Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924, May 17, 1918, Image 3

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"-4 raf f o twercy drawn through
an ocean of unspeakable pain"
WE'LL WIN
What does it mean to you to know that your
American Red Cross :
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' To iinnnnfincr Kft (MO FVpTlP.h children.
Sends supplies to 3,423 French military hospitals. v
Provides 2,000 French hospitals with surgical dressings.
Is operating thirty canteens at the front line.
Is operating six other canteens-at French railway junctions, serving SO.ooo
French soldiers a day. , , ti ... , ftftA .....
Operates a movable hospital in four units, accommodating 1,000 men. . '
Is operating a children's refuge in one part of the war zone; and In anotner
a medical center, and traveling dispensary, both capable of accommodating jnot
than 2,000 children. ...... ti i u.
Has opened a long chain of warehouses stocked with hospital supplies, food,
soldiers' comforts, tobacco, blankets, etc., all the way from the seaboard to UU
Swiss frontier. -; ' ... .&;
Has warehouse capacity for 100,000 tons. y:
Has 400 motor cars and operates 7 garages, making all repairs. ; , v
Had shipped 46 freight car loads of assorted supplies to Italy from rranc
within two weeks after it began operating in the former country.
Had a battery of motor ambulances at the Piave front four days alter tna
United States declared war on Austria.
Started a thousand different activities in Italy at the time that nation was
its most critical condition. ' v - . . , . . - - . . ,
" Has established 5 hospitals in England and operates a wprkahop .for Hospital
supplies employing 2,000 women. ' . ' "
And that 120,000 cases of supplies have been received at the Paris headquar
ters of the American Red Cross from your various chapters scattered throughout tfl
United States. - ' 1
r What does all this mean to you?. And that is
but a fraction of the work your Red Cross has done
and is doing. It means that without this ceaseless,
heroic work of the American Red Cross we could
never win this war. .t
Without your Red Cross quick, vital help to keep
Italy , in the fight for Liberty would not have been
possible, '
Without your Red Cross' 'thousands' of French v
soldiers now gallantly fighting for you at the front
would have died of wounds, exposure and lack of food
And great, and wonderful as has been the, work
of the American Red Cross in the past, still greater
and more wonderful must it be in the futurefor
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.
..But now we must all redouble pur efforts and
sacrifices for our Red Cross because a million mothers'
. sons are going to carry the stars and stripes to the
greatest victory God has ever given to men fighting
for honor and liberty.
With the help of your Red Cross your boy will
win. ,
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TVU 5pc ContnbuJed to the
' American Red Cross
by "tbi HEPPNER HERALD