Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1918 — WHAT CAN WE DO? Red Cross Work in German Prison Camps [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WHAT CAN WE DO?

Red Cross Work in German Prison Camps

Germany now has 27 prison camps where American soldiers captured in battle are held. The American Red Cross has accurate information about these camps and with the the Swiss Red Cross keeps our soldiers and sailors supplied with nourishing food, new clothing, soap and other necessaries. -—At the beginning of June there were about 300 men in uniform in German prison camps. The American troops have captured considerably more than 1,000 Germans, so the score is more than even in that respect. In Berne, Switzerland, the American Red'Cross has a great warehouse from which is sent to each American prisoner in Germany 20 pounds of food every week. Our government pays for this food and equipment and the Red Cross sees that it reaches the men. Already there are enough supplies in the Red Cross warehouse at Berne to take care of 22,000 American prisoners —if tfie Germans can take that number! Junior Red Cross Vacation Work. Junior Red Cross members will not cease their efforts during vacation. While they were in the Schools they could be reached more easily but organization work among the. children has gone so far that the' chapters are still closely in touch with them and benefiting vastly by their help. At present many chapters are asking the junior members to help get out some rush orders for knitted articles, comfort bags and hospital supplies. They are doing this in preference to their regular junior work. Any Junior Red Cross member who has lost contact with the Red Cross organization since school closed should go to the local chapter headquarters and offer his or her services. Of course, any child not now a member of the Junior Red Cross will be cordially welcomed by the Red Cross

chapters and given an opportunity to enroll. In Central division —Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, lowa and Nebraska — there are about 2,000,000 members of the Junior Red Cross. Manifestly this group of workers is a big factor in the Red Cross organization.' The junior members are members of 15,000 auxiliaries to the 508 Red Cross chapters. Virtually every school is an auxiliary. Red Cross Pig Clubs. The Red Cross Pig club of Carroll county, Mo., was organized last fall with practically the entire population of the county constituting the membership. O. F. Turner, the agricultural county agent, asked 2,500 persons to raise one pig each, to be known as the Red Cross pig. Although the county has only 1,600 registered voters, 3,000 persons answered the call. A few days ago the department of agriculture announced that 3,000 porkers represent the output of the club.