Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-28

Americans Will Render Service
to Nation Now Engaged in
War. ,

Paris, Jan. '27.-Within a few days
an advance guard of American relief
WILL leave Paris for Servia. If the
plans OF those who are interested IN
the undertaking fully materialize, q
'aarger expedition Will depart shortly
thereafter, and establish at a point IN
servia" to be- designated by the Ser
Wan government an American hospii-
tai for the care Of the wounded.
This latest charitable movement:
among The Americans in Paris, has
had It's beginning In the minds Of one
or, two Of the colony who CHANGED to
be familiar. with conditions in Servia.
These have seen that, while great
sums are being expended tot the re-
lief. CT the suffering in western Eur.
oIpe, a bitiable.. situation has arisen
in the Balkans where. many wounded
lie almost uncarpd for on the open
ground wrapped In straw for want OF
clothin;.., while such surgical work as
the limited number Of doctors avail
able can carry out is hampered by an
almost complete lack OF 'anaesthetics
and surgical appliances. =
sThe committee which has been or
ganized with a view to helping in the
relief ct this situation includes,
among other American names, those
of DR.. Richard Derby, who recently
ma rried Miss Ethel Roosevelt; Mad
anne Waddington, well-knoWn for her
memoirs of European diplomatic life;
Mrs. Barton French, whose father
was at one; time United States minis.
ter to eSertia;A Mrs Edmund Cros,
Mrs. Herman Harjes, Mrs. Ralph
Hickox, Mrs. Whitney Hoff, Mrs. H.
A. Huntington, Mrs. Edward Tuck,
Miss Margaret T. Johnston, Mrs. Ben
jamin Mairs.Wilson, ST., Benjamin
Jablons, who served with the medical
corps Of the Servian army throughout
the second Balkan war, and Henry
Vignaud, formerly secretary Of the
American embassy In Paris. The
French names include those Of the
Marquise d'Aulan, the Comtesse Rene
de ICoetlogon, Madame Francois Mil
let, wife Of the famous painter, and
Monsieur and Madame Desprez, the
former minister Of France at a Balk-
an capitol and the latter daughter
Of General Mcclellan of Civil war
fame. Morgan, Harjes e Co., the
Paris bankers, have lent their aid to
this, as to other American relief
schemes, and are receiving subscrip.
tions which, despite the slight publ.
city the undertaking has so far re-
nceived, amount to 1000 francs in cash
and many gifts in kind. "
Speaking of the committees plans.
n Of its active, members, Warning
ton Dawson, said: Sour idea is not
to do anything ambitious, but to do
instantly what can be done for the
relief of the pitiable conditions which
exist among the Servian wounded.
Therefore the funds which are co.
lected are being expended immediate.
ytfor anaesthetics, medicines, instru.
to the front. We have also a great
many contributions in kind The ad.
ments and the like to be sent at once
vance guard which will leave Paris
in a few days will, be a we'll equipped
expedition consisting Of two exper-
fenced surgeons and three trained
nurses who have already seen service
with the British Red Cross in, Bel.
GUM. They will cooperate with those
already in Servia until our unit is
large enough to be set up independ-
emily in its own hospital. The Ser.
Wan government has undertaken
through its diplomatic representative
in Paris to assign us a building as
soon as we are prepared to equip and