Colonel J. M. Phelps, Southwestern
Director of the American Red Cross,
represented the Red Cross organiza
tion and officially turned the struc
ture over to government use. Colonel
A. C. Macomb accepted the building
in behalf of the army and in turn de
livered the use of the structure into
the hands of Lieutenant-Colonei
George A. Rena, commanding officer
of the U. S. Army Base Hospitai,
Camp Greene.
During the afternoon the visitors
from the city were conducted through
the building. Everywhere there were
expressions of delight from those who
explored the appointments of the neat
structure. Light refreshments were
served.
The dance in the evening was one
of the most pleasant of the year at
the hospital. Music for the event was
furnished by the Headquarters or
chestra, which was farmerly con
nected with the Fourth Recruit camp.
FITTING ADDRESS.
Colonel Phelps briefly outlined the
mission of the Red Cross in his ad
dress. He talked on the uses for '
which the building was erected and
the delight that it should be-destined/•
to bring to the convalescent patients
of the hospital.
He told how the Red Cross houses
had been erected at the larger hospi
tals throughout the country at the
suggestion to the Surgeon General of
the Army with the purpose of nulifing
■ the monotonous influences of constant
association in the wards and with the
view of giving them more homelike
surroundings in which to pass their
leisure hours. In conclusion he form-
ly turned the building over to Col A.
C. Macomb, the camp commander.
“The life of the organized Red Cross
is one of the finest of the new things
PROCLAMATION
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE, UNITED STATES.
It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of the year
in praise _ and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings
and mercies to us as a nation. This year we have special,and inovlng
cause to be grateful and to rejoice. God has in His good ple'asure
given us peace. It has not come as a mere cessation of arins, a
mere relief from the strain and tragedy of war. It- has come .as a
great triumph of right. Complete victory has brought us, not ;i>eace
alone, but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which
justice shall replace force and jealous Intrigue arnong the nations.
Our gallant armies have participated in d triumph which is, not
marred or. stained by any purpose of selfish aggression. In a right
eous cause they have won Immortal glory and have nobly sqrved
their nation in serving mankind. God has Indeed been gracious.'' We
have cause for such repolcing as revives and strengthens in us all
the best traditions of our national history. A new day shines about
us, in which our hearts take new courage and look forward .with new
hope to new and greater duties.
While we render thanks for these things, let us not forget to
seek the divine guidance in the performance of those duties, and
divine mercy and forgiveness for all errors of act or purpose, and
pray taht in all we do we shall strengthen the ties of friendship and
mutual respect upon which we must assist to build the new struc
ture of peace and good will among the nations.
Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of
America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of
November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the
people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordi
nary occupations and in their several home sand places of worship
to render thanks to God, the ruler of hations.
that have come into warfare” said
Colonel Macomb in his talk. “In olden
days men were left to die upon the
battle field. Now a hand of mercy is
extended to them and. that wonderous
hand goes out even among the falling
shells.”
Colonel Macomb spoke of the
beauty of the new structure and the
value of such an institution to the
government.
' In a brief but well constructed
speech Lleut-Colonel Renn accepted
the building for the hospital use. He
paid a tribute to the service which the
Red Cross have rendered to the Camp
Green hospital in times of stress in
the past. He told of the work now
being carried on and expressed his
willingness to co-operate with the or
ganization when ever possible.
MAY) GO ACROSS.
At the regular conference of the
Y. M. C. A. secretaries Saturday morn
ing in Camp Greene, Camp General
Secretary J. T. Mangum announced
that he had received word that as
sured him that he ^would be able to
get passports for overseas duty by
the first of the year. Secretary Man-
gum is state recruiting officer for
North Carolina as well as camp-gen
eral secretary at Camp Greene and
has'done a magnificent work for the
Y. M. C. A. in both branches. He is
an untjring worker, a man of broad
experience, both in this country and
abroad, and a speaker of extraordi
nary ability and the addition of his
efforts to the staff abroad will be of
great assistance to the work of the
Y. M. C. A. as well as a loss In the
home work.—Trench and Camp.
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