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Show -pHE Fourteenth Division b the AAV- ' : ' ' ' " ' , ' ' ' -Vk I WjpjUyfVrrREr CQH PACKAGES BEING T k AMERICAN RJBOsaJ Do you know that the sun never sets - . : feM'S $ WV SoJ . SALONIKl I"-pHE Fourteenth Division b the I American Red Cross." Does that mean any thing to you? Do you know that the sun never sets on American women making surgical bandages, hospital garments, convnlcs- cent robes, knitted articles and other comforts for our men In the service? And their methods of "raising money" for the American Red Cross they are typically American, too a minstrel show in the Nagasaki Y. M. C. A. hall staged by the Russian Railway Rail-way service corps while marking tlmo In the picturesque harbor city o Japan, Ja-pan, a bazaar In Buenos Aires, another anoth-er In Tamplco, a gay, colorful fiesta in Manila, a horse race In Havana, a vaudeville In Shanghai, a carnival In Guadalajara, a military day in Guam, an athletic tournament In Panama and nfternoon teas a-plenty In a hospital ' at Honolulu. It Is a wonderful organization that Fourteenth division of the American Red Cross the terrftorlal, Insular and foreign division. It represents the first effort In the history of our nation to unite all Americans, resident outside) the continental limits of the United States, as workers in a common cause. Loyal American, all, their activities are not confined alone to the workrooms work-rooms and surgical dressings departments. depart-ments. When the Second War Fund drive of the American Red Cross was launched, the members living In the Fourteenth division contributed the Bum of 51,841,000, or more than four formation of chapters in foreign coun- children's DISPENSARY IN RUINED ROMANTQWER AT MARS El tries was effected only after the consent con-sent of such organization was received from the Red Cross society of the times the amount the division was requested re-quested to raise. Particularly inspiring inspir-ing was the response of the isolated members-at-large, who, fulfilling various va-rious duties In remote sections of the world, eagerly welcomed an opportunity opportuni-ty to do "their bit" toward the defense of civilization. Grew Like Jack's Beanstalk. Remindful of Jack's beanstalk, the American Red Cross grew from a membership mem-bership of thousands Into a personnel of millions almost overnight when the United States entered the war. Offers of service came, not only from all over !LLES the United States, but from all over the world. In the whirlwind of "finding "find-ing herself," the "Greatest Mother In the World" was forced to turn a deaf ear to her children In the remote sections; sec-tions; but, with the demands of recognition recog-nition becoming so frequent and so earnest, the Fourteenth Division was formed November 1, 1017 For the convenience of distribution of sup-piles sup-piles and the concentration of activities activi-ties the United States was divided Injo thirteen divisions by the National . headquarters, and the new division, naturally, became the Fourteenth. The extension of the American Red Cross to the overseas possessions of the United States wus n looked for, progressive step In Its work, but the country concerned. Where no such society existed, the consent of the government gov-ernment of the country In question was secured before a chapter of the American Ameri-can Red Cross was formed. The work of the various chapters In the Fourteenth division Is carried on Identically with the work In any chapter chap-ter In the United States, and, In spite of the vast distances separating them from the headquarters In Washington, D. ,0., their activities run aloug as smoothly as those in close touch with the executives. All of the products of the workrooms are packed and shipped ship-ped to the warehouse. In New York city, various steamship companies transporting the largo boxes free of charge. All for Humanity. In Japan the American Red Cross was organized July 4, 1917, and by October Oc-tober branches were In effective operation opera-tion In Toyko, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka Osa-ka and Kobe, with between 300 and 400 American women working zealously zealous-ly for the cause. The offer of silk underwear un-derwear for the service men In France was one of the first Interesting things proposed by the Japan chapter of the American Red Cross, the silk being a resistant for the much dreaded "cooties." "coo-ties." But as yet their desire to swathe the American Expeditionary Force In silks has not been carried Into effecL The Japanese Red Cross co-operates most heartily with the American Red Cross and Is sending supplies to the front, not only through the Japnn chapter of the4 American organization, but on their own initiative. Relative to their splendid co-operation, Baron Ishlguro, president of the Japanese Red Cross and a retired surgeon-general of the Japanese army, said recently: re-cently: "I feel that I am working with you In the same room for the same cause of humanity the Spirit of the Red Cross has no bQundary of state, neither nei-ther has It any religious prejudice, nor racial distinction." In Honolulu the members of the Hawaiian Ha-waiian chapter prepare their surgical dressings for the far-off fields of France In the old tlirone room of the palace of King Kalahana. From the walls the pictured countenanc.es of Hawaii's former chiefs look down, sphinx-like, on the unaccustomed scene, while a beautiful Red Cross (Ing, the gift of the late Queen, flaps desultorily desul-torily In the soft, lazy breeze wafted In from the Pacific. Juniors Everywhere, Too. One of the interesting units of the Shanghai chapter of the American Red Cross Is the Junior membership at Fuh Tan College. This unit, composed entirely en-tirely of Chinese college youths, Is doing do-ing a splendid work to keep the Spirit of the Red Cross paramount in' Its territory. ter-ritory. In the palatial workrooms of the Cuban chapter of the American Red Cross In Havana 5,000 comfort kits were made by willing hands last April, bringing cheer nnd thoughts of home to 5,000 American men with the colors. And so It goes throughout the ramifications rami-fications of the Fourteenth Division a division which Is doing its share 2nd much more to meet the nppalllng emergency emer-gency with which the American Ited Cross is confronted. In fact, it would seem that every individual in-dividual affiliated with the Fourteenth Division of the American Ited Cross has consecrated himself unreservedly to the service, ever mindful of the cause that prompted the action. |