f f*A great net of mercy drawn through
| an ocean of unspeakable pain”
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What Has Your Red Cross Money Done? ;
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f IN the first place, it has enabled the American people,
\ 1 through the Red Cross, to help care for its army :j
and navy.
Secondly, it has enabled America to hearten her
Allies’ fighting forces and to keep up, among the civil
ian populations, the spirit to win the war. That, alone,
has made the American Red Cross one of the largest
factors since our entry into the war.
Canteens which provided food and hot drinks—
more than a million meals to soldiers in December; ;
warehouses, crammed with materials, situated all along
the French line, all along the Italian lines, at seaports
and at places where our soldiers are going to fight; i
institutions for the care of consumptives, institutions
for the re-education of maimed men—these are a few
of the concrete accomplishments abroad.
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* At home—the millions of woolen sweaters, mi if- :
flers, socks and other comforts for the men in camps; *
the work of sanitation around cantonments and the
help and advice given dependents of soldiers and sailors
—these are things which will “make you, your children
and your children’s children, in whatever part of the ,j
; world they may be, proud of being Americans.”
Will you do your share 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,
Ihe higher executives being without exception' men ac
customed 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,
botV military and civil, in every War torn allied country.
It plans tomorrow to help in the work of restora
tion 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 transportation facilities
it is serving as America's advance guard—and thug
helping to win the war. ,
Congress authorizes it. i
President Wilson heads it. i
The War Department audits its accounts. -sj •
Your Army, your Navy and your Allies enthusi
astically endorse it. f
Twenty-two million Americans have joined It. J
^Kross Bulletin Board Patriotically Contributed by Firms and Individualsof Newport.
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