Show AMERICA IS IN THE FIGHT every american heart thrilled with pride at the magnificent proffer of general pershing Per shins to chief of staff F foch och pronounced fosh of all the american troops now in france and all tile the troops now in ill tills this country in training and all the resources of the united states to aid in driving the hun from french soil it was an epoch in history in its importance and the people of tills this country applauded general pershing almost to a mal mai the dispatches pis patches tell us that one hundred thousand of uncle sams boys went to the front on sunday an and d more would get into the fight as they are needed the soldiers marched and rode forth in auto trucks songs of jubilation over the tact act f 01 their long training experience and dull camp life had come to an end and they were now permitted to get into the fight for far world peace in dead earnest it is a glorious thing to be an american and those of us who are not in the fighting trenches must remember that we have a duty to perform that will require sacrifice too with our boys in the fighting line the casualty lists will immediately begin to come in long columns there will be thousands wounded and it is imperative that they have every facility tor for re covering their health and strength the red cross work becomes more and more necessary for there will be need of bandages gauze dressings sick bed clothing and all the paraphernalia appertaining to a field hospital at the front the local chapter is out 0 of funds but has a an 1 I organization capable of making up hundreds of thousands of bandages dressings dressing s and these other articles which our boys will now need in tremendous lots all the funis which the local organization can collect itself may be used by it in ill pin chasing the materials all the funds collected through the local red cross by the national or organization animation aniza tion biliet go into the hands or ol the national tie organization gain for tile the most part th therefore Tho do not wait for fol a red cross drive but take your contributions every dav da and do your bit banker J E halverson H alv erson is the treasurer of the county chapter and he will properly receipt tor far all funds contributed just think 0 of the bleeding american boys in francs france and remember they are suffering for you and 1 I then dig down in in your pocket and get one dolar five dollars ten dollars or a as much as you can conveniently spare and turn it in to the red cross to ie 1 used in the lie alleviation of the suffering of those bleeding boys 4 |