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Grayson , chairman of the League LeagueCross Cross Societies By WILLAM C UTLEYS UTLEY | S DEPLORABLE DDPLORAllLD DDPLORABLD is 'lS lS as ' , and perLaps pcr per pcrhaps perpaps haps paps even een e\ e \ en less excusable e\cus'lble e cus'lble cuslble " \ : ' tinn'deaths tinndeaths th'1n th1n thin th'1ndeaths thindeaths ' ' deaths on the field of war vvar \ ar arethe are arethe arethe the some CO O 0000 000 deaths whichfrom whIch whIchfrom whichfrom from automobile accidents accHlents in theStates the thejStates theStates jStates ( States every year If quick qUlcl . aide nld aid nlde aide ) e given to the Injured along our ourays ourays ourays ays , , this staggering annual totallessened totallessened total ' ' ) lessened materially m'1tcrl'1l1 m1tcrl1l1 mttcrMlly ' ' . 'artlrne artlrne arUme artime ' It Is the job of the Redsocieties Redsocieties Red Red.societies .societies societies . to see tliat that men hurterely hurterely hurt hurterely erely tint th'1t th1t that ' they may m'1Y m1Y ' die Ie are givlick gh giv ghIck givick Ick medical medic'll medicll ' and suigical sutglcal sur gIc'll gIcll ' aidAte aId aIde e American Red Heel doss ClOSS Cioss Is goingng going goingng goingng ng its noble Doble and nnd efficient csrvice esrvlce esrvice csrvicethe esrvlcethe esrvicethe the highway hlghav highwav hlgh\\ hlgh \ av fronts in the wargt war wart ' \ ar art t automobile automoblle dethsIn deathsn deaths de\ths de ths deathspin ' \ pin In ! n a few months according to tofichls toficiils toHicials fichls ficiils of the society soclet tralncd trained tralncdrs trainedrs trainedITS rs of the tIlC Red Cross Cros ' : > n " vull 111 ill be sta sta'at sta'iat staiat 'at at \ ' ' at e\ e every eery \ ery possible posslblc point pOlDt along along5Y alongsy alongusy 5Y sy highways hlglm3Ys , ready re'1dv re1dv retdv ' to lend n no no ao | o save sa\e sa e \ n a life hfe Just how the cim C'lm Clm cimtvlll C'lm"m cimvvlll ' tvlll "m m vvlll " bo be conducted was not a\111 a 111 avail a111t availt availit \ ' t the time of tills thIs writing , for'were forwere for forwere forwere ' were not vet yet et complete , but it 1 i 1'than " 'than than ' nn an likely hke1y that agreements agrecmcnts WllJ will willched williched WllJched ched bet between " een tlie the Red ncd Cioss ClOSS and andCOmp1nICf andcompanies and1 companies COmp1nICf : . which operate opcrate g1S0 giso g1S0ling gisoflag gasolllug . ling flag stations , to effect errect some sort sortOperation sortOperationHhe pentlOn perition peritionthe [ Hhe the Re Red Cross be succcssfulIng successfulIng successful succcssful successfulIng Ing down this wholesile wholes11e wholesale annua1 annual annua1ere annualcre annualere ere cre of Americans9 Americans ? Uere llere Here Is aS'from aSfrom n a afrom ' from from . : the records which ' \ hlch ma\ ma may maysome mavfsome masome \ some li h light ht on the answer answernty answernty answeruty | nty uty one vcars vears years ago , before the"robs therobs the theros theross " ros ross : , began its drive drn e to teachning teach teachIng teachlug Ing lug and life Hfe saving saVinJ methods tc tcericans tcEnericans encans ericans who like 1Il.e 1Ile IiLe . to swim or orthe orthe orithe the national drowning rate rnte wic wicevery ' \ wa0'every wa0every 1 ' " ' every 100 100000 000 During the lastrs lasts lasi last rs s there h-u h u his ho - . & been a 450 950 per cent cente ceniie e in the swimming public ne Red Rednstructors RedInstructors nstrl1ctors nstructors have hive h1 \ e trained COO GOO 000S 000 000s s as life sa\ers sa ers savers \ The drowningday drowning drowningday drowningday day Is only five 11e the 11\ 11 \ e in ever eer e\ e every \ er 100,000 100000 , 14 ' Busy In Peace Times TimesRed TimesRed Red Cros Cross 3 < , , } iou you ou know , Is fa fadIe fadie fadie dIe when thel theie e is no \ war \ 1r g01n going goingather goinpithcr ather , tlicre there is always al\\'ls al 'ls ls \ ' , } a "ar ar vvar "aron vvaron " waron on for the Red Hed Ited Cross-1 Cross 1 Cross-t t Cross - a ' warI warthe warthe war ; I 1 the ravages ravles ( " , of floods , dust dusthurncancs dusthurricanes hurnclln hurncancs .s s < . , earthquakes e'lrthqualec elrthqualec eirthqualces ' , ; andatton11 andatlonal and anditlonal itlonal atton11 atlonal disjslcrs dlsslers disasters . ! , a aVU wai \VU VU wit \ agains 1g1lns igains igainsTors 1g1lnsrors ' rors Tors of etcrnjl etem.ll etemll eterndl . darkness for [ or theagainbt 111 the theagainst ( ' ag.llmt agllmt against . , demons of discourageor discourage lsconr3Jc or r the disabled veteran Hter'1n Hter1n ? ' , n a warcolujtiess war warcOUjUe warcountless cOUjUe countless < > s tilings thlng things < ; tint th'1t th1t that ' bar thehappiness thl the thehappiness ' halliliness happiness ' ind 1nd and licalth health for whole wholenittes \ wholenitles \ hol ( ' nlUes nittes unlebS unle.s unles unless : . organized orgamzed battle Is Ist isted Ised t ted ; d against aalnst . , ; th themsear them themiear m ) iear sear ear more than thn . ! ever eer e\ e \ er before the theIllS theins thhas ( IllS ins been a terrible one In thee the e sear ear there are 82 national dls dis dlsonc disone disone onc one every eery e\ e \ ery four da dn days s Durlnpt Durlnrt Duringt Durlnr During t 12 months mouths theie thele have been'hat beenhat been beenhat beenhat ' hat Is an all time hme record Andtie And Andtie Andtie tie of the tbe American Red Cros Crose Cron Crosiu Crona : iu o a nobly fought . ; , all this Impressive Impre'5slve Impre5slve ' record then then the theQ Q n Is one of the tbe younger Hc.t1 Hct1 Rcd Hc.t1ocletles Rcdocietles Redocietles . ocletles ocietles There 'lhere lhere .here here ' . are ( , 01 ,1 1 bl of them them:1Oy themany themiany :1Oy 1Oy any : different dltTerent countries cOl1ntrlc ) 'I I 'heirof ' Iheir 'heir heir heIr heIror of or operation differ dlffcr surprising surprisingfor for the nnny m'lny mlny miny ' kinds kmds of o ! populn populu populubich popuinhlch populnhlch ; hlch bich they serve serveie servee ie e thing they ire 1re tre completely unl'Almost unlAlmost unl unlAlmost unlAlmost ' Almost no nntter m'ltter mltter mater ' wlicre where you youhis youhis Ws his old globe you will \ \ 111 lind had thatignia that that19n1a thatIgnla 19n1a Ignla which identifies lelpntlfles the angel angelHeves angelNeves angellleves Heves Neves the soldiers boldler soldier s suffering surfulng , , ie ied 1 I " (1 1 d ( Cro Cross < ; s on tlic the held of white whitedly whitedly whitedly dly since the World war , the thees thees thees es of all of these 01 iii ( Jl < ; societies ocletfec societle societiesown : own to be more uniform llnIform 'rhe rhe They Theyroved ' Theyroved roved tin thl ttu mselves mselve\ mselve mselve4 mselveto ' \ to be b . ( . as a'i ai ' 1m.ln 1mln 1m Ira 1m.In Irain ; .In In . , in the relief relle ! of o ! huunn hum'1n hum1n humin ' sufferTing suITer suffer suITerring sufferling ring ling peace llcace lieace time as they ever everthe the peik peAc pe II , of wartime svirtlme \ \ 'lrtlme lrtlme ' activity activityleileans activityericans lei-leans lei leans erlcans ericans - Spread the Light . has been r'spon rspon responsible ( ' lble for such suchmcnts'l suchmeats suchuncnts mcnts'l mcntsl meats ? ' It I Is ' ) good gOflrl to bp be ' ably 1bll ible } to tot tot toIt t , t , In large l1rge rncjsurr rnc.1sur rnc1sur medsurr . ( , l\merfC.lflh lmerfC.lflh l merfC.lflh merfClflh Amercdns lmerfC.lflhf'or Amerlcjrifcror \ ! . , ; f'or for ror ' It Is Americans Amcrlcans who , In Ics ies lesjrenty " enty years yeurs , have been the UII } le\d le d letd ledthe letdthe leadthe ' \ [ the work Wort worL . of Intermtlonnl Interll'1t1nuuJ Interll1t1nuuJ Internatiomal ' cora cor corwhich 1 1lhlch which \lhlch lhlch \ , his h\s h s ' \ been hcen conducted b\ague b ague b\ b by bague byague \ \ | ; ague of itcd Hcel lieul Cross SoU Sod Soch I ( tie'sy tiesy U'q Uq ties tiesS ( ' ' S ' " modest iiludest licadqu hcudqu heullulrtcl ! ] irtcih irtcis : ' stand100 stand standl0 tJ.n tJn . ( ] ? IOn l0 ( ) y irds trds 'rd rd ' from tlie the ' Plicc l'llcf lllcf i'i ii ' ' ice > dp elC Ble Blen ' | In tn ! n Paris I'nris Inris Paristu Pet I'nrisas ' rls rlswt , wt as tu d ds dinumic numic ntimie pr pc pn isan I son senility 111 ihty ty of the 4 late 1ate Henry P Davison Da"lson Dalson " , W'lr Wlr war wartime ' time hcad head hcadof headof headof of the Amencin AmerlC1n American Red Hed Ited Cioss ClOSS , that ef of effected offected etfected fected the agreement between betcen bet\\ bet \ cen heads he1ds ofthe of ofthe ofthe the Red Cross in France rrance Prance , Great Britam Brit Britam Britam am , Italy It11 , Japan Jap'ln Japln Jat in ' and the UnitedStates UDlted United UDltedStates UnitedStates States , launching the league le'1gue le1gue ' a fewmonths fe\ fe few femonths fewmonths \ , months after the signing of the armistice arm armIshce armistice Ishce istice Davison DaIson Da\ Da \ Ison was the first chairman chairmanof of tlie the league . John Barton Payne , another anotl1er ch'1tr ch1tr chair ch'1trman chairman chairman ' man of the American Red Cross , be became became became came chairman ch\lrman ch lrman ' \ of the league to suc sue succeed sueceed sueceed ceed Davison Da\lson Da lson \ in 1921 1D21 1031 , when JudgePaine Judge JudgePaJ JudgePayne PaJ Payne ne died early e'lrl elrl eirly ' this J sear vear ear anotherAmerican another anotherAmerican anotherAmerican American , Admiral Cary C'lry Clry ' T 'I I ' ' Graysonwas Grayson Graysoa Graysonwas Graysoawas was unanimously un'1Dlmously un1Dlmously ' chosen to succeedhim succeed succeedhim succeedhim him And Anl1 since SlOce 1931 1D31 1331 another American Amer ! ] can , Ernest rnest J S\\ S Swift S1ft \ 1ft , has been theleagues tl1e the tl1eleague theleague league s secretary secretarJ general'the general gener'll generll generalthe ' ' the 'the l1e league le1gue has h\s h s his ' \ brought about the thecreatIOn thecreation thecreation creatIOn of : 20 w : new Red ned Cross sOCieties sOCietiesSlDce societiessince societiessince SlDce since 1t"as it 1t \ was \\"as "as as \ " fOI foimed mel1 but its Influcnce influence influencehas Influencehas 11'15 1115 has ' gone much faither fmther than that Al Almost Almost Almost most cveo ever every , } one of or tlic the 01 Gl member socleties so socletles societies cletles cieties Is todav today engaged eng'lged englged ' not only inkeeping In Inhc.epmg inLceping hc.epmg hcepmg Lceping . ready re'1dy re1dy ' for the emergency ofwar of ofwar war \ 'lr lr ' , but : In a n regular regu11r day to dav dl1J day progiam pro prog1101 progiinl g1101 giinl of health hC1lth hcilth and andelfnre welfare \\elfnre elfnre ' \ vvoik "Olb Olb woik " , disaster dls dis dlsaster disaster aster 1 icllef eHef rellef ' and 'lnd lnd other Important pece peace pecetime peacetime peacetime . ! time activities actnItJes activitiesPlan Plan Air AmbulancesThe Ambulances AmbulancesThe The TIle highway hlghwa service planned phnned , and andalready andalready andalready already started startel1 in a n small way In InAmcrlca InAmerica inAmerica Amcrlca America , is being belDg worked ' \ or1.ed or1ed . out along Intcinatlonal In Intel inteinatlonal teinatlonal tel natlon'111lnes natlon111lnes ' lines As aviation aIatlOn a\ a \ IatlOn developsthe l1e\ l1e l1eelops develops \ elops , the possibility possiblllt possibillty of air ambulance serv serv- services servIces serv- serv services - - ices are interesting lOterestlng the league l gue Throughthe Through Throughthe Throughthe the league 1c1gue secretariat secret'lT11t secretlT11t ' , health he'1lth he1lth hcilth ' propaganda prop'l propl props propsganda ' ganda nda materlalls material is made mal1e regularly regul'1rlJ regul1rlJ regultrls ' a\a11 a a11 avail aa11able available available \ able to all of the societiesThe societies societiesThe The league has h'1s h1s his ' " widely "Idely Idely pubHd publicised publicized d tb tho thodisaster thedisaster , ' " disaster relief rellef organization org'inllatlOn orginllatlOn orgtnlzation " ' perfectejbv perfectelb perfecte.iby perfectel perfecte.i perfectei . b by the Amencan AmellC1n Ameiicin Red ncd Cross and h'ls hls his h'lshelped hishelped hashelped ' helped other societies emulate it When Whena a disaster occurs on a scale so largetliat large largethat largethat that the society in the nation n'1Uon n1Uon ' affectedis affectedts affected ts is not able 'lble lble ' to cope with it alone , cooperation co cooperation cooperation operation of other member societies isa Is Isa Isa recent 11lustration 11 it 11lustl'3tlOn itlustration a recognized reconllCd . , ; duty As a lustl'3tlOn lustl3tlOn lustration ' may be cited the earthquake e1rth earth e1rthqU'lhe earthquake qU'lhe qUlhe quake ' which whlcl1 \ wiped \ Iped out the city of ofBaluchistan ofI3aluchtstan ofBaluchistan Baluchistan I3aluchtstan India Indl'1 Indl1 ' . , In May of thle this thisyear tillsyear ; ye'lr yelr year ' Fifteen nftcen national societies . , In InI intesponse Inlesponse Red ncd fled Cross Cross'lppeal Crossappeal Crossappeal I eSIonse tesponse eSIonseto ) to o an international Intern1t1onal 'lppeal lppeal appeal ' , immediately Immedwtelv fonv ror\\ ror rorllded forwaided \ aided llded contilbutions contl1 contil contl1butlOns contilbuttons butlOns buttons to Increase the resources of theIndian the theIn theIndian In Indian J3n Red ned Cross Cros CrossThe ? Ihe The 1 ' he league le'1gue le1gue ' believes in Interestingyouth Interestln interesting interestingyouth youth % ynd ind nd with wItb the help hclp of the Amerlean Amer AmerIcan AmerIcan Ican Red Cioss ClOSS commission In io Curope Europe Curopeduring Europeduring : Europeduring during the post postwar war ' \ ar years It e\tenc1ed e tenc1ed extended extendedto etenc1edI etenc1edto " \ I to : European Curope'll Curopell ' ) countries the Junior fieJ ReJ fieJI ReJCross ReJCross I Cross , which wh1cb originated in Canada and andAustralla andAustralia andAustralia Australla Australia and nnd has been a popular fea lea feature leatune teaturc ture tune of the \ work ork In the United States Statessince Statessince Statessince since 1917 Today tlicre there Is I ' ) oi O1 oitnized oitnizedjunior , : > 'inlzed inlzed 'inlzedjunIor " ' anlzedjunior junIor membership memuershIp In 50 GO different dlrrercnt n1 na natonal natlonal n1ttonal ttonal tonal societies socIetles-15 socIetles 15 societies-15000000 societies 15000000 - 15000000 000 000 junlnis junlO1s juniors . , allpledged all allpledged allpledged pledged to a program embracing emhracln emhracing ; : thepractice the thepractice thepractice practice of or elementary elC'ment1ry elCment1ry ' health rulesthe rules , the development de\elopmC'nt de elopmC'nt elopmCnt \ ' of a spirit of public publicservice publicservice ervlcp service , > and the cultl\ cultl cultivation cultlatlon \ atlon of Interoa interact Interoa1Ional interacttional internatlonal 1Ional tional frien frlen lIInessThe illnessThe Illness lIIness IllnessThe The Red ned Cross Is Ie ; one of the tie few bu bumamtarlan bumanitarlan humanitarlan mamtarlan manitarlan org organhations |
