What The Soldiers iSat; RED CROSS K.OLL COLONELS Every man who was in the service can recall with pleasure the many deeds of kindness the Red Cross did for htm. E. H. Schell, Late Lt. Col. Q. M. C. -> I In every case in which The Red Cross is the 1 the work of the Red . , _ Cross came under my ob- symbol or unselfish servs servation it proved to be <SF W ¥ ice. On battlefield, in hos most efficient. The field ■ M MB I , , director with the Twenty- H 6 B B HBtl pital, abroad, at home, eighth division was al- 3 6 I I 161' it never once failed, ways untiring in his ef- Si 6 W ■ B B forts to give help wher- J6JL 6 Ask the doughboy. He ever it was needed. knows' Col. MoorlcoE. Honor. E 5ue,.,.. Jr. " 28th Division. Co l. gth Regt, N. O. P. , The Red Cross was the Alladin's lamp of the war and deserves the support of every man, woman and child in America. J. B. Kemper, Colonel. ——■— i CAPTAINS In the late war the Red Cross erected, in the mem ories of the boys it served, 0 a monument that will stand for all time. Capt. Samuel S. Proehllch, M. G. B'n., 157 th French Division, Gourand's Army. tj From the fighting front My first bite to eat in H to the General Hospital 48 hours was given me 3 ftprvort Yhl ted S \ a . tes J ?u' ¥T V 6 T by the Red Cross und e f E ser\ed the results of the fll B m I , I Red Cross effort and 6 Sal 16 I fire in the Ar Bonne. May fj know that because of its I I 1 8 §6l ' JO hot chocolate and A work dark days were I W I | | vanilla biscuits don't taste I made brighter for many. MLJL 6 ° od "der those cir- B. S. Behney, cumstances. E Capt., D. C. f 112 th Inf. Frank Awl H Captain, 316 th Inf. ' I The Red Cross man who , served our unit was a D. S. C. man. Need I say more? H. A. Souders, Capt. 103 d Fid. Sig. Bn. I SERGEANTS —— — For an organization whose work was done largely by women, the management of the Red Cross could hardly have been more efficient. Sgt. Clarence W. Wolfe, 103 d Ammunition Train. I I The Red Cross Canteen The daily visits made I service from camp to Eu- by the Red Cross workers I rope and back was mar- W M W¥k ¥ were the one big thing velous. They were every- 6 ■ II looked forward to in the where. 16 611 6| hospitals on the other Warren A. Farwell, ¥ side. Ord. Sgt. Wilson E. Kirkpatrick, Sup. Sgt., 107 th M. G. B'n. Can personally testify that American Red Cross was everywhere with the boys in France. Sgt. Philip T. Meredith. % ' < . V. ?"-; ' V V THURSDAY EVENING, LL November 2 to 11 Red Cross Member:" Is Invested in Finishing the Humanity's Service ' Public Health Disaster Relief Is tl>e ~ Evtryone ' s first Aid Spirit of Need Home Service Amrka ' Child Welfare ' SHOW YOUR SPIRIT! What Will You Sag When the Solicitor Calls ? PRIVATES The Red Cross always did more than was even expected of them, espe cially In the care of the 9 wounded. Pvt. William E. Mower, Hq. Co., 112 th Infantry. Have you ever heard , The cre dit for bringing any of the boys who back my after were on the other side TATI * havi „ K beC n blinded by say anything detrimental ■| MM 111 gaBi due t0 efforta to the Red Cross? I H I I I I ~ haven't. vV/ll V "J Ear, A. Owen "Hear, M. Cocklln Pvt., 466h Aero Squadron. Pvt., Btry. E., 108h F. A. The Red Cross huts were like second homes to us. Pvt. W. T. Senseman, Jr., Motor Mechanics. I This Space Contributed By Commonwealth Trust Co. and First National Bank HAMUSOBtTRG IOPII tELEGKXPQ NOVEMBER 6, 1919. MAJORS "In France, the Red Cross was the least adver tised and the most effi cient of all the war work organizations. F. C. Mahin, Major. ——J The Red Cross was one organization upon which W The Red Cross proved we could rely to smooth ■ M |ll| Itself efficient in tim of off many of the rough ■■ ■■ |%| war and deBerV es the spots associated with the ■\J 1 | Bupport of everyoß# nw . life of a soldier. AA 1 Geo wH , Roberta , Major T. P. Rose, Major, 108 th F. A, 103 d Field Signal Bat'n. \ x ■■■■■■■■■■■■ Without the Red Cross, , the men of my organiza tion would have been sub- N jected to far more hard ship than was their lot. Major T. 0., F. Shirley, Dental Corps. # * LIEUTENANTS Had It not been for the Red Cross, the soldiers would many times have I lost that "home" feeling which the workers so well kept up. A. H. Stackpole, Lt. Field Artillery. In my travels ir* de- Th e Re <l Cross seemed mobilization work all over w t0 always be looking for sissysilAßl ,hu w °" d The work done was a ■ H H ff| 1%8 make both the boys on boon to the men physi- I I M ■ I the line and those in the spirfts and bolstering their XJMLL ¥ hosplta,s moro comfort- Richard C. Jacobs, Jr. George J. Shoemaker Ist. Lt., Inf. 2ndf Lt> 10gth M> The American Red Cross was an oasis in an otherwise barren desert "up front" in the A. E. F. Charles W. Thomas, Ist Lt., 112 th Inf. CORPORALS Red Cross workers were never too tired to do even than "their bit" for the boys or* the other side. Corp. F. O. Lyter, Battery E, 108 th F. A. * ——l I cannot praise the Red No more effective work M ' J" 083 to ° h'ffhly, having W HM ¥ ee J! 60 much of was performed overseas MM a D | noble work while serving .!,.„ ,h, of th. Am.,!- II ■ | |%J & r.™mi;.M can Red Cross. ■ M W■| | everybody to give all the _ JEX v support to the organlsa- Corp. Bion O. Welker, . tion they possibly can Batt. F, 311 F. A. afford. Moe L. Cooper, Corp. 64th Inf. ■■■■■■■■■■■ The Red Cross did more for us than any other or ganization "over there." Corp. Clyde Fisher, Battery F, 108 th F. A. ' * 17
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