The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-09-13
Washington. d. C.. Sept. 9.

Henry u. Davidson, as chairman,
issued today on behalf of the War
Council OF the American. Red Cross.
a report TO the American people con
corning the activities of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in Europe since war
with Germany was declared. The
report says in part;
To the American People:
The policy of the Red Cross War
Council is TO report frequently 10 the
American people concerning the use
which is being made of all Red Cross
money.
The War Council of the American
Red Cross, since its appointment on
May 10th, appropriated up to and in
cluding August 81, the sum of s12.-
33S,6Sl.S7 for work in Europe of
which SIC, ,692 sol is for use in France.
General Objects
The general lines of activity under
taken in France by the American Red
Cross have been determined after a
careful survey of the situation by the
Red Cross commission. The purposes
may be outlined as follows:
l. To establish and maintain hos
pitals for soldiers in the American
Army in France.
2. To establish and maintain can
teens, rest houses, recreation huts
and other means of supplying the
American soldiers with such comforts
and recreation as the army authori-
ties may approve.
3. To establish and maintain in
France canteens. rest houses, recrea-
tion huts and other means of supply
ing comforts and recreation for the
soldiers in the armies of our allies:
4. To distribute hospital equip
ment and supplies of all kinds TO mill.
tary hospitals for soldiers of the Am
erican or allied armies:
5. To engage in civilian relief, in.
cluding:
a-The care and education of desti
tute children;
b-Care of mutilated soldiers;
Care of sick and disabled sol
diers:
d-Relief work in the devastated
areas of France and Belgium. such as
furnishing to the inhabitants of these
districts agricultural implements
household goods, foods. clothing and
them to return to their homes;
@To provide relief for and guart
against the increase of tuberculosis.
s. To furnish relief for soldiers
and civilians as prisoners by the en-
emy and TO give assistance TO sucI
civilians as are returned to France
from time to time from the parts o.
Belgium and of France held by tn,
enemy;
z. To supply financial assistance tt
committees, societies or individual.
allied with the American Red Cros.
and carrying on relief work in Eu
rope
Commissions to Get Facts
The War Council has sent TO Eu
rope FIVE separate commissions, eact
composed of representative Ameri
cans skilled in business administra
ton. in medical and surgical work
and in other lines of Red Cross effort
The work and policy of the Ameri
can Red Cross will be determined anc
guided by the first-hand inquiries anc
the considered Judgment of thes.
commissions.
BY reason of the crucial import
ance of the work in France a Red
Cross commission to France was dis
patched just as soon as it could be or
ganized after the appointment of the
War Council. That commission, which
has general supervision over the Rec
Cross work in Europe. is headed by
Major Grayson Mp. Murphy, vice
president of the Guaranty Trust com
pany of New York, and himself z
member of the War Council. 1t is
composed of fourteen leading experts
in special lines OF work. Each of tn,
other commissions is similarly Sc
lected. and the work is nearly all vol