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Facts About
the American Red Cross
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Did you know that-
It has established and is operating twenty dispensaries in the Ameri
can Army Zone in France to care for the needy families there and to im
prove health conditions in that section ready for our troops?
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It is housing and feeding thousands of children in the War Zone to
keep them away from the danger of gas and shell fire?
It has divided the entire War Zone into six main districts, with Red
Cross workers at each point to distribute cooking utensils, "agricultural
implements, beds, bedding, food and clothing? v
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,It provides builders and ready-to-put-up buildings to house the
homeless in the devastated regions, often before the walls of the destroy
ed homes have cooled?
It is bringing over two' hundred tons of supplies every day into
Paris, from which one hundred and twenty -Jive tons are re-shipped to
branch warehouses over France?
It is providing an artificial limb factory outside of Paris, in addition
to special plants for the making of splints?
What will you give to keep this Hand of Mercy at its work?
Every cent of every dollar received for the Red Cross War Fund goes for War Relief
The American Red Cross is the largest and , most efficient organization for the
relief of suffering that the world has ever seen.
It is made up almost entirely of volunteer workers, the higher executives being
without exception men accustomed to large affairs, who are in almost all cases giving
their services without pay.
It is supported entirely by its membership fees and by voluntary contributions.
It is today bringing relief to suffering humanity, both military and civil, in every
war-torn allied country. - f
It plans tomorrow to help in the work of restoration throughout the world.
It feeds and clothes entire populations in times of great calamity.
It is there to help your soldier boy in his time of need. ,
With its thousands of workers, its tremendous stores and smooth running trans
portation facilities, it is serving as America's advance guard and thus helping to
win the war. '
Congress authorizes it. -
President Wilson heads it ,..
The War Department audits its accounts.
Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusiastically endorse it-Twenty-two
million Americans have joined it.
THIS CONTRIBUTED TO CAUSE OF RED CROSS BY C: T. BUMGARNER FURNITURE
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