Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-04-13
100000 MEMBERS
GOAL Of RED CROSS
ANNUAL ROLL CALL
Need Of Expansion Due to Excess.
size Demands for Disaster
Relief and Other Services.

A Red Cross membership OF 5000.
coo in the United States will be sought
this year during the Eleventh Annual
Roll Call. November IL to "a. Chair
man John Barton Payne announced
following completion Of a study OF
the demands which the past year
made on all branches OF the Red
Cross organization.
He stressed particularly the In
creasing demands of disaster reliet
as pointing to the need for an In.
creased membership TO aid in carrying
the growing responsibility in this field.
For several years our membership
has remained at a little more than
5000, 900 adults" he said. 1--WE are
proud of this membership. 1t is a
body of our choice spirits, but there
are many more Of like spirit who
should be counted In this Roll Call.
We need at least 5,000,0 900 adult mem.
bers, We are obliged to draw annu-
ally upon our reserves, and the de-
mands upon u increase each year.
Our Roll Call funds should meet
normal needs and add something TO
our reserves for the great disasters.
We must have a large reserve. No
one can tell when a situation may
arise when this reserve will be essen.
tial TO the lives of thousands.
1.-THE Red Cross cannot wait TO
raise funds" Judge Payne declared.
action prompt. instant, is its life.
Instant action means the lives OF
many. 1t must be strong, 1t must be
ready; this means a large reserve"
Total expenditures Of the American
Red Cross in the fiscal year to June
so last in all fields amounted to S16..
139,34S.60, of which S11,360. 34S.60. rep.
resented the National Organizations
appropriations and S4,779,000 the cost
to the Red Cross local chapters. In
c.-a-l il this total was a disaster
relief. for which SS,216, 1881 had
actually been expended to the close Of
the year. This does not cover expen.
ditures which continued to be made
in the Mississippi Valley flood, or in
other disasters originating during the
fiscal year but whose operations ex
tended over into the current period.
Service to disabled veterans, an.
other outstanding demand on the or.
SANITATION, called for s ,930,223.S6. and
service to men Of the Regular Army
ard Navy, S5O7, 1928 0 Maintenance
CT an enrolled Nurses Reserve, from
y.hich the needs Of disaster service
and other emergencies are met, and
which numbers more than $4,000
nurses totalled $%45,24S.S3. For the
Public Health Nursing program, a ma
tion-wide activity of the Red Cross,
SS01 ,O6S.9 g. was expended. Other serv
ices contributing to health and we'll.
being included instruction in Home
Hygiene and Care OF the Sick, for
which S165,3SO.16 was spent; Nutri.
ton Instruction, which teaches thou.
sands annually correct food principles
in relation TO health, Sill $40 70:
First Aid and Life Saving, a service
which is actually curtailing accident
and water casualties. 1854, 7S0.06;
Junior Red Cross, the children's
Branch of Red Cross activity, and one
Of the most unique organizations In
the world. $5S2,434.23.
Other Red Cross Chapter activities,
including Home Service to civilians
amounted to. s1,22O. 900; while other
national domestic operations required
,|236,147.17.
An outstanding American contribu.
ton to the rest of the world is Red
Cross assistance in foreign disasters,
which the report shows, called for
to the end of the fiscal year
Activities under the League of Red
Cross Societies. Junior Red Cross
projects. assistance to Amer
lean insular chapters, and other for
and insular work completed the
demands on the total appropriation
for the year.
These expenditures were cited by
Chairman Payne as emphasizing the
need for a growing membership and
increased income.