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BY JOnjS ELFRETH \VATK1.\8.
'ashington, D. c. September 12.
1 RSUANT Of th<: recent a;t *#f
Congress making provision for
;! ?? pliii Ing of the American
and Navy Departments have just
Cross upon a wai footing, the
I goiuraj brder? providing for the
? : itiori of both branches, of the
e in time of wa'r or when war is
By virtue of this newly vested au?
thority, the President, whenever such
emergencies nppear, will bo ublw to
employ the Rbd Crom organization as
n part of tike sanitary services of the
army and navy. The Red Cross corp?
of men and women thus merged into
the military service will be trans?
ported arid subsisted as civilian em
1 . >yea of tht army and navy, and all
jied Cross supplies used in the ser?
vice will lii transported at the cost
of the government^ The President has
; ; a proclamation declaring "that
t ie American Red Cross Is the only
volunteer society now alith .r:/.e,i by
this government to render aid to Ms
land and naval forees In time- of war"
and that nnv other organization de.
Firing to rcrtdei slmliai assistance ein
sUj feo or.!)- through the lt< :
In Case of War.
'?'The wisdom of these provisions is
apparent to any one. the ?ceretiry of
the American Red Cross. Charles I*
Mage*, told me yesterday "In case
oi war. the volunteer assistance of
the vv.ole country will now he een
offlcla] organization, having always on
file and kbit to furnish en the shortest
notice cohiplete information as to
available personnel and material. The
military forces ban how Inform the
Red i :-o-s as t.. their Immediate needs
and prospective requirements ami do
lavs, mistakes, duplication and omls
Hlons will be avoided "
"What class of employes or material
would the Hed Cross furnish, under
this new author it;.'" I asked Secretary
Ma pee.
"The Red fross could undoubtedly
furnish the arniy ami navy with sup?
plies of any nature requested?" he
fai l, ant th< same ampins to person?
nel. Among the latter would be phy
slclans. surgeons, phs rmscists. hospi?
tal corps then* trained woman nur?'*,
clirk?. luborf-r? and other hospital at?
tendants.
"Tho lied Croat h?n at present a|
corps of 3,600 '>f the best trained
woman nurses of the country. Thcae
have ail been selected with a view]
to their meeting the requirements of
war nursing'. In Chicago we luv? a
division Of field corps and hospital
corps men. trained and drilled in the
duties of the regular hospital corps of
tht army, Tnls-is only a start In this
particular brancjj; of our organization.
'The relationship between the gov?
ernment and the lied Cross will now
I., very rl->se. in the first Place the
lied t'ross Is Incorporated by an act!
ot Congress, which prescribes Its or- j
?anizatlonj functions and scope. By the!
jame act It Is recognized by Congress]
? s the official volunteer relict society
of this country, under the terms of1
the Geneva convention, and there is
now a law requiring Us accounts to
be audited annually by the War De?
partment, and a COpy of each audited
report to be transmitted to Congress.
i? Self-Support log.
"Yet the Ue,i Cross receives no fi?
nancial support from t'otigr ;S8, Its
(Undi?for running expenses as well asl
lor relief work?are received from
volunteer sources. The It- d Cross
management has limited its expendi?
tures to come within its resources, i
if lit: endownmcnt fund, which at pres?
ent is less than $900,000, were in-1
creased to 11,000,000, tin llrst aid and
rural nursing departments could do a
ihiicll more extensive and useful work."
Bow people have an) conception of
the present scope ef reorganized
American Bed Cross beyond its func?
tion of caring for the wounded in time
of war. Although It was organized
originally for the relief of suffering
on the battlefield, It has g own to be
an agency for me alleviation of all
phases of human suffering and the
conservation of human life, under all
conditions. Not alone the soldier and
sailor mu lined by hostile guns, hut
our annual thousands of victims of
the railway jauggernaut: the hundreds
who are annually fentrapped In dark,
dunk mines; Ihe hmidrcrs more of
rich and poor, who full before the
relentless automobile, the vast indus?
trial army who arc yearly maimed or
mangled by factory machinery?all
now are objects of the ministrations
of this beneflclent organization.
Hot* Ii Developed.
Just a few words to refresh your
memory of how the Red Cross grew
Into being. It had its prototype In
, the sanitary commission which cared
'. for our suffering soldiers and sailers
during the < -; v 11 War. and which used
i the Oresk cross as Its Insignia.
' Toward the close of that war one
: D'urant. a European, who had been
horrified by the unnecessary Suffering
during the Crimean War. eor.eeivcd the
international organization first brought
into being by a convention of the pow?
ers held In Geneva In 1364. Repoits
of our sanltaiy commission were used
as a partial basis for this organiza?
tion, which adopted a red cross as Its
Insignia. For a quarter of a century
the functions prescribed by this con?
vention were performed by th? Amer?
ican Association of the Red cross
headed by Clara Barton, the ungel of
the Civil War battlefields, who died a
few months ago. t'nder h?r direction
it performed many humanitarian
works of great value, but did not be?
come a truoly national Institution u'n
1 til after the recent reorganization,
uniyr which William) Howard Taft
became Its president?not by virtue
I of his governmental rank, but by elec
| tion of the general board.
From Mis'* Barton's aged arid toll
] worn hands the details of ad in ulstra
Ition parsed really Into those of Miss
Maiiei T. Board man. a wealthy piillan
. t'.troplst of Washington Vou will re
'member that a few weeks ago Miss
Roardman declined a responsible as?
signment in connection with the presi?
dential campaign because Slio feared
that she might drag the Red Cross
into politics, and thus narrow Its field
61 usefulness. She heads the execu?
tive committee, upon which serves a
cabinet member us well as military
officers of hlg-.i rank
Reserve Corps of Vursrs.
Through Hi.>-opc ration Of the
I Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the
'Ullited States the Red Cross already
Good Furniture
At "Low Profit" Prices
You want QUALITY but you believe
To sue!" folks the Ryan-Smith policy appea
no matter how inexpensive, anything you
guarantee!
More than that vvc buy in stich quahtitio
every discount for cash?and \vc sell at such
bound to far cx< eed those found elsewhere. I
Test us "ii ahything you may need;
in practicing WISE ECONOMY, too.
is. We buy only from good makers
get here is worthy of our strongest
-;, direct from the makers, taking
low margin of profit that values arc
'roof <>t this in ,jny piece on bur floors.
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if iiifi'i it i
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This and Many Other Styles
Mart right. Get the best, of course,
but practice economy as well. Look
over our large fall stocks you'll enjoy
making selections from th numerous
choice patterns in all wood:; and finishes.
Try Us First
Get our prices; then shop around,
if yon wish. Our values must surpass
those elsewhere-?or we lose the sale,
t ome in to-morrow, will you?
*?1tTHE BIO ST?RS 3*?
[has the largest enrolled corps of wo- 1
man nurses to be found In the world.
All are graduates of standard train-|
ir.g schools and all have pledged them?
selves as ready to volunteer their set - ,
ivice* should war Involve Vaclr coun
try
j But, as said, the Red Crofs Is not
limiting its functions to preparations
for the alleviation of suifertng attend:
In? our possible w.tr? with foreign
nations. Laboring wider the belief
tnat such armed conflicts will grow
farther and farther apart, It is ex?
tending Its ufefulneis m the fields on
which man battles with foes far more
relentless than those w'.ilch tight with
powder and sheli, sahre and bayonet.
For example, it Is coming to the
aid of our thousands of victims of the
dread white plague, tuberculosis. In
all parts of the country it Is estab?
lishing camps for these sufferers, is
teaching new methods of prevention.
Succor to industrial victims.
It la also coming to the relief of the
1 2.00?,0f)? wounded who annually fall on
the Industrial battlefield. Upon this
i fame Meld of carnage 85,0Q0 of our
able-bodied men and women are being
1 killed annually. In every American In*
I dustrx wherein ? mployers or employes
] will devote the necessary time and fa
! < ill ties, the Red Cross la organizing a
! "first aid'' corps. Tb- course of In
i structtoh is simple, and a surgeon of
? the United States Army, Major Charles
? Lynch, has been detailed to supervise
It. Two traveling schools?railroad
cars lit ted with all appliances necc-s
I sary to the couise of Instruction?arc
I being sent through the country. Al?
ready about 200,0 10 persons have taken
; this first aid course, and tho railroads
i hoping that the training will cut down
. the horrible toll of their iron horse,
I generally haul the cars without cost,
Some of them send ploked men to at
! tend the classes and pay them for the
time devoted to the training. As a re?
sult of this work casualty companies
i are already reducing their premiums to
! anthracite miners, especially where
i ilrst aid corps ate maintained and llrsl
I aid supplies are kept on hand, while
j railroad, mining and other industries
! are offering preference for employment
I to graduates of the IB At aid schools.
I The national capital, San Francisco,
Cleveland and other large eit1.. s are
] having their policemen and firemen
: instructed In this work, and in some
places "Red Cross boxes'" containing
simple remedies, bandages, etc. needed
for immediate use in case of accident,
1 are, like tire alarm boxes, fastened to
lamp posts.
The Boy .Scouts throughout the coun?
try are being trained in this same tlrst
aid work, as are members of the sister
.- >cli ty, the Camp Tire Girls, as well
as the members of the Voting Men's arid
Women's Christian Associations. In?
deed, thr.se classes are even being or?
ganised by the Red dross in the Pan?
ama t ;a nal Zone',
Vnnuiil i'ri/.c fur First lid.
I Annual prizes for ex. client showing
In this llrsl aid work are awarded b>
the Bed Cross to i ail way men out of
proceeds from Its special "William
Howard Taft fund'- of $5,000, and to
ether competitors out of the organisa?
tion's own funds. pr|zes of |50, 5.T.,
' $15 and i\n have Just bcCii award-.!
lout of there funds. The winners of
j lirst prizes are Christian I >. Fisher, an
: employe of tin- l'.sylvinitn railroad's
. Cauidcii, N. J.j shops, who gave ttrst-atd
tr'oatment in sixteen brother eruploycit
last year, and John Brown, a mine
foreman of Plttston, Pa., who, during
the same year, tendered very exfttlleni
! service to three victims of a gas e\
? plosion in a shall of the mine wherein
! he was employed.
i la-t me till you also of some of the
recent Held work which the Bed Cross
i has done. W hen the Sah Francisco
earthquake unhoused nearly a third
I of a million people, this organization
set Immediately to work collecting nil
'. manner Of supplies needed by tho si. k
I und homeless?food, clothing, blankets.
linen and other article's too numerous
i to mention, which It distributed from
IIS relief stations scattered about the
stricken city. It constructed tem?
porary relief camps, for which the
army loaned tents, it hullt row upon
row ot cheao wooden houses, and put
up a groat sanatorium for aged and I
feeble-minded victims of tho disaster.
To every lot owner who sought to
rebuild a home costing Jl.'I.>r under
it advanced half the t ost, it furnished
tools and Implements to those who
would help themselves, and it dis?
bursed the large fund donated to thti
sufferers by foreign powers. Alto
Kndowed Orphnuase tor Victims.
When tho terrible! Calabrlan-S'cilian
earthquake destroyed Messina am'. Reg
gto. leaving over a mill'on people
homel jss, the American Red Cross
uttered another appeal for assistance,
und nt Its holiest a squadron of oui
naval vessels sailed for the scene of
? ? t.'i aiid destruction. Tin: organism
ih n; caLU d ?370,0t>0 for the beueiit of
the .Sufferers and furnished plan: for
2,500 houses r.iat were immeil'utcly
erected for the comfort of the home
less.v An orphanage lor the hundreds
f children left parent I. iss, and often
nie.idb ss. by the Catastrophe was en?
dowed with $230,000 from the Ameri?
can relief fund.
Next came the Armenian massacre,
in which fanatical Mohammedans
butchered 25.000 Christians, burning
their houses, pillaging tlie'r villages,
outraging their WOnun ano leav'hg ,
ue.uly a million innocents destitute,
ami homeless. At once- tin- American
Red i ions established hcadquurtoi i ii
Bjjr'ut, from Which relief was dis?
tributed.
Within tue present year President
Taft, as head of the Red Cross, has
Issued an appeal for alii of the famine
sufferers of China, and the large luirtl'
collected was expended to help keep
ih ? wolf front the door of H.OOO.OOfl
wao had lo face Starvation until an?
other harvest
L'otiirnxtH of I'lillunttiroiiy.
You wondering where the Red
Cross annually obtains the hundreds of
thousands of dollars needed for sui it I
enormous tasks as tho.- ? described. I ;
asked Secretary Magoe as to this also. ;
1-le told that the tuberculosis aid work
Is paid lor by the little Red cross
CirlBtmas stamps with which you are
familiar. Over a million dollars has
be mi yielded by there thus far.
In tin' same mail, some time ago.
Miss Boardmnn received for her rellof
fund $i<v>.'0 from John D. Rockefeller
and $:.s;i from a negro mission which
had taken up a collection for the beh
eiit of the society. That illustrates
how the society's revenui conies Ih
from all hinds of philanthropists?poor
and rich. Little children have conic
to Red Cross headquarters; bringing i
(heir doiis to be doii.it. d io children
left homeless by some reported catas?
trophe, line.- a poor hoy Visitor tool;:
off his shoes ami offered th.m f,?r
some San Francisco earthquake suf?
ferer. "1 won't need them,*' the lad -
.. mired the Red cross representative.
"Sprliig'll be here soon." For the re?
lief o' the Chinese famine sufferers $?'?
was given by it p?or Russian woman
in Minie .-ota, who explained that, hav?
ing nearlj starved during ii famine
among the Jews In Russin, she Knew
? what it is to be hungry."
That its source of money for emer?
gency relief may b< more dependable,
the Red Cross now seeks to accumu?
late an endowment fund of at leaai
j.'.it'i'i.. whose Income only will lie.
? <pi nd. d NearU hall of Oils has al?
ready b< ? n endowed.
(Copyright, I;ii_?. by .lollli Klfreth Wat
HARRIS?NBUHG
i [Specln] to'I'll. TimestDlspateh.]
Hnrriadhburg, V? . September I i.
Miss Millie Re.,r : lefl yesterday for
Raleigh. N. <'.. to resume her duties
ns teacher at Pchci Institute. Her
I guest, Miss Bpbbett, of llnlclgh, ao
companb .1 her.
i i. Ki mper staples, of Houston, Tex;,
I spent several days with ids father, .1.
! C. Staples.
I Miss Sallie Ford, of Lur.iy. Ih visit?
ing Miss .Mary .Jennings. In i'.lkion.
it. II Partlow, of fiohlonsvllle, Is
visiting his niece. Mrs. W. II. DoBrillu,
on Noli:, High Street
Mrs. .lames It Bosbyshell, of Phila?
delphia, is a gu. st of Mrs. r. 1? Oborfol,
Mrs. R. F. Wilson Is visiting her
sister in Winchester
Mtr? Florence Black, of Charlolli a
nuM'.I.I.Ml FIRST AID SCHOOL.
vill?. Ip visiting h*r cousin. Mrs. .1 L
Ku;iia. In Payton. 1
Rov. .1 r<l Mrs. T. C. Harper, of Al
toono, 1' !.. are visiting relatives in j
Harrlsonburg and Dayton
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson, Ol
Altoona, P?.< are. guests of T. N.
Thompson.
Mi and Mrs. D. C. Reery. of Cedur
S'ille, Mo., are. gu.-sts of hia brothers,
I, N. Beery, sr.. ami N. \v. Beery. This
is his rtrst visit in twenty-one years.
Mr. and Mrs. Verne Slater haw hoi n
for a sojourn of several weeks in Win?
nipeg, Canada.
Mrs. Ii. T. Christian, of Richmond,
who spent the summer with the Misses
Byrd "ii Court Square, has returned
home.
Professor A. K. Hopkins and bride,
who was Miss Plreb??gh, returned
several days ago from a visit to Rock
bridge Baths
Mrs .1. Henry Wright, of Scrtuyler.
N. Is. ii County, has returned home, ut?
ter a visit I" hor sister. .Mrs. Amanda
\\ immure, in Bi idgt-vvater.
Mrs. Luc*, Fishback Brnswoll, of
I l.-inlersonvllli . N. <"., Is Visiting Mi s
T. P, Beery. Mrs. Braswell is a former
teacher in the Harrlsonburg public
school.
Miss Muriel Christian has returned
to Lynchburg, after a visit to her
uncle, Judge T. X. Haas.
WINCHESTER
I Spec! .I to The Tlines-Dltipa.teh, |
Winchester, Va., Sept.mini- It. ? Wil?
liam Copenliaver, n young business
mm of Winchester, ami Miss Kth.l
Ale;tha Print/., daughter of the laie
1. i' Print.-, of Lurny. hut who hits
been making her homo in nils city for
Severn] years, were married In Wasn
Irigi n a few days ago b> R'ovi Charles
ii Waters.
Dr and Mrs. Hugh 0 roc n way Rus?
sell and their young daughter have
returned to Richmond, after visiting
at tin- homo of Mr and Mrs Isaac W.
! lu sell. They passed I lie Sllmtnor at
the White Sulphur Springs.
it and Mrs* Hugh N Leavell, of
Louisville. Ky? and the 1.liter's
brother, Dr. William L Rodman, of
Philadelphia, who have been on an ex
t mied motoring trip to the Shehari
.1 ah Valley, were the p-uests of friends
in triwii this week. Dr. Bcavell in a
im . ibcr oi ihc f.'r iiiv bit tho Louisville
Mi Hi ul College, ami Di1. Rodman is
Professor of surgery in Hie Medico
Chirurgien! Colli ge. of Pin, i leiphla.
ReV. George \V, Martini I > D.. 01
Vaiiderbilt Unlversltj ot Nashville
Tehh., has been visiting Rev. .John A
Kern, D. D. of the saint -Institution
ami Mrs. Kern In this city.
Miss Dena ts?re, who has been pass
Ing several months In town with rota
llytis, hit thill wcuk lor Nmvata, Okla
where she will spend th? fall and win
icr.
Misses Gertrude and Olga Schmld
have returned from a visit to rcla
lives in VVnrdcnsvllle, W; Va,
Dr. an '. Mrs. Charles Eiips, who hay.
boon visiting thal'r son-in-law an'
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rice
have returned to their home In Deiivei
Coli
Mr. and Mrs. Frank .1 Dtndcrgreeri
of Boston, are Visiting Mr .ami Mi?
McKIm Dlffeiidei f. i.
Miss Katharine C. Willis has return
e.l to tlarrlsoriburg, Va.. after visit
Ing relatives ami frleiiis in town.
BOWLING GREEN
I Speei i| la Tile Timcs-Dlspatch. ]
Bowling Green, Va., Scptmcber H.?
Mrs- M K. Pontross Norfolk, 1
spending some tun. with her daugu
j tcrs, Mrs. 11. a. Coghlll and Mrs, Cor
.In- Dec Mo:i lire.
i .Miss Florence Gravntt, of Washing
ton. was the guest this week of Mrs. I
i B. Travis.
Mrs Waller Tyler, of Richmond, i
visiting at the home of Dr. W. 1
Brba Id us.
Mis. William W. Wright I- visit in
her sons. W?Oddlc and Willie \\ rlgn
in Now York.
Miss .Annie Lake has returned troi
Hampton where ..he spent seyeiJa
w. eks with r. ln I lv< s.
Mr and Mrs. .lohn W Chandler, wh
have been spending: some time wit
Mr. and Mrs. a. B. Chandler, have re
turmal to their home In Houston, Toj
Mrs. John I.. Whit, and Rev, I'res
ton a. Cave attended the State eon
v.nthMi of the Disciples Church a
Byhchhtirg this week
Mr. and Mrs. I. hi Mart ft h ive rr
turned from a trip to Baltimore an
riil.i.l-lphln.
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