Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-26 | Page 54 | Continue Knitting Advice of War Department

9 f i ADVICE OF WAR AR DEPARTMENT Keep in in Touch With Re RedCross Red RedCross d Cross and Provide Articles Articles Ar Ar- tidies Called For By Intern International News Service WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May ray 25 Ameri American can women the American Red fled Cross will take care of or your our knitting Although there has been heen a rulin ruling b by th the war department that no mor 3 comfort packages es may be bo sent t to France b by parcel larcel post the Red fled Cross Cros s Is still allowed d to send whatever i Isn is s n needed for the comfort of oC tho the boys it In Inthe Inthe the trenches Moreover toreo t tie c nell 1 Cross will see to it that the comforts comfort go where thc they arc are needed You may Ce feel l certain that wh whet when your knitted efforts nrc arc turned over ove overto to the Red fled Cross Cros the they will be place d dIn In the thc hands of some soldier who wh needs them Before the recent or order orde er eroC of oC the war department went Into effect cf- cf some of ot the boys over o there were e In in Id nd ad cs m it to rc e I flooded with more comforts than thId th they y real really needed by their friend Taft Dill 1 Smiths Smith's mother knit him A muffler and sent it to him from iho to hC homem home lome town I Kankakee Bills Bill's sister who was in Vassar at Pou Poughkeepsie also sent him hint a R. muffler and his girl who was at Smith in Northampton likewise like likewise i wise knit a muffler and s sent nt It Jt t to Bill As the result of or all nIl of oC this I kindliness Bill was pretty nearly muffled to death in the trenches I of or This condition of or affairs Is not so s st t when your our knitting Is distributed distribute d 11 through h the lied fled Cross n Be sure to knit what th the Red fled Cross s it wants Their representatives arc in I close touch with the boys hoys at th the e d front nad Imo know what they need neE I If It I i I the boys need socks most the Red fled d I d Cross will tell you so 50 Secretary of War Val Baker Bakel In making maln making I I Ia a statement Indorsing knitting as a war occupation for American women I said An apparent misunderstanding has arisen in some ome quarters regarding I Ithe the attitude of or the war department toward the knitting of oC sweaters an and amI d I comforts for tor our soldiers The The department department de de- de has Ims in no sense discouraged discourage d the furnishing of ot such garments s through the American Red Cross an and d l Is appreciative e of or the spirit which I prompts Amerl American women In their knitting for the troops It Is tru true e I that a sweater is not included in the I i regular equipment of the army an and II It is IA not regarded as nn CUt absolutely I essential garment arment However rI a knitted sweater Is a garment of oC great serviceability and constitutes constitute a welcome welcome wel wel- welI welcome I come addition to a soldiers soldier's equipment equip equip- I ment particularly when the soldier soldie r Is Js on duty In the J vigorous orous winter winte r climate of France While the department de department de- de itself has not officially called upon any or organization to supply supply sup sup- ply sweaters certain divisions of oC th the e alm army have made such requisitions requisition s and have been gratified that th the e I supply was available The work o of I American women who desire to add ad this comfortable article to the clothing clothIng cloth cloth- I ing supplied the tho ho soldier by the war department Is Js worthy of encourage encourage- meat ment nt li liSo So knitting may contInuo continue the chief cIder summer 1 sport for women and the American Red Cross will s she see e that the knitted comforts reach the right place I