Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 20, 1918, Page 4

“A great net of ‘cy drawn _through : an ocean of unspeakable pain’’ o kg At WE’LL: WIN What does it mean to you to know that your American Red Cross: . : Syl oo T { | ) Is supportihg 50,000 French children. : | Sends supplies to 8,423 French military hospitals. i Lo Tek & : i by Provides 2,000 French hospitals with surgical dresnings. ” p Is opeutmz thirty canteens at the front line. Is operating six other -canteens at French railway junctions, serving 80, 000 French soldlers a day. . Operates a mov&ble hospital in feur units, accommodating 1&000 men. i Is operating a children’s refuge in one part of the war zone3 and in another a medical center, and traveling dispensary, both capable of: accommodatmg more than 2,000 children. - c m})ened a lonz chain of warehouses stocked with hospital supplies, t‘ood el R soldiers’ co rts, tobacco, blankets etc.,, all the way from the seaboard to tlw Swiss frontier # Has warehouse capacity for 100 000 tons. . A Has 400 motor cars and operates 7 garages, making all repairs. : Had shipped 46 freight car loads of assorted supplies to Italy from France within two weeks after it began operating in the former country. i Had a battery of motor ambulances at the Piave front four days after the United States declared war on Austria. ; Started a thousand different nctmtles in Italy at the time that natlon was in its most critical condition. Has established 5 hospltals }n England and operates a workshop. for hospital supplies employing 2,000 w And that 120, 000 cases of supphes have been received at the Paris headquart ters of the American Red Cross from your vanous chapters scattered throughout the United States. -3 . .- What does all this mean to you? And that is 1 ' but a fraction of the work your Red Cross has done i | , . : ~and is doing. It means that without this ceaseless, —1 s heroic work of the American Red Cross we could . ' - never win this war. _ ‘i o : Without your Red Cross quick, vital help to keep . | , . Italy in the fight for: Liberty would not have been ' | poss1b1e. i o Without your Red Cross thousands of French ~ ' soldiers now gallantly fighting for- you at the front T ' ; would have died of ’wounds, exposure and lack of food. 3 . i And great and wonderful as has been the work 1. of the American Red Cross in the past, still greater . and more wonderful must it be in:the. future—-for . NOW your boy is in the fight: - Your Red Cross cannot neglect France England Italy, Serbia, Roumania and little Belgium. It must give them all constantly increasing help, for the men | ; of these countries have been fighting our battles. | N But now we must all redouble our efforts and sacrifices for our Red Cross because a million mothers’ | » sons are going to carry the stars and stripes to the “ o § : § i greatest victory God has ever given to men fighting for honor and liberty. : | With the help of your Red Cross your boy will e Contributed to the Red Cross By FARMER'S STATE BANK FIRST NATIONAL BANK SECURITY STATE BANK NORTHERN NATIONAL BANK { q L S S SN i T ‘ ‘ f f f | ! Defectiv