The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-09-10
RED CROSSPLANS
GIFTS FOR SONSOF
ARMY And NAVY

As the year turns toward autumn
and the approach of another Christ
nxs. the American Red Cross is again
laying plans to send holiday cheer to
uur soldiers and sailors in foreign
countries.
The Merry Christmas of the Red
Cross to her sons in the regular Army,
Navy and Marine Corps stationed in
distant posts will be again this year
small bag containing nine or ten
articles. 1t is essential that a certain
uniformity be observed in these bags
10 that one man does not receive more
than another. The contents should be
selected from the following list, care
being shown that the gifts will in
rlude the larger articles: Pocket
knives-men can never have too many,
they are constantly getting lost; wash
eloth-which may be wrapped around
n piece Of ap;diaries-small pocket
size; memorandum books-small |
pocket size; tobacco pouches, cigarette
cases, pipes, ETC.; playing cards and
puzzles; key rings with chains; me-
chanical pencils and pencil sharpeners
ia good many Of these things can be
purchased from and 10 cent stores) :
handkerchiefs--1 or 2; pin balls
which children can make; writing pads
and envelopes; housewives. Musical
toys, tops, jack stones and marbles
provide a good deal of amusement.
The quota for the entire country has
been placed at $4,000 bags of which
the IL states of the Midwestern
Branch area of the Red Cross have
been assigned 10000. Three thousand
bags out Of this number allotted to
Eidwestern territory have already
been accepted. These bags made of
bright colored chintz or cretonne will
be sent to men stationed in the Philip.
pines, China, Guam, Samona, Hawaii
and Alaska, Each local chapter of the
He'd Cross Is assigned to its quota
and further details regarding this
ChristRas bag project can be obtained
from the chapter. il
An idea Of what such Christmas
greetings mean to our men who are
far away from home can be obtained
from the following acknowledgment
of A. v. Simoni, Chaplain, U. S. A.,
Camp Gaillard, c. a.. Il wish it were
in my power to write to all the Ameri,-
can Red Cross Chapters in the United
States and tell them the JOY they /,
brought to the soldiers far from. their
country in this Christmas season. They
felt more than others the nostalgia of
men away from home. The American
Red Cross gift was all that most of
them received on this Yuletide season.
To the American Red Gross and all
its members our sincere thanks and
good wishes for prosperous New
Yearl"
A Recreational Field Director at
Manila also writes as follows OF the
JOY taken by the men in these Christ
mas bags: Il cannot tell you all of
the small details but only wish the
coed people at home, who put SO much
thought and good will into the Christ
mas bags, could see these men, so
far away, delve into them. The Serg- |
cant who said, "a man may grow grey
, and get hardened to the world, but he
never grows up was indeed truthful. |
assure you that these things are
appreciated more than will ever be |
known, and | saw more that one |
soldiers eyes dim with tears as he |
opened these packages from home
side"
Many grateful letters are also re-
reived by the Red Cross from the men
themselves who while serving their
country in foreign lands are happy to
know that though absent they are not
forgotten.