The stars come nightly to the sky, The tidal wave unto the sea I’ll rail no more ’gainst time or tide, For lo! my own shall come to me. LXXXV A Greek Red Cross on a field of white should tell any soldier of any country within the treaty that the wearer was his friend and could be trusted; and to any officer of any army that he was legitimately there, and not subject to capture. CLARA BARTON. This is what the Red Cross means, not an order of knighthood, not a commandery of it, not a secret society, not a society at all by itself, but the powerful, peaceful sign and the reducing to practical usefulness of one of the broadest and most needed humanities the world has ever known. CLARA BARTON. I hope that all the patriotic and humane men, women and children of the United States who are able to do so, will give it (the Red Cross) their support by becoming members of our national organization. EX-PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT. I hereby commend the plan of the Red Cross to secure a large membership in this country. I hope the American people will prove as patriotic in this respect as are the people of other nations, so that we may be as well prepared as they to render relief in the misfortune of war or to mitigate the suffering caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, mine explosions and other great disasters. EX-PRESIDENT W. H. TAFT. A large, well-organized and efficient Red Cross is essential. It is both a patriotic and humane service that is rendered by every citizen who becomes a member of the American Red Cross. EX-PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON. I perceive that in creating an institution that shall be National and of the people the foundations must be as broad and as solid as the whole nation. CLARA BARTON. The Red Cross has become well known and well beloved. Of all the great humanitarian institutions of this country the Red Cross is surely among the greatest. CLARA BARTON. Though we may leave our task unaccomplished, the task may be glorious in design if not in completion, and speak of us sincerely and with more fitting substance than words could ever compass or suggest. CLARA BARTON. The Red Cross is the Big Brother of the Fighting Man. GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. The Red Cross is the most generally recognized humanitarian movement in the known world. CLARA BARTON. The Red Cross has awakened the senses, and attuned the public ear to the cry of distress wherever emanating. CLARA BARTON. The Treaty of Geneva takes its powers from the common consent of the United Governments of the civilized world. CLARA BARTON.