TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. JUNE 20.
1918
I
In contrast with them we do not that all garments when folded will be home service has claim on all Red ain today over 35,000 amput-,.:.
know w hat the word sacrifice m z s. of uniform size.
cases, ami some conser« uiVl t0 ,
Cross funds.
I
We arc asked not to worry or chafe
It was asked that the home service tations show of a force .
Chipboard of the heaviest weight
because of changes in the specifica should be used, and of the following section see that each drafted man men in the field for one
r .0'^
tions tor Red Cross goods. These sizes:
,
have his insurance papers before he may be expected to In- 1 1 in. nentl
changes cannot be avoided. As the Pajamas, operating gowns, bed jock- leaves his home town for camp. He disabled. From this stat
nt may I,
work grows and conditions change cts, hospital bedshirts, helpless case is to carry his nsurance papers to his gathered some idea oi the
experience demonstrates errors and shirts—12x10)4 inches.
camp officer. Make everything a mat of this work of rehabilation ‘UL’-ortinc
ml „
changes are requested.
Underdrawers, undershirts—10JI by ter of record that all complications education.
As soon as possible a change will be 10 inches.
may be avoided after the war.
The first school for tin
made in the matter of supplies. Mr.
lii case of total disability the policy crippled soldiers was fou
Cone vli .-cent robes—iz'.xiq'f in.
Hilton, of he Bureau ot Supplies,
Bandage foot socks, Hot water bag of the soldier matures as if death had Mayor of Lyons, M. 1 d<
went East early this year to arrange covers, operating leggins, bed socks— taken place. In case of death the riot, and is known as tilt
for machines for the cutting out of 12x7 inches.
policy is not paid in one payment Joffre.” Its example and
garments made by the Red Cross, and
1 he boxes in which the finished ar Out at the rate of $57-50 a month 011 stimulated the foundatim
’! he conference held Monday at 2 Scotsman,” in November, 1914. Dr. as soon as these machines are install ticles are shipped hold approximately, a $10,000 policy. Up to five
years other similar
schools
hrntighoui
o’clock in Bagley Hall, on the Uni- Cathcart then formed an organization ed ami a ninety day s supply of ma
Pajama suits 85 to 95 in a box ac- after the war the policy can be chang France. In England tin s ■l«!i. r: anf
y.1
Washington grounds. Mr. for collecting and preparing the moss terials is on the warehouse shelves cording lu weight of the material.
ed to any other lorm of insurance sailors help .uciety i:i. tilted th<
C. D. Stimson, Division Manager, op for surgical pads in Edinborougli. In all goods will be supplied when allot
selected from among those that may "Lord Roberts Fund" f-
1 will hospital bcii shirts, 300.
e e stab
ened the conference with a short September 1915 a second organization ment is given. Hercatter there will be
be prescribed by the bureau without lishtmnKof workshops in v< ile h dis.
Outing flannel bed shirts, 250.
statement of the purposes of the con was formed in the south of Ireland. no local buying. Therefore all mater
re-examination,
so
if
his
death
has
be-
i
aided
men
could
be
traim
Heavy outinig flannel bed shirts 175
nd tn),
ference. He said in part that the ob Ihe work thus begun was so prom ial on hand must be used up as rapid
come impaired he is still protected.
Heavy twill tape shirts, 195.
ployed, In Italy the i- iducatii ion o|
ject of the conference was to promote ising that many new organizations ly as possible.
Il has come to the time when no | disabled soldiers is principally
Bed jacket, 145.
the better understanding between the sprang up all over Scotland and Ire
A telegram which was read by Mr.
small community should be without 1 . cultural, due to tile latj. - p portion
From these figures can be drt
Division Headquarters and the Chap land. During this experimental stage Hilton to the Bureau of supplies ex some idea 01 what work must be
its classes in first aid. The call fur of peasants in the national army
ters resulting in more co-operation in there was considerable opposition to plains the reason for this action. In complished if Tillamook wishes to
doctors and competent nurses is so 'lliis work of re-education is begun
the work; to help the chapters and this kind of surgical pad, bul as the substance it is this: The Red Cross i
great that 111 tin small communities in the hospital, carried on into the
come
a
chapter.
The
Division
He....
branches understand part of the diffi method of making the dressings im and the Government dollar will be on
especially tnere is apt to be no ade convalescent hospital and completed
culties that confront the Division i proved the opposition disappeared, in the same footing hereafter. Red Cross I quarters looks unfavorably upon the quate way of caring for those left at in
1 he training schools.
organiz
ition
of
small
chapters
be
He .dquarters; and to clear up, if pos- the making of these pads great care purchases are to be accorded the
home. It must be re’d« nbered that
cause
thereby
the
division
of
allot
The
United States is now making
si .e, some of- the mistaken ideas that must be used that the leafy part and same prices and the same priority
the course in first aid will not fit one.
had been hindering the work. He seeds do not get to the surface of the privileges as those of the government, ments into such small quantities is re to take the place of the physician or provisions for the men of its own for.
hoped that we w’ould all carry back pad because these particles will cause according to a recent decision of the quired that goods sent in by them nurse in eases ol severe illness or in ces who may be crippled in action
have to be repacked in Seattle be
Already the Surgeon-Generals office
to our respective organizations the great irritation if they get into the War Industries Board. From this for
cause such a chapter cannot fill a box jury, but will be an aid in preventing is prepared to provide for woundet
idea that they were trying in every wound.
ward the Red Cross dollar will go as with the requited or standard number epidemics or alleviating suffering men, not only medical anil surgica
possible way to get the organization
in February, 1916, the British War far as the government dollar and
and preventing possible death until care, but also the curative advantage-
into perfect running order; if we Office accepted the moss dressings thus will be more efficient than it has of articles.
the arrival of a competent physician. of the simpler forms of occupation
As
to
becoming
a
Chapter
the
opin
would take into consideration the as “Official” Dressings, placing all been in the past. The importance of
It has been asked that these classes In New York there has been estab
ion
of
those
in
authority
in
Seattle
rapid growth of the membership, a the volunteer Sphagnum Moss Or action taken by the War Industries
seemed to be that because of the be organized at one« if they have not lished the Red Cross Institute foi
growth from 400,000 to 22,000,000, and ganizations under a director General Board may be
best
understood
been organized already. 1 he chair
th j great development of the work in of voluntary organizations, with Sir through the statement of an official Sphagnum situation Tillamook should man of the first aid must be a physi crippled and disabled men, made pos
like proportion we could perhaps un Edward Dat'd as its head. Since then of the American Red Cross Bureau of continue in the same relation to Port cian who is a graduate of a recogniz sibla through the gift of Jeremitd
Milbank of $50,000 and the building it
derstand more fully the problems the output oi Sphagnum dressings Purchases, who estimated that it sav land as we have held, unless by ex ed school and in active practice.
treme growth and development she
which the Institute is housed. This ii
that had to be confronted and solved. has gradually increased
that the ed $18,000 on a single order. The Red can prove herself worthy to become a
In Junior work,’as it is the end of the first specialized trade school it
It was asked that the military spirit British are now making 1,000,000 pads Cross has had heretofore “a Govern chanter.
the school year, the manner in which the United States for handicapped
of obedience be exhibited between a month.
ment responsibility with a civilian
As for the knitting—it is definitely their work is to be carried on during
organizations and their superior or
The Red Cross in Canada took up standing in trade.” The centralization stated that from now on no toes ex the summer was discussed. It was de men. The capacity of the institute i>
ganizations in regard to directions the
__ work
_____ ______
under the direction of Dr. direction and control of chapter pur cept the Kitchner toe will be accept cided that each chapter was better 300. It also fits teachers to go out and
transmitted to them; that the same J. B. Porter, of f ______
McGill ___
University; chases at National Headquarters sim ed. The Kitchner heel must also be able to determine the wisest course help in other institutions of this kind
which arc beginning to spring up over
* spirit of unity of action and purpose, and although there were not many plifies many problems and
saves made and no double heels should be in this matter.
the country. The Red Cross i:r liiuti
bv the keynote.
dressings made they were organized many thousands of dollars.
The
junior
chairman
must
be
a
mem
made.
In
measuring
a
sock
always
is beginning to conduct an education
Dr. Suzzalo, President of the Uni-'and ready to meet the call for Sphag-
al- »
In the matter of receiving our
<
versity of Washington, made the op-'num dressings when the demand sud- lotment. It can be done in one oi two I use a yard stick. In using the heavy ber of the executive committee, and al propaganda along these lines. 11
all
junior
work
is
to
be
inspected
by
yarn
for
socks,
cast
on
only
52
or
56
this Red Cross institute classes in tin
ening address. He told of the great' denly became more urgent. This de ways. Either we can agree to > have
scope of the Red Cross work at j mand came in January of this year in our allotment fixed for us and the stitches instead of 60 as in the lighter the branch and shipped with the making of artificial limbs, oxy-ac.ty-
weight
yarn.
branch
work
marked
“
Junior.
’
’
lene welding, printing, and mechanic
home and abroad. The assistance it . the form of an order from the British goods for the same come automatic
Among the r ggested activitics for al drafting are under way, and an em
In making sweaters be sure that
offered lo the Belgians as their coun- . War Office for 20,000,000 Sphagnum ally or allotment can be requested
“Fun ployment bureau has been in opera
juniors
was
t
making
of
they
ar«
long
enough.
Do
not
semi
try was invaded and they were forced 1 surgical dressings.
and if we agree to accept it the goods
of tion for several months. As far as il
to flee; its maintenance of Hospital I | When the United States entered the will be forwarded immediately upon any sweaters shorter than 25 inches Books.” They should be made out
when finished. They should be al stiff paper or cardboard about maga- is possible this new training should
. and Ambulance Units; what the Red war interest was taken in this work receipt of our acceptance.
lowed to hang over night before zine size, six or eight pages to tne be along faui'liar line's, but if there ii
Cross does towards the rebuilding by Americans. The American Red
If 1 may be permitted to offer a
book. Paste on these pages tl:e fun- I no similar trade the handicapped men
and restoring of the devasted coun Cross undertook this work in January suggestion it would be that we auto measuring.
Do not use any yarn in the home, nicst jokes ami pictures that can be should be ti.light other trades. On
tries. Then of the aid and comfort it 1918, but the National Surgical Dres matically accept our allotment if we
__ _ arc for
keep it all for our boy’s who are going 1 _____
found ___
as they
f„. use
.— in
... the
E._ hos- April eighth a bill was introduced in
gives to the Repatries; the wonderful sings Committee discontinued it.
wish to prove that we are coming
' pitals ..nd any thing unhappy would Congress to provide for the vocation
work it did in caring for and feeding I j In July, 1917, a request came from nearer to the lime when we will be "over there.”
Regarding Red Cross work the pub- j ; lie of no benefit in helping the con al education of cripples. I he attitudi
the Italian refugees during the Ital • ; the French Relief to Dr. Suzzalo, qualified to become a (. hapter. Before
of the public ia tins matter can d<
ian rArcat; and finally of the great : President of the University of W ash- w c can hope to become a (. hapter the lie is entitled to a full report of all' valescent keep cheerful.
part "The Greatest Mother of the : ington, to ascertain if a suitable moss volume of our work must increase that is being «lone. The utmost pub-| Other activities were the making of much to help or hinder this wo.k o
licity
should
be
given
the
use
of
Red
gun
wipes,
hospital
shoes,
dominoes,
reht.biiatior,. The disabled men re
World” is to take in the future to for surgical dressings grew in this re very materially.
(- ross money anil the work the Red 1 ' checker boards, and puzzles.
ward our own men at the front and gion. Samples of Sphagnum the moss
The new quota of work includes Cross is doing in the community. The | I The boys living in Western Oregon turning from the front deserves thi
whole hearted gratitud and .tcspec
in the care and comfort of the famil were secured and sent to the French 100.000 refugee garments 80,000 hos
Relief Committee at Chicago and pital garments. These hospital gar aims and ideas of the home service and Washington can get the leaves of of the nation, but to make him a usd
ies these men have left behind.
I
section
should
be
kept
constantly
be
1
the
Fox
Giove
for
use
in
the
medical
I k.-is member of the comma i.y is al
He then spoke of the Sphagnum these samples were found suitable. ments include helpless case shirts
moss and the part it was hoped it But the supply of moss was too far both twill and outing and outing pa fore, the public, but it woulil be very department of the Army and Navy. ill-advised way of mectinig the on
|
Any
one
interested
in
this
part
of
’
the
unwis«-
to
give
publicity
to
local
fam
ligation. It is not desi-abli .0
.0 ;dacl
would play in surgical dressings for from Chicago for the people there to jama suits, bed socks and bed jackets.
the wounded. He said the truth of the handleit, so the work was taken up I he last named are made without ily problems which come to the notice I work can get complete directions by men in positions as a charity, post
of
the
home
service
section;
and
un
v.
riling
to
Dean
Adolph
C.
Zieble,
of
lions that they arc not tilted foi am1
old adage that "necessity is the moth by the Faculty Wives’ Club of the pants as are also the reversible cape
of
Washington,
and ami sleeve jackets which we have less carefully explained, statements I Corvallis, Oregon.
cannot fill satisfactorily Imt to fi
er of invention” is particularly notice University
dealing
with
financial
relief
are
mis
The
junior
can
organize
a
salvage
them into places that I’.icy arc com
able in times of great emergency. through this organization persons in been making with trousers.
leading, therefore, it is better at all anti junk department. In this depart
The present war emergency has oc the neighborhood of the University
The output of refugee garments is times to refrain from making public ment they -ire not permitted to pur petent of filling and that tiny cal
hold for a life time. I he nation cat
casioned the original thinking and in became interested.
to be materially increased. No old
On March 1, 1918, Sphagnum was clothes should be sent in this work any information on these two sub chase anything for resale. Each com not go coo far in showing gratitud
ventiveness sliowm in recent develop
jects.
It
is
strongly
urged
that
the
munity
must
lake
care
of
its
own
sal
to the war cripple provided trie man
ment along many lines. It is seen in officially recognized by the National unless they have been made over to
marvelous skill and proficiency of Red Cross of America and authority fit the specifications of the allotment. person in charge of the home service vage, there will be no place where it ner of its expression is sound.
work
be
especially
trained
for
the
can
be
handled
by
either
chapter
or
The Red Cross Institute is prepare«
surgery, not only in the new methods given to the Northwest division Io A committee was sent abroad ‘o in
of the treatment of wounds, which make 50,000 pads was given to the vestigatc the needs of the people in ( work in a training school for social headquarters. Tile best way to handle to give any amount of aiJ and hai
I
workers
or
as
a
substitute
a
course
salvage
is
to
sell
to
the
local
junk
lantcring slides etc, to be used 111 tin
have been astounding, but also in Seat.Atle chapter and lies ■ are being the devastated countries and il is up
various materials used for dressings. made at the auxiliary work rooms on on their report that the specifications in the Re«l Cross home service insti I me t or to collect in carload lots. This education of the
tute
or
by
a
stated
course
of
reading
is
a
list
<
f
salvage
materials:
of the University of
War had been declared only a few the Campus
slides are avail::
for refugee garments is based.
and instruction.
W ool clippings or woolen scraps time.
months when it was seen that there Washington.
In
all
lines
send
only
the
allotment
Home
service
applies
to
the
fami
from
tailor
shops.
The collection of the moss is one
w as likely to be a shortage of absor-
At the conference in Seattle the
lies of men in all branches of the ser
Gunny sacks—There is a great dc-
in the called for.
.
bant cotton, and in an effort to avert - of the most important phases
Definite and specific allotments vice—to those in the regular army or mand for these, the poorest even be- ilelegates were shown lour reels o
making
of
Sphagnum.
Much
depends
such a calamity experiments were be-
Red Cross films depecting the worl
will be sent each month from divis
gun with a kind of moss known as upon the condition Of the moss when ion headquarters, and each branch in the national army, to sailors, ing used for charcoal.
___
____ of
__ the
__
Red Cross board
and _r spirit
niarincs,
men
of
aviation
corps,
en
1
ron
in
pieces
of
good
size.
Tin
it
reaches
the
sorters
if
their
work
is
Sphagnum,
Sphagnum, or peat moss, as a sub
will receive its own proportion of the gineers, and to the families of men brings quite a price, lead foil is much Films are to be had by wiring to tin
to
be
most
efficient.
The
Canadian
stitute. And now surgical and noil-
Bureau of Motion Pictures North
allotment and will in turn, send a
surgical dressings made from Sphag Red Cross has emphasized this point proper proportion to its auxiliaries. and women attached to hospital units cheaper, of mixed it sells as lead foil. west division of American Red Cross
as
nurses,
doctors,
orderlies,
or
am
Brass
of
all
sorts,
aluminum,
copper
.
in
its
printed
instructions
to
collect
num are being used in the war hos
Seattle, Washington. These lims wil
War is most uncertain and therefore
pitals, not only in Great Britian, but ors as follows: “It is impossible to the demands of war cannot be deter bulance drivers. It applies to the fam I and lead scraps.
cost $5.00 each per day, and can hi
ilies
living
in
this
country
of
soldiers
As
to
war
garden
products
it
is
im-
I
exaggerate
the
importance
of
care
in
in France, Malta, Alexandria, Salon-
used either as a means 01 raising Red
mined in advance for long periods of
ica, Italy, and Palestine, practically the collection of the raw moss. Prac time. Do not worry then if the speci or sailors of any of the allied forces, possible for the Red Cross to accept ; Cros.*. money or as an educational
and
also
to
the
families
of
civilans
tical
experience
has
shown
that
care
home
canned
products
for
various
j
on all the allied fronts.
fications should be different every who have been wounded or killed as and obvious reasons. Later when the ! feature. There are also some slides
Sphagnum moss is widly distributed lessness on the part of the tollecto« month. Until it is possible
for the the direct result of war activities for convalescent homes for the foreign | and lectures that are not so xpensive
decreases
the
efficiency
and
output
of
throughout the world. It grows in
material to be distributed, no allot example through the torpedoing of a wounded have been established some ! as the films, the lecture is sent with
the
sorter
to
an
enormous
extent
and
abundance in low, marshy, undrained
the slides and is to be read as the
ments will be made. Use up all mater
arrangement may be made to evapor pictures arc thrown on the screen.
places, especially in and around cran not infrequently renders an otherwise ials on your shelves. If the allotments merchantman by a submarine.
1
he
home
service
responsibilities
for
useful
supply
of
moss
worthless
ate
junior
war
garden
products
cither
berry bogs, but it may occur in other
The slides had not reached Seattle so
anil material have not been supplied
swampy locations. Il thrives best in practical purposes. “It should be the to you your work rooms will be clos are very great and in realizing this for use by the Red Cross here or for | the delegates did not have an oppor
responsibility,
it
is
necessary
also
to
to
'
aim,
therefore,
of
the
collector
shipment
abroad.
It
will
be
wise
how-
1
the damp, humid climate of the cold
tunity to see them. The Bureau of
ed until such allotment and material
to foster
interest in
! Motion Pictures asked that if the
er parts of the temperate zones in make a record for quality and not for can be supplied from division head realize the proper limitations of the ever
,
1 the -ri
, commun-
t
work.
In
this
wdrk
the
Red
Cross
I
quantity.
”
itv
war
gardens.
1
Ins
work
of
course
,
Europe, Asia and America. It is found
.
.1
,.
c
places
represented . w ere interest« 4 «1 in
111
The moss should be collected 111 quarters. .All garments hereafter will has no desire to shirk or intrude, comes under
the direction of the ¡,,,
.
.*
...
.
.
« ..«1
abundantly on the moors of Scotland
having
the
films
that
they
should
have
the
Red
Cross
and
the
American
Many
families
will
not
clean
gunny
sacks.
If
the
sacks
have
need
home
teachers.
and Ireland, and also in the countries
. write and make such desire known.
_______
I been used for potatoes or similar ma Red Cross label which is used like the service and our volunteer workers
There arc some splendid little play ' .Aller such Idlers were received from
surroundiing the Baltic Sea.
manufacturers’ trade mark.
will
go
to
none
without
a
definite
in
terials
they
should
be
boiled
al
least
lets
of
pedagogic
value
that
can
be
This miss is much better than saw
a number of such places interested:
In making refugee garments offi troduction.
obtained through the Anti-Tubercu t' c pictures would be routed and send
dust or even cork as a medium one hour and dried before using.
cial Red Cross patterns must be cx-
Dr.
Suzzalo
then
spoke
of
the
reas
I
ivst,
bl
ip
will
be
offer
«1
without
losis
League
that
can
be
used
to
keep
for packing and shipping raw fruit,
plicitely followed in making the fol
j over the territory.
J
like grapes because when one bunch ons that have made it hard for Amer lowing garments: Women's chemise, fail, at the request of the men in the the children interested in the work
In speaking of the scope of the R'd|
icans
as
a
nation
to
work
together.
service.
and help in the education of the com I Cross and ot the growth of the work
goes bad the moss immediately ab
drawers, petticoats, morning blouses,
Second, the need for help may come munity in the combating of tubercu
sorbs the moisture and prevents the W e as a people have strength as indi shirts, house gowns from sixteen
'since the beginning of the w ir •' r<
infection from spreading. And it has viduals but lack ability to work to years and up with appropriation of to the notice of the home service losis.
. Kilpatrick said that the reason th’
gether.
Germany
is
strong
on
organi
through
the
first
aid
organization.
been used in Scotland and Ireland,
Mr. Foisic and Mr. Arne both spoke I machinery 01 the Red Gros- broki
about 50 per cent medium 25 percent
for absorbing the discharge from zation but weak on individual streng- large anil 25 per cent small; and in
Home service sections will often on the rehabilitation and re-education 1 <lown in the beginning was becausi
'
th.
This
is
a
war
between
the
two
boils and other supperating wounds.
making men’s undershirts, underdraw learn of emergencies in families and of the crippled soldiers. In talking on at that time it was a highly ccntraiiz
Like many other great discoveries systems. The outcome will decide ers, blouse suits and shirts except that find ways of offering help when fur this subject it was stated that we need cd organization. All matters con
whether
we
shall
have
the
right
to
and inventions the use of Sphagnum
duuble bosom with the pocket in nishing information about service pay not think that it was necessary at cerning the Red Cross were discu- e«
as a surgical dressing was discovered I think and act as individuals or wheth the
the men’s shirts should be omitted. and allotments, federal allowances to this time to face this problem. In by forty men and every detail 01 Rc<
er
our
acts
and
thoughts
shall
be
de
by accident. In the early eighties of
so in making the pinafores. In families, federal insurance and about view of the fact .hat already there . 1 Gross work was submitted and d’Tul
the last century a workman at one of cided for us as in the German organ And
making the petticoats omit the belt tin inCans of communication with had been returned to this country two ed upon by them. He said it was tin
ization.
the outlaying peat moors in north
men in hospitals or in captivity and shiploads of totally disabled men. It necessary to try to describe the con
The American Red Cross is the sec shown in tile pattern and finish with so on.
Germany accidently sustained a se
could be seen that'this problem was fusion and delay caused by this con
a plain draw string. Shoulder shawls I
ond
line
of
defense
in
this
war.
Its
vere lacerated wound of the forearm.
Sometimes the information may- already upon us. The object of this dit'-.". As a remit of his expcriencl
must
be
made
I
1
;
yards
square
of
work
must
be
carried
on
in
spirit
of
In the absence of anything better,
warm dark material, with hemmed or come through the school teachers in branch of the work is to take the - the policy of the Red Cross has l><< 1
ready to hand, his wound was wrapp tolerant cooperation. We must re crocheted edges, or they may be knit the community, sometimes through right attitude toward these men. Wc changed 10 one of decentralization
member
as
we
take
our
part
in
this
ed up with fragraments of Sphagnum
varoius religious and social organ were warned that at the first we the parceling out of authority and re
ted or dark color wool to the same the
izations.
or “peat moss" which were lying near work that each one of us is individu
would fall into the habit of neglecting : sponsibility.
size.
ally
responsible
for
some
one
soldier
and after an interval of ten days he
Dealing with the fortunes and feel these men. We would offer notldng of I As the volume of the Red < rosl
at
the
front.
You
—
1
—
each
one
of
us
All
layettes
must
be
complete.
The
arrived at the surgical clinic at Kiel
ings of these families is a delicate real help, just insane pity, until the '
with the original dressing undisturb is the supporter of some one man at work must be done as avcll as it is task, and one that must not be shirk man had lost respect for himself and I work increases as the important .mi I
interest in the work increases, dccc.11
the
front.
What
will
happen
to
you
—
possible
to
do
it.
Nothing
should
be
ed. It was feared that the wound
ed or casually undertaken
Do not all desire to help himself. The duty of
when exposed to view would be found to me—to any one of us if her man sent that does not medt with the assume the mistaken attitude that the the public toward these men will be ! tralization must be the keynote 9
in a most unsatisfactory state, but to falls in his duty in the trenches. What specifications. Wc must avoid trying family needing help is receiving char to find positions that they can fill success. His advice is “dcccntralia
the organization and then cx'iand t J
the contrary, when the dressing was will become of our homes if they fail. to impose our own ideas upon these ity. That is the surest way to do away competently, or to see that they
tlj
. .
- re" work.” Therefore decentralize
removed, it was found that the wound And just as the combined individual people, and follow theirs as far at it with the usefulness of this section of ceive the -•
training
necessary
to
fit
had healed. This unexpected result effort of each of our men is holding is possible. We shouil increase our the work. Remember that on the con them into some line of work that work and get the organization r< a'l|
obtained with a dressing material that long thin line in Flanders and in output of these refugees garments at dition of these families at home will they arc capable of doing well. This to work in perfect harmony when th
which seemed so unpromising led to France and keeping the Beast of Ber once. W c must not feel as though this rest the morale of the men at the process of training adults for a new- time comes, for if the time is not hcl
.,
a very careful inquiry into its nature lin from overrunning this fair land was a matter of charity, it is only a front. It is not charity to help those trade has been termed “re-education” . it is close upon us.
and properties. 1 lie practical out of ours and from polluting our homes matter of aid to our patrons. They who have given their means of sup by the French, and the word is so ex- I In the matter of reports, especiall
come of this inquiry was that the val as the homes of Belgium and France have stood between our foe and us port to aid in cur protection in this pressive that the British and Italians' financial reports there should be I
ue of Sphagnum as a surgical dress have been polluted, so the sum of our and have protected us and arc pro war, it is a duty that we should be have adopted it, and soon it will be full and complete statement ’ a<
ing was found to be due to its mar individual efforts is needed here to tecting us today. Let these garments eager and anxious to perform. At the come familiar on this side of the At- i month which should be given tl
maintain them,
support them in be as a gift from one proud nation to
lest publicity possible. 1 he montlil
velous power of absorbing fluids.
present time there arc 40.000 families lantic.
meetings should have ful land con
Sphagnum was first used in a large health and sickness, and make it pos another. The Rcpatrics should be of enlisted men. This number will be
When a man is rehabilitated until pletc reports from each division 1
way during the Russo-Japanese war sible for them to continue to hold made to feel that each garment is a doubled in a few months—this marks
when the Japanese used it quite ex that line. If we fail we too must fail— gift from a friend. All refugee gar the measure of responsibility of home he is not handicapped he is not a the work.
Die Red Cross is support« d by
ments must, promise at least Six families in civilian relief. Repeatedly cripple. When a soldier suffers an ,
tensively
as a first aid dressing. there is no help for it.
Each one of these men have made a I months wear. The allotments of lay it should be stated that no homes amputation he emerges from the op lie subscription and contributions
Many of the wounds thus dressed
eration in a state of complete dis the public is entitled to a full knot
were not inspected again for a perioii tremendous sacrifice to protect us ettes, for this division is 2000.
should be entered in the name of
regarding his future ledge of the work as it is being <a
of ten days, or until the patient reach and ours from the violation of the
We must not make patchwork quilts home service without a definite invi couragement
ed Japan. Ihe wounds were almost beast. Many have made and all are unless they are in out* allotment. Wc tation from the family or from re- But when he finds that he has still ried on. It is a democratic and no, I
I
invariably in good condition, in bet-1 readv to make the great sacrifice— must not send anything '.hit is not in sponsibb person’s competent to speak something ahead of him, that he can i.llt .11.111C ’list I’ nil.,:i. .«:. ■
ter condition thanwhen a cotton 'Grcaiur love hath no man than this. , our allotment. Wc must obey orders for them. Therefore unconfirmed an go back to a regular job the trans by virtue of their .subscriptions 4
that he lav down his life for his and if we send things not called for onymous requests to visit families are formation is amazing. In the future ' members of the local
chaptq
dressing had been used.
auxiliari'« .1 s ha-.'
H
Shortl vafter the pr sent war broke friend.” Can we fail them in th« ir wc take up warehouse space that is to be ignored although a record of cripples w ill be considered in a dif- branches, and ..........
light than in the past. Though right
’
to know how all the work is -I
out m 1'914 Or C W. Cathcart, an hour of need? Shall we not gladly de precious and is needed
for other such requests should be kept. Be very ferent
their handicap may require careful
Edinborc'Ugh surgeon and a licuten- prive ourselves for him, not deeming things.
careful when helping a family not to selection of the occupation in which ing on. And if by jeason of ii
ant-Coloncl in the Medical Lorp ot it a sacrifice—not daring to call it a
In shipping, boxes made either of old call money a loan when you are sure they are to engage, and, perhaps pei -ncy or otherwise their m-meyf
being misspent or wasted or if '(
the British Army, began experiment sacrifice, for they, not we, arc making or new material should be 2x2x3, each that the family can have no means of
ing with it in one of the Scottish the sacrifice. Shall wc not substitute ...........
garment should be folded over a repaying the loan, do not put the sonic special training preparitory to divisions of the work are ov«:T",’>
War Hospitals. The first account of ior what we can do in our poor way standard size cardboard. This card is bur«i«n of thinking they must repay it. The vast number of men engaged or n ■ glected to correct such n
'•
these experiments appeared in "The | "service" for the word
sacrifice . not left in the garment but is used so on their shoulders. Make it as a gift. in this war make for a large number
ot cripples. There are irt Great Brit-
(Continued on 3rd page-)
THE RED CROSS CONFERENCE.
Report of Mrs. McGrath, a Delegate
from Tillamook, of What Took
Place at the Meeting.