The Alaska daily empire., 1922-10-18
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
 FOR ANNUAL RED
 CROSS ROLL CALL
Preliminary Survey Indicates Big Membership
 pare for Local Drive.

] Announcement is made at nation | al headquarters Of the American Red Cross that a preliminary survey in
 relation to the annual roll call in ! dicates that the present strength Of l the Red Cross of over 4.000.000 mam-
 bers will be maintained for 1923.
 according to advices received here by
 Miss Ebba Diupe. representative field
 division, who is doing organization
 work in Alaska. Preparatory work l for the drive in Juneau. which be ! gins Armistice Day, November II. is I now being carried on by the chair
 men recently appointed on the com
 mittees. So far there has been no I appointment of a chairman on the I publcity committee.
 I According to the advices received I from national headquarters the re- ports sent in by the six Red Cross 4 divisions in the United States fore cast that there will be q widespread revival of the wartime enthusiasm for enrolment of members and that
 hundreds of volunteer workers Of the
 war years when there was built up the largest membership ever gath
 cred into such an organization in I the worlds history are coming back into the work giving their service to continue in peace the Achievements of the American Red Cross in war" said Miss Djupe.
 Adont Slogan
 "The roll call. which will begin ,: Armistice Day, November H. will be notable this year in the marshalling of forces throughout the world for : straightforward advance toward q : set objective, rallying under the slo- gan Every American Everywhere a Member of the Red Cross. Under the leadership of John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross. it is 10 be an intensive campaign from start to finish that the. organiZ- !: ation may maintain it's strength 10 carry out the obligations laid upon it by it's Congressional charter. "The direct appeal in behalf of a : great sustaining membership is to : be made for support of the service : rendered by the American Red Cross in their homes and in hospitals to : disabled ex-service men and theil : families. for which some $l0,000.000 l: will be spent this year in work the : government is not authorized to dc and for which no government funds are available. This work is going on in virtually every community in the United States. through individual and sympathetic contact with the veter ans by chapter workers.
 Program for Activities
 "Three other important duties are also emphasized in the Red Cros: |. program of activities-pubic health
 nursing service for rural communl ties where adequate health facilitie:
 are lacking: preparedness for reliei 7 in disaster. famine. flood. epidemic
 and the work of the Junior Rec Cross at home and abroad in build Ling up among children everywhere q
 spirit of mutual trust and confidence
 and the will for unsclfish service
 These are the out utstanding Red Cross services in a program which in
 cludes widespread instruction ir Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick
 in nutrition. general health conserva ton. first aid. water life saving. pro duction of BTaille for the blind and the vast production of clothing for
 the needy at home and overseas by chapter volunteers.
 : "A new field of action in the ap- preaching campaign will be roll
 call on the high seas designed to
 register members on every ship !, aflOat or in the ports of the world
 in which merchant marine companies
 and ship captains have been enlisted
 and the cooperation of the U s.
 Navy Department obtained. The
 campaign in the insular possessions ; and in foreign chapters is also defi-
 nitely planned with the view of in
 creasing the enrolment
 New Certificates
 'In joining the Red Cross this year
 the new member. as well as the old ] member renewing his membership.
 will receive a certificate of member
 ship designed to fit purse or card case in addition to the white button bearing the symbolic cross in red. , This certificate is the stub of a
 filing card adopted by the Red Cross for the first complete system of
 registration of members in all the $500 active chapters. The cards containing names, addresses and classes of membership will be re- T tained as permanent records by the
 chapters and as isH whereby it will
 be possible in the future for the Red Cross to keep in touch with it's
 members for all emergencies, wheth-
 CT local, state or national.
 "A series Of posters impressively
 visualizing the work of the Ameri-
 can Red Cross have been designed by we'll known artists and these will
 be displayed in every nook and cor 4 aI