Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1920-11-12
Join the Red Cross.


yesterday, Armistice Day, and
the drive for membership will |
continue for two weeks. This is
one of the greatest organizations
in this country and renders an
invaluable servi,e to humanity. |
The people Of this county gave |
this organization their co-opera-
ton and backing during the war,
recognizing the great work it !
was then doing.
This organization in time of |
peace is no less active and con
tinues to render invaluable aid |
to the cause of humanity and we
hope the people of this county |
will respond to the fourth roll |
call as they did to the various |
calls during the war.
President Wilson, in urging
the people to join the Red Cross, /
has the following to say of this
organization :
THE American Red Cross de- |
serves a hearty response to its
fourth invitation to annual mem /
bership, which will be issued du-
ring the fortnight beginning No
vember II, Armistice Day.
Under the stimulus of war
and through the cooperation of
our people this organization grew
into immense size, enlarged its
reign of activity, served not only
our fighting forces, but also CIV
ilians inyoled in the hardships of
war in our own nation and in the
nations associated with us in a
great common enterprise, and
gave to the world an example of
effective mercy through co-ordi-
mated effort.
Since the cessation of hostil-
tiles the organization has faced
a dual duty First, to fulfill OBJ
legations created by the war, and,
secondly, to adapt its experience
and machinery to the needs of
peace.
1t is today still assisting gov
ernmental agencies in the care
and cheer of our disabled sol
diers and sailors in replacing
those able to work in civilian oc-
equations and in counseling and
aiding the families of former
combatants, and it is still assist
ing, with diminished resources,
the process of rehabilitation in
some of the more FRUSTRATED
countries of our former asso-
ciates.
While continuing these mani
fest obligations, the Red Cross
has been accommodating meth
DDS and applying lessons learned
in war to the normal needs of our
own people in times of peace, es-
pecially in regions where provis-
ions for public health and well
fare were imperfectly developed.
1t has placed public health
nurses in many localities, and
has endeavored to enlist greater
numbers of young women in the
nursing profession in order that
the supply might more nearly
equal the steadily increasing de- |
mand for community nurses. 1t |
has devised a scheme of public
health centers" for the relief of /
maladies and for instruction in
hygiene, dietetics, and general |
principles of disease prevention. |
With its nurses and nurses aids
it has rendered incalculable. ser |
vice in the serious epidemics of |
influenza. 1t has carried in
struction in hygiene and first aid |
into schools, the women's clubs
and the homes of our country. |
1t has taught young and UNI
taught mothers how to care in
diligently for their babies, and |
has done much in many ways to !
promote child welfare, upon
which the welfare of the nation
ultimately rests. 1t has made it
a fundamental principle to avoid |
futile Implications, to cooperate
with public agencies when its CO.
operation was sought, and to
supply deficiencies where such
agencies had not yet been estab-
hshed.
1t has continued its educa-
tiOnal work among the school
children through its Junior Red
Cross Branch, and it has, as one
result of its war experience, put
preparation for disaster-reliet on
a scientific foundation, so that it
is now equipped to meet disasterI
emergencies promptly in almost
every part of our country.
By systematic plans and
practical performances, it has
given a clear answer to the |
question why the Red Cross
should be continued and carried
over from war activity into peace
time activity. The answer is in
the record.
Additional to these obvious |
aspects of the matter, there is
another reason why /, as Presi- {
dent of the United States and
president of the American Red
Cross, urge my fellow country
men to Join the Red Cross in inn Z
pressive numbers; Reaction fol.
lows emotion, and after great eff
fort comes perilous lassitude,
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