The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-30
Red Cross Grows
Greatly in u. S.
Doubles Since July 1 and Now Num-
bers 3,5OO,OOO - Pressing Relief
Abroad.

! WASHINGTON, Aug 30.-lncreas-
ing at the rate of from $4,000 to 100,-
900 a day, membership of the Ameri-
can Red Cross has just passed the g.
100000 mark. This is double the num-
er of members on July 1, when the
total was 1,S05,S52. At the beginning
of the year, the total was 275,000.
The present membership of 354S,-
2S9 is scattered among the 240O chap
ters of the American Red Cross which
now are organized in all the principal
cities and towns of the country. In
addition there are chapters in Alaska,
Porto Rico Cuba, Philippines, Hawaii,
Canal Zone, Guam, Persia, Syria and
! Turkey.
Illinois leads all states in the num-
Der of Red Cross members according
to today's figures. having 514,1OS the
first of the month New York came
second with 461237 members, and
Pennsylvania third with 1863 mem
bers Idaho has 1874 members.
The membership is divided among
these several classes as follows: Pat
rons, 1887, life members 1926, sus-
tanning members 12,144, contributing
members 36,S27. subscribing members
27S.261, annual members 3,191,754.
Forty-eight thousand cans of con-
densed milk have just been purchased
by the supply service of the American
Red Cross for immediate shipment to
Salonika On the request of DR.. Ed
ward w Ryan, Red Cross representa-
tive at S. onika, the war council vot-
ed a special appropriation for the milk
s,I, - 70 in, mil
tary hospitals.
Conditions under which the hospit-
ais are working in Macedonia, accord
ing to DR.. Ryan, are very serious. Dur
ing the fighting of the last three years
practically all cattle have been killed
by the armies. There is no milk fol
convalescent soldiers, and without il
their recovery is very much delayed
A Red Cross commission, headed by c
Ia. Severance. of Minneapolis, is now
on it's way to Serbia. The commission
has fund of 100000 to be spent il
aiding the refugees behind the allieC
lines in Macedonia and around Mon
astir.
The war council of American Ret
Cross today announces the sending o
! a commission to Serbia to begin i'm
mediately relief work in that strickeI
country and to help its scattered pop
ulation in the struggle against priva
tion and disease. Two hundred thou
sand dollars has been appropriated b,
the war council to buy medical an,
other supplies for use among refugee
on the Macedonian front. The fiftl
of the Red Cross commissions goes t
study problem acknowledged as on
of the most formidable in Europe
There is hardly a family in Serbi;
that has not been uprooted and tori
from its home, and none that has no
lost some member on the battlefield
The American Red Cross has receiv
ed a cablegram from DIR. Frank s. Bill
lings, chairman of the Red Cross com
mission to Russia, announcing the saf
arrival of the commission in Petrogral
and its reception by Premier Keren
sky. The commission has already be
gun its investigation of conditions Il
, Russia. The American commission
carried with It medical supplies to tn
: value of 100000. A second shipmen
: of supplies is now being sent to Rus
sia by the Red Cross. To cover thi
? shipment the war council has apprc
priated s16o,0oe.