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";T7 - 'SSL-. tiii 3 4 'Ponder the Path of -thy feet and Let all thy ways be established," Prov. 4.26 VL. XV. MOUNTAIN GROVE R. P, D, No. 3. ' CAUDLE GROVE. Wright Co. MO. THURSDAY Dec. 13th, 1017. No. 22 if The CRESSET IIwrwTAiw Rrjvk Missouri. R. P, D. Nj. 3, Candle Grove, RJJV, L 8. GARRETT, Editor PUBLISHERS N. G. Garrett & M. M. Bowers, Published Every Thursday AT THE C AUDLE GROVE. . AND Entered as Second 'Class matter Sept. 1st. 1915. at the I 'Post Office at Mountain. Grove Missouri, under the Act of Mar. Srd.l87Q. The First Stnti-Annual Report Of the Jar Council of The American RED CROSS, Washington, D. C. Dee. 2 ..The American! people are to On bebaif of the WarCouncil.y tbe richest! people in the -SUBSCRIPTION, One Year... ,.$1 00, Six' Months,., I,... 50cts. Three Months... ...v.. 25 ' ' Invariable in advance. RED CROSS CHRISTMAS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The object of the drive is to get 10.000.000, new members to the Red Cross by Christmas Eve. WrJght County is asked, to get 4577 pew members in -the drive. The slogan in the campaign is to be ''Let Tbt Boys Know vYou Care".,, .. ,. V,v:, , .A feature of the drive- ..will be the use of the . eerfcce flags, which will be posted in . the -windows of hemes. The flags are made of transparent paper, .and bear the Red Cross emblem. The display ot a Red Cross service flag in a window will imean that a person in that home is a Red Cross member. Space tis provided in the white field of ' the flag for placing additional Red Cross emblems for 'additi onal members of the household who join the Red Cross At' 7 30 on Christmas Eve a candle is to fee, placed in each window behind -the service emblem, so that on Christmas: Eve there may be given expression to the universal . aspect.of the Red Cross. It is also planned to lend still further significance to this Red ross Christmas ceremony, by having the churches to ioli j their bells ar 7:30 on Christmas eve at the hour when the candles are Lit. continuing their tolling at half boar intervals unt-l 9 o'clock, the suggested duration .of tbis Christmas display. And abeve all, as the greatest feature of the Christmas eve program, it is hoped that the results of the drive will make this possibleMt is planned to send & cablegram to the boys at the front that 15,000,000 men, women and children are back of them. The dates for the drive are -from ' December 17th to i December 25tb. but an active campaign is to bo conducted thoughout the entire month in this county, In order that every , day may count toward the securing of the 4577. Red Croas members'. "" of the American Red Cross, ap pointed by President Wilson May 10 Henrv P. Davison, chair, man, today makes publio the re port to the American people on the prasent state of the -War Fund and the work which is being done by the American Red Cross In tbis country and different parts of the world. The report, in part, is as follows: To thb American pkoplk. The Red Cross War Council herewith reports on the work of the Red Cross during the almost six months which have elapsed since its appointment by the President. Including herein are details as to collections on account of the War Fund and appropriations made from the Fund, up to Nov. ember 1, The growth of the Red Cross activities among the suffering civilian populations in the differ ent allied countries is, up to tbis time, the outstanding feature of Red Crosa work in tbis war-. The magnitude of the work in France U particularly impres sive. AIMS of the RED CROSS.. Broadly speaking the Red Cross War Council has proceed ed upon the theory that the present work of toe American Red Cross tbould contribute to these great aims. 1 To be ready to care for our soldiers and sailors on duty wherever that care may be need ed. 2. To shorten the War by strengthening the morale of the allied peoples and their armies b7. alleviating their SHfferings in the period which must elapse until the American army can become fully effective abroad, 3. To lay .foundations for an enduring peace by extending a message of practical relief . and sympathy to the civilian popala' tian among our Allies., carrying to them the expression of the finest side of the American char acter, The American people have generously supported the work of the .Red Cross, and tbis report of activity is given with great fullness in the hopa that through it the public may realize both the obligation and the op portunity. which the future presents. worm tne ricnest; in resources richest in obligations and in op portunities. . Thi Red ' Cross aims to mobilize the hearts and souls of America toward hinding up the wounds of a bleeding world. i.'f Up to date ' approximately $88,000,000 in cash has been collected for the War Fund. The demands however in Europe, are increasing with great rapidity and on the presen t basis of ex penditure the $11)0,000,000 War Fund cannot last" quich beyond spring, MONEYS APPROPRIATED .-Following the ; preliminary report recently made on the work in Europe of the American Red Cross the .WafOouocil pre sents herewith a summary of the werk of the Red Cross, both in the -United States and in Europe from May 10. 1917, to November 1 1917, During this perjod the War Council appropriated from the War Fund (including 17,659,000 advanced to chapters for pur chase of material and 10 be re turned to the War Fund). $10, 969,216,60 for.ivork in the United States, as contrasted with the appropriation of $27885,816.86 for work abroad, of which $20, 601,240 47 was for use in France There have been appropriated from funds restricted to specific purposes $1,417,625,74. As $7, 659,000 advanced, by the War Council is to be returned to the War Fund the net appropriation amount to $32,613,659,20. The total expenses of raising and collecting the War Fund are The Red Cross has also organized 45 ambulance companies, with a total personnel of 5,580, all of which have been taken into the Army Medical Corps, some for service abroad, others for the camps and cantonments. A General Hospital, for the use of the Navy, has been established at Philadelphia Convalescent homes have been built at Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson, Georgia, and mobile laboratory cars are to be provided for use in case of emergencies at the r-atxms. THE RED CROSS SANITARY SERVICE. Through its- Sanitary Service, the Red Cross is cooperating with local health authorities in maintaning the best possible san itary condition in the zone just out bide military jurisdiction at the training camps and cantonments. Twenty sanitary units have been organized for this purpose. The Red Cross has placed field directors of Camp Jservicb at :n concert with the Committee on nuramg of the Council of Nat ural Defense and other nursing authorities. WHAT the WOMEN are DOING. Millions of women bave been mobilized lor work on surgical dressings, hospital garments, refugee clotbiDg, knitting gar ments and comfort kits. It is estimated that the valu" of their work during the next twelve months will amount t nearlj $40,000,000. Since April 1, 1917, the Red Cross has sent abroad 13,336 cases of sergical dressings hos pital supplies and clothing con taining approximately 13 000 000 separate articles. Tbe Red Cross has promised to send 3,000.0:0 surgical dressings to Fiance every month for the next six tuontha. HOME CARE ol the SICK. Course of instruction is ele. mentary hygient and homo care thirty eight camps, cantonments i- 8ick' bome V ' t UrSi ! uave uecu jncu huuau and naval stations. The .purpose of tbe Camp Service is to co operate with all the Agencies that are advancing the welfare of tbe enlisted men. The Red Cross has continued its work of disaster relief during the war. and has rendered aid in 64 calamities, Recently a call for blip for flood victims in Tien tsin was answered by the dispatch of a relief expert to the city and the sending of $125,000 RED CROSS NURSES. Fourteen thousand Red Cross nurses bave been enrolled for duty, and appproximawly 3,000 bave already been called into active musing service, of vrbom 2 COO are working abroad. A program for increasing the proving to be less than one per re9erVe of fully trained nurses cent. The War Fund is deposit-: 0r war service has been adopted out the United States. More than &4.000 women have complet ed tbe first of these cources, and 75,000 certificates of pro ficiency in first aid havo been issued during the past year alone. HOW the WORK is DIRECTED. Tbis work in the United States has been directed from National headquarters by a complettly reorganized administration, Under the direction of the War Council, a general manager Harvey D. Gibson, president of the Liberty National Bank, has been given general chageof the work in this country. He has" delegated tha direct oversight of the chap'ers, of which there are now 3,267 to division managers. RESPONDING TO THE FOR RELIEF. CRY ed locally by tbe chapters and campaign GomiDittees- About 8,500 banks now bold these de. posit , in tbe name of William G. McAdoo, Treasurer, BASE HOSPITAL UNITS EQUIPPED, Forty-nine Army base hospital units and five for tbe Navy bden recruited, organized and equipp ed by the Red Cross, Mori- than twelve of tbe Army units and two of the Navy units bave now been mustered into their respective Medical Corps and are seeing service. These units can care for a 500 bed hospital each, and some of them have The American Red Cross is attempting to respond to the mnafc hnseanhinir and far-reach I ingappWUver.made for. mercy1 reinforced to enable them and relief. . to take over larger bospitaia. TUB ORK2KA. ft W JmTm MvwEvtatal Uure.f-r. M n m tmt tUnmyni woam w HyS V&' B iiiHiihH'1 BfMiiow . "eg, ff Tbe tpraga CoRcspooAuise I Softool of Law I I It idewd bmt qwillflod rt touch yoii la jr- V ' X Idtwlotfew JW