Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-15
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER Is, 1921.
THE FIFTH ANNUAL ROLL CALL
OF THE RED CROSS

The Annapolis and Anne Arun-
del County Chapter OF the Amer
lean Red Cross is now joining
with the other chapters OF this
great organization in the Fifth
Annual Roll Call, which this year
extends from November 18th to
21th, inclusive. The member
ship enrolment assigned as the
goal for Anne Arundel county IS
1900. This simply means that
that number Of persons, as a mini
mum, within the whole county are
asked to pay $l.00 for the privi-
Iege of being a member OF the Red
Cross for the coming year.
When we consider that the
population of this county by the
recent census is placed at 43,4OS.
and that the City OF Annapolis
alone has a population Of l1.214.
the enrolment of $500 members
for the Red Cross ought to come
as a matter of course In fact,
three times that number would
not be too much to ask or eX-
pect.
In these days of the revival OF
the spirit of humanity and of the
re-kindling of the fires of patri-
otism. it is inevitable that the adj
miration and reverence which we
had for the Red Cross during war
times should draw our most SYM
pathetic attention in its present
appeal. We can never forget
what the Red Cross did in the
hour of severest trial, nor must
we allow ourselves to forget what
it is doing now in helping in the
reconstruction of the world.
Lest there should be danger OF
forgetting. the National Head
quarters of the Red Cross has
summed up for our consideration
some of its present day activities.
For instance, it is helping the
nations disabled veterans by car
rying on organized work for the
service and ex-service men of the
American Army and Navy and
their families. 1t is rendering
home service each month to the
families OF approximately $4,000
men of the peace-time Army and
Navy, and for the veterans of the
world war it is providing service
costing something like $l0,-
100000 a year. Ii IS also helping
to safeguard American life. there
being some $4,000 nurses now
registered and subject To call, and
800 900 children being given care
and attention 1t also provides
the reserve out of which nurses
are furnished for the Army and
Navy nursing corps Of the I. ).
Public Health Service Again, il
relieves suffering from disasters
and accidents, there having been
for the past year alone something
like 5000 first aid classes with an
enrolment OF 10000 students.
Last year the amount expended
for Red Cross disaster relief
totalled 81 100000.
Here in Anne Arundel county
alone the Home Service section
Of the Red Cross has made total
number Of nursing visits of. APP
proximatelv. $500. and has pro-
vided milk. clothes. dental and
medical service and other dispen-
sations of mercy for hundreds OF
cases. Matters involving approx
mately ST. 900 between January
and November. 1921. have beenI
handled. covering such items as
insurance. allotments. pensions.
etc. Also burial claims. involv-
ing. approximately. $4,000, are
being paid out yearly to thel
widows, children and dependent
parents for whom aid has been
obtained through this branch OF
the Local Chapter.
Simply to give a dollar a year
for the privilege of having a part
in this great work of humanity
and mercy is surely a small
enough contribution to the cause.
Those who in former years havel