The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-08

necessity of mobiIizing all loyal
citizens Of the county for service. Il
IL shall fulfill its duty to the nation
and occupy a place Of honor in the
state organizations.
Refugee Relief in France.
The appointment of Edward T.
Devine, OF New York, as chief of the
Bureau OF Refugees and Home Re-
lief. under the American Red Cross
Commission to France. is announced
A cable just received by the Red
Cross War Council in Washington
from Mai. Grayson NJ. p. Murphy re-
sports that Mr.. Devine is to be in
charge of all relief work outside the
city OF Paris, and gives a brief ac-
count OF existing conditions. The
cable is as follows:
Nearly a Million Refugees.
In the various departments out
side the Seine there are about $780,
900 refugees embracing all classes
and ages except able-bodied men,
Although employment at good wages
is general. these refugees are never
theless in an unfortunate condition
because of the complete loss Of their
possessions when driven out of the
invaded territory. They have since
been living in excessively longest
ed quarters and, necessarily, under
very insanitary conditions.
THE Red Cross hopes to aid the
authorities to lessen this congestion
by supplying furniture to those who
in this way could move into better
quarters, by completing buildings al
ready partly constructed, and even
by furnishing portable houses o.
cheap construction, when necessary
as a temporary makeshift.
Will Establish Health Centers.
''It is proposed to stablish, in con-
nection with the French authorities.
health centers from which useful
work can be done in such a way as
fully to conserve the self-respect and
independence of those who accept it.
There are many voluntary agencies,
as well as public relief authorities,
through whom the Red Cross can
give assistance.
DIR. Devine's immediate task will
be to coordinate those agencies and
arrange for constructive relief for
those victims of the war who cannot
yet be returned to their own homes.
Later ii is hoped that there will be
abundant opportunity for them to be
e-established in the busy and fruit
full regions in which they lived be-
fore the war"
Or. Devine an Expert in Relief Work,
DR.. Devine is one of the leading
authorities on the subject of social
welfare and relief work. He Is pro-
lessor OF social economics in Column
bia university and director of the
New York School of Philanthropy,
and was formerly editor of The Sur
vey. At the time of the San Fran
cisco earthquake and fire in 1906 DIR.
Devine was special representative of
the American Red Cross in San
Francisco in charge of relief, and he
served in a similar capacity in con-
nection with the relief of victims of
the Dayton flood in 1913. In COM
hitting the vast work of refugee and
home relief in France to DIR. Devine,
therefore, the Red Cross is placing ii
in experienced hands.
A complete organization for this
important relief work is being form
ed under DIR. Devine's direct super
vision.
Ministering TO q Thousand Children.
The kind of work that the Ameri-
can Red Cross is doing for the chill
dren of France is indicated in the
following cable reporting the story
of it's recent undertaking in the city
OF Nesle:
"The Children's Bureau in the De-