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THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Something About Its History and the Tremendous
Work for Humanity in Which
It Is Engaged.
In spite of the. fact that the Ameri
can Ited Cross has spent many thou
sands of dollars In printing reports
of Its proceedings, detailed accounts
of its expenditures, and elaborate de
scriptions of the work that it is doing
and already has done at home and
abroad, there is still hut a hazy idea
on tho part of the general public as
to how the great humanitarian organ
ization is constituted, how It Is con
trolled, the manner of disbursement
of the immense sums which It han
dies, and the thousand and one details
connected with an Institution of such
immense scope and magnlture.
With the idea of giving in concrete
form for the benefit of readers of the
Daily Times the mass of facts relat
ing to the Ited Cross and its activities
which have been issued in the form
of reports, this series of articles is
undertaken. There will he no at
tempt at elaboration, the idea being
simply to familiarize the public with
tile general workings of the organiza
tion in which, more than any other
institution at the present time, except
ing possibly the military establish
ment. the whole country is interested.
False and Misleading Stories
Since the inception of the great war|
liie ited Cross has been the subject
ol many malicious, misleading and |
false statements, many of them circa-!
latcd surreptitiously and with intent j
to Interfere with the, great work I -
ing accomplished: and sometimes;
passed along by otherwise well-nnan-!
ing persons with a penchant for go -
sip. Prior to the time the Umti i
Slates entered tile war the stern -
v.ere particularly vicious, and sun ■
that lime they have been of a n or", j
subtle nature, intended to create ui
1111st by suggestion rather Ilian out
right slanders. But many lies l.w^
been nailed and shown to lie made out
of whole cloth tiefore lasting in uiy
lias resulted. But occasionally they j
crop out again and must tie once more
denied.
li i* 11m• 111ii > in .111 i ii i/.i iics i> • j
(nine acquainted with the working . 'if j
llie organization, not only her.use
their funds keep the work going and j
they have a right to know how lin y j
are spent, hut also that they may lie j
able to authoritatively deny malicious j
stories circulated with no other i'Ur
pose than retarding Its work, and gen 1
ernlly found lo emanate from enemy .
sources.
How Malicious Stories Circulate
Several times the Red Cross has
found it necessary to Issue circulars !
recounting the most common of these !
scandals, and telling how each was
run down and disproved These took
a wide range, from the threadbare lie ;
about the lady who knitted a sweater
for her son In the army, sen! it
through tlie Red Cross, and 1 at r
found one of the women workers wear
it, identifying it by a $lu bill which
she hail knit into the collar, down in
the more silly and malicious lie 'O
the effect that Red Cross nurses had
been so frivolous and indiscreet that
they had to tic sent hack from France
hv hundreds, which latter is termed
"the most remarkable of all." being
credited to a minister of the gospi
It is needless to say that none of the e
stories have any foundation in fai t,
and most of them, like the last men
tioned. being easily disproved because
there have been no nurses return'd
from France for that or any other
reason.
How to Deal with Slanderers
The Red Cross information depart
ment asks that citizens hearing these
malicious and ridiculous tales make
an Investigation and report the result.
Ask your informant. "How do you
know this story is true? Have you
tried to confirm the tale? If not, why
zire you circulating such hearsay
libels?" And beware lest you. too. he
made the tool of German propagan
dists.
"If," continues the circular, "the
charge can seem to he corroborated,
report it to the headquarters of the
Red Cross in Washington. It will tie
glad lo hear of any irregularity, and,
if proved, to correct it."
Brief History of the Red Cross
The sufferings of soldiers in the
Crimean war first directed the world's
humane impulses toward measures for
the systematic care of the wounded.
In that sanguinary conflict the hard
skips endured by the British and
French soldiers in a hostile country,
accentuated by a bitterly cold climate,
aroused the women of Kngland and
France particularly, and there arose
for the emergency, as usually happens
in great crises, a wonderful charaett r
in the person of Florence Nightingale
This noble lady organized relief in
the form of hospitals and supplies for
the sick and wounded soldiers, and
showed such great talents as the ad
mlnlstrator of the great undertaking
that her name became a household
word throughout the civilized world.
While the Red (Toss had not yet
come into existence, the nanus of
Florence Nightingale will forever be
associated with the great work which
necessitated the formation of the 1
world’s great humanitarian organiza
tion.
In 18511. when me Swiss humani
tarian. M. Henri Hunant. was visiting
Italy as h tourist, he was taught in
rant personally administered to the
tin* dreadful carnage of Solfcrino. Du
rant personally administered to the
wounded and what is more impor
taut lie organized volunteers in the
vicinity to help him in tin- work Soon
after he formulated the first proposals
for volunteer associations to care for
Hie wounded <>l war and for flu* neu
tralization of the personnel of sueh
relief associations HD prophete
vision even embraced flie services
which such associations could render
in time of epidemics, floods and other
catastrophes
The Geneva Conference
M DunantV appeals resulted in a
preliminary conference held at He
nova in 1K«;:{. which in turn led to an
official international conference at
Geneva in 1**H During tin- second
conference the delegates from the
Fnited States made a valuable per
haps a derisive contribution by
showing that the Fnited States sani
tary commission, by actual relief op
orations, had already solved problem
which were troubling the conference
and were making its success a matter
of doubt.
1 he (ieiU'va convention, adopted ut
that time, revised in Hull!, and given
additional force by the Hague confer
ences, was the formal beginning of
the Ked Cross, and for that reason is
sometimes called the "Ked Cross
treaty."
The name "lied Cross" comes from
the insignia adopted by the confer
ence a Creek cross in red on a white
ground.
it was not until 18X3 that the gov
ernment of the I'nited States ratitled
the Conova convention of 1MM Hut
in 1877 a self-appointed committee to
further the Interests of the Ked Cross
movement In America was formed in
Washington: in lxsl the committee
was enlarged and Incorporated under
the name of the "American Associa- ,
lion of the Ked Cross", In 18it:i it was
rcincorporated as the "American Na j
tional Ked Cross"; in 19pn the con
gress of the United Slates gave, to ,
this organization a national charter,
and in 1903, by act of congress, the
existing organization was dissolved
and a new association incorporated
under the name of the "American Na
tional Ked Cross."
(To be Continued)
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Crank Martin, provincial superin
tendent with headquarters at Anvox,
was shot and killed recently at
Swamp Point. Jack Markley. a pros
pector. is believed to be implicated
In the shooting.
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ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
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By order of the probate court, I of-!'
fer at private sale the personal estate !
of Orazzio Salvini. consisting of j
boats, herring and salmon nots, fish
Ing gear and other supplies See me
at my store next to Northern pool
room. CHARLES M17LLINER,
Administrator.
I also offer for sale my entire
stock of
WALL PAPER
oatsmeals, ingrains, figured papers
and varnished tiles at a reduction of
:i:t 1-3 per cent.
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