The Washington herald., 1917-12-03
Red Cross Appropriates
$38,855,O33 forWarW ork
$a7, $3.50 Contributed to Finance Activities
of Society Abroad; $Io,e o,e6o.2I6 Spent
In the United States.

the health and comfort Of American
soldiers and sailors abroad, and
ITO relieve suffering among the
armies and destitution among the
civilian populations among our allies.
The establishment and maintenance
In France Of canteens, rest houses, re-
creation huts, and other means oi
supplying comforts in the armies OF
our allies have been the means OF
heartening them and keeping their
men in the field until our men could
become fully effective.
The details which follow here are
supplemental to those given in the re-
port issued In September.
The Red Cross is serving 3.42S mill
tary hospitals. both French ano
American. through the hospital supply
service, which operates sixteen ware
houses and a motor transport system.
Approximately Ii 600 tons OF material
hospital and general relief supplies
are distributed monthly from these
warehouses. The surgical dressings
service reaches 1000 hospitals. Ameri-
can workshops in France will manu-
facture nitrous oxide. repair hospital
apparatus. make splints and hospital
appliances.
Relief of Refugees.
Relief of refugees throughout the
deyaste6 zone has been undertaken
by the Red Cross. Relief warehouses
have been placed at strategic points
behind the lines, from which food
clothing. household goods, agricultural
implements and tools are being dis
tributed to the returning refugees
Foodstuffs to the value Of $3.50, ,3o(
have already been bought in France
or shipped there for military and civil
ian relief.
In good agricultural districts the
Red Cross is cooperating with the
French government and with Ameri-
can and English friends in assisting
the population OF ruined villages to
begin repair of houses. etc.
At Evian, where French refugees
mostly women and children, who have
been held prisoner behind the German
lines are returned to France. the Red
Cross has provided motor ambulances
for. the transportation of the sick and
feeble and has opened children's hos.
pitals. Hundreds arrive there almost
daily, destitute and sick.
Special work has been begun fol
mothers. infants and children. The
Red Cross has sent three detachments
of children's specialists to care foI
babies and expectant mothers, in the
hope Of checking the increase in In
FAINT mortality.
Appropriation for France.
Included in appropriations fol
France are the following:
Budget for military relief, includins
work for the American army, hospi'
tails, canteens hospital supply service
surgical dressings service, casualty
service, ETC., to November ], 81, Al, ,225
budget for civilian relief, including
refugee and reconstruction work. re-
lief of mutilated soldiers, infant wei
fare, tuberculosis prevention, etc, Il
November 1, g, 460. 467; budget for de
partment of administration in Paris
and planning department, to Novem.
Der /. $119,59O.
Additional appropriations.
for hospitals, etc.. ...., S.407 ,57s.3 2
Additional appropriations. ~
for transportation serv- Il
ice ..ss-...s.s.....,tss,.s Lax, ~. =
Other appropria tons 49,. Il! "a. 80. s
In addition to the commission tC
France, commissions were sent to in
yestigate conditions and extend imme
diate relief in Russia, Rumania, Ser
| bia and Italy.
The commission to Italy used an ap
preparation OF 500, 900 for immediate
relief in that country. Tho Red Cros!
acted promptly when the Italians werS
forced to retreat. pledging its aid
Though Ambassador Page and placing
a special relief fund of $250.O0O at III
disposal. This was later raised tc
| $780, 200.
The work OF the Red Cross in Rus.
sia centers on the medical and sur.
gical needs Of the army. Several
shipments of drugs and hospital sup
plies have been made, and a unit oi
rs motor ambulances has been sent
to Russia. The Red Cross has ship,
ped two millions pounds of condensed
milk for the use Of mothers and chill.
dren in the large cities.
The total appropriations (cents omit.
ted, for the work outside of France
up to November l are as follows: