The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-26
AMER|CANREDCROSS WILL BE WITHDRAWN
Lack of Funds Forces With drawal of Doctors and Nurses From European Battlefields

Washington, July 25.-American Red Cross doctors and nurses will he with drawn from European battIefields De- tOber 1 because of lack of funds, Red Cross announcement tonight said. The two units in Belgium, where the great est need exists, may he continued, but the other IA will return to the United States.
 The Servian sanitary commission and tribution will go on long as those contributions are available. but the general fund of s1,5eO,OO0 collected in the United States will he exhausted on October 1.
 "The American Red Cross by Octo- nel in each country a year with the red in each country a year with the exception of the Belgian units and the sanitary commissions" says tonight 8 statement.
 "The tour of duty required of each surgeon and nurse does not exceed six months SO that number already have returned and substitutes have been sent. By October a large number of those now in Europe will return. Tie cost of the transportation of these sur eeons and nurses, going and coming, makes a constant and considerable financial demand upon the Red Cross treasury. The monthly payroll also is a large item of expense. In view of these facts and because its funds are rapidly becoming exhausted. the Amer ican Red Cross has decided by October of the present year to withdraw the personnel now in Europe; possibly with the exception of the units in Belgium. Much as 1t regrets this necessity, it realizes that no Red Cross of neutral country ever before rendered so long and extensive service in the way of per- sonnel to nations engaged in war.
 Work In Servia
 The work of the American Red Cr9s. sanitary commission under Richard P. Strong, for which the Rockefeller Foundation has made generous con- tributions has been most successful. pr. Strong was appointed director of the international health board composed of 'Servian health officers and the heads of the English, French and Rus : sian missions. The American minister at Bucharest reports to the state de- partment that the epidemic of typhus has been suppressed.
 The American Red Cross is arranging for physicians. nurses and equipment for baby hospital in servia, for which special contributions have been re- ceived through Madame Grouitch
 The Red Cross. the report shows, sent to Europe 367 persons on fumanta- rian enterprises. Of those T were su. . geons and 253 nurses. Forty three were members of the Servian sanitary com mission. England France, Russia, Ger many, Austro- Hungary, Servia and Bel sium each received one or more com. plete hospitals with doctors, nurses and other attendants. Thousands of wounded and sick have been cared for. Financial aid was sent also to hospitals and oth CT institutions in many countries and hospital supplies have been rushed to the war zone by every steamer.
 Report of Red Cross
 The report shows the Red Cross has sent into the war zone almost 1000, ,000 pounds of cotton for the hospitals, SS2,- COG yards of surgical gauge. 65000 yards of crenoline. 27,000 bandages, 35,oOG yards of adhesive plaster, 9240 stretcil- CTS, 10.267 blankets and 19 motor anu balances for the Red Cross personnel. Vast quantities of drugs and medi : cines were sent. There were four army field hospitals outfits, 50 army hos pital tents and 30 field medical tents.
 Services rendered belligerent coun- tries are summarized thus:
 Austria, II shipments, value s97,6S5 Belgium. 3 shipments, $96,70S; Eng land, 13 shipments, $S7,S45; France "A shipments, $216.155 Germany s ship ments, $1S2.795; Italy, 2 shipments, $14, ,451; Montenegro. 3 shipments, s15.- 526 Poland, l shipment, $7200; Russia. 9 shipments, sS9,613; Servia ship ments, $130,S67; Turkey ? shipmen &. $12.5S6.
 The financial statement shows ex- penditures of $1,450, 306, leaving a bal ance of $174,S1S on hand, for which the demands already are heavy.
 Of the expenditures, cash remitteti totals $323,SS2; salaries of surgeons and nurses, S216,018; travel and supply transportation, $14S.472; war insur : ances, $10,132; equipments and outfits, sS6,29S; for widows of surgeons who sacrificed their lives in the work, s15,- 900. for the American sanitary commit