ar been won with 81 lltflc uilCring
and death cau~cd drccty hl this en-
veloplur eantaglou. Tor tins achievement
and there has been 10 greater IN the
latc war n Europe Nc have t. thank
mos 81 ail the Nmcncan Rod ross
Tho tory 90 The cleaning Iniuc nee "i
tho Red Cios, worker, m France Is too
hong ior me to attempt 10 tell wtl any
complctcnc,- II has Eccn M nj orrr'sc
as VAT Is the war itself lrom TIN 'c-
emnug lt H.. don, those thing Whi,h tho
army Nlcdlcal torp- wanted done, but
could not 10 t.clt WITHOUT the holy 81
tie tmcIIrar led ro-- the NrmN
Mc,iIral Department. could nat have done
At woIk
rrt pn NapA a. ouE WuNr>
The vork 4 lbr Rod Cro- vas ott,o
IA, theme 81 d, l.-,au II Amcuon ,',n-
rral llc#dquar.,r, 3f 4 haumont I'-
nlcullt,. fItt IL ,,:ts enlarged ur y th.t' 10
F. conve r-al.u between 1,cu,ttl tci-hhg.
~ T.. Dawson, the thafmau Il The War
Coimetl ~ tEc Amen tu h,i 're~ and
mNseli w vtr, spcaklnl r. thc value %
thr rs, ! rendered 4, 'h' uilhnr~ u our
women ,rd L,U the, hrtr,d kecp the
udu.na. Fl bau. 1h.ut 'nO hov- = tho
Ifpnt Nri o.rsrd l'I.tlp1 li The
women 81 ih, utrl ~tu, docN large
share IT IA, ,i ii tf, u.,r. II Tho
American tot,e
ou am, ntb,cr- ttyr nit,n ldmtr,d
NOT ,ml, th, punt lrtt th, eihacuaN ~ tll,
Nm.u.tr Hrl ts-. urE1mtluou Y pro-
ttisi tn il. NlUuI tlnl, store - -upplu,
ltfe ,-,4 4-,,l .,rtInurk thI llclIl'N iar li nj
ter f.rtt ta tnN ttucrGcnsN h"WeNrr M
,>p.tt,d aud fs.r.aunci at',a,. cvmr.d
#a, rn.l fcudH, t.I ,o-op,raiou The
Ilau, ot lrg Il lrc.-iul knt.i
ate Il contributed tor tb,-s .HlrN
tlanr II uauJ h4t, dc-orNed th, arns
n4~uuttl pta-, NIl tl, -pHut- Used n .ll
stf ED.ut4l- iu lt.Hl 4, bnth ~ 4 ha army
nd E,d ti.~ ,1uc irln ihc E,d ro~-
Ii furnished nore thau Il quarter 80 4
ulhop .utrl Ell dre~ lr-. u ..t rN,t
enough sWgafrr ior fNtn uN III wit
.trr-,l tutcc- ta - uur
rym,mh,i once. is statti I" m.iat
n,L ta general llcadlutll,r-. t.Id uN
tlurd driver that ! htd k.d ru~-
sweater lor him. he ph,d lthnh-.
it.~- but ', Iu~t Dl~tuin!t,d cleNi ih II
I0n to tie ha1 on, ln ~ rtTaE,
ti, VorA "a the krd , i'~> ao an nrgtH
.Iau brgau bCNoud thc arHN cNa.t'r'
.HE hospitals and continued through ta-c
hospitals ,onvtlc>c,rt home, recreation
rrtus. rllwaN iood icpat-, "a board the
sf,am, r~ and IA laek tp o4i own shon
nl IS ,.ntnmbs unt4l tht mca reach
t.su,
nm had hgon th, vott involving l.
dia tholeand- "a d,Nat,a work. r- and
minute attention. ta uuwttri,-- trit'~
ob.sl tbr arm, arru,tatl"n lion, curiI
never htv p,riome.
ru>c - Ni> uow I>ttrt>F
Mann tune Aa,, son aul mon n,ir.
lcd on the often slow aud tcaI Sos itt,-
way louuCNs ia lr3ncc, seen thn~' who
Ncrc talcn sIck III route hclnc cared 'nr.
seen tlC9 bcfnu amused hv mtNIc~
lectures. ltbrau 81 resi- Cenirr- ~rcu
lettcr, bciuc wrI'tru ht Rci Ora~~
-carchcr~ tor thes, Who were 100 -lCk to
rite thcm~,lvt~ oI WItuc,st q the mother
IL oversight giv,n tho Nuunr women
nurses whoI thcN came - th citIe> on
ihcIr b'lci vacations D. Nou NuoN wtat
In arm, medical ahcer thinks when he
e..,.~ things ike the-.2 litsi TIN. sue. CONE
inrt- bring thg aemc ntiucucc t. 'h. bot
ilrhcid thr home uilucnc, mean wnrai'
morale means ,IctorN
the Lrg,r and morc spectacular way
ln which III, ked 4 ras- ra~ helped iht
chtug forces 1rr, dar, say, preit' we'll
tudcrst ,od hN the readers oi the Red { ru-~
Magazine IL dire ted lts army ol Vork-
crs m rance ioiu tWa headquarters
fhc hcld headquar1ef- AZ haumont
under command u Alajor li.gh ~cot'
aud the cIyIiliu headquarters ia Pau-, jh.-
latter hcng al hrs, situated II laco dc
Ia Concord, bat later and * prc-cn' iu
what was the Regina Hotel
Major Soctts offices - Chaumout
adloined mine, our rooms beng separated
onl, hv a door With MAJOR scott and
'tie. kcd Cross surgeon Col tleAauder
Lambert aud latcr ChIcf Surgeon (p
red Ni rph, / maintained The rlo~s.-t