The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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RED CROSS
KNIGHTS
T WML m A MED CROSS KNIGHT'
I WMJL VEAt THE SSGN!
I WILL MUf THE CODiY FIGHT
WITH TMt STRENGTH THAT'S MINE!
SOME MAY BLOW THE imKWC FIFE,
SOME MAY WIN A SWORD.
SOME MAY GIVE A PRECIOUS LIFE
FIGHTING FOft THE LORD.
BUT AT HOME MY TASK IS PLAIN—
NOT THE FIELD FOB ME.
YET WITH MEANT AND HAND AND MAIN
SOMMER I MAY ME!
I MAY KNIT AND SEW AND FOLD;
I MAY SAVE AND GIVE
PENNIES, POLLANS, NOTES ON GOLD
THAT OUN SOYS MAY LIVE.
TAKE THE CSO0S AND LEND A HAND
IN THE GOODLY FIGHT
CHILDKEN OP A/GALLANT LAND,
EACH A NED CNOSS KNIGHT!
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The Sign of the
Red Cross!
The G944m* mi PHjr vu winging b*r v*r
Alar to the fitU where • y«wi soldier lay
(So humble a victim mi war1* aim,
Yat Lava'* ministration* the awwlil mar claim.)
la touch a# bar Smear* lha mMiar found ra*t.
Sul paused a* *ba li*touod to amrumrimf• law,
“Tha *ima a# tbi* angel, ah, would I might knew I"
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Ska amilimflr sought out a white I imam haad—
All umtouf hi im latter*, yat daft wa* bar baud ■
Ska dipped im bi* lifablaad bar Sugar am fair
Amd pressed tha Sma I imam, la Rad Cra** wa* there!
Tha daughter* of France, taring legend and charm,
Now wear tha Rad Cra** a* a sign am tbair arm!
■Rad Cram Magasima.
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Park, R. M. The Panola Watchman. (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1917, newspaper, September 5, 1917; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1072893/m1/3/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.