The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-10-26
HEADS OFFICIALS TO
VISIT WEST CITIES


Washington, Oct. 25.-The Red
Cross War Council announces that
at its request, Mr.. Henry P. David
son, chairman and Mr.. Harvey D.
Gibson. general manager Of the
American Red Cross. will. begin
ming at St. Louis on October %.
undertake a tour through the west,
visiting points at which division
managers OF the Red Cross have
been stationed. The purpose is to.
meet with representatives of Red..
Cross chapters, also with those who !
have contributed to Red Cross funds ::
and with the public generally for =,
the purpose Of rendering an account.
Of the stewardship of the war coun-:
ell, of interesting the people in the /:
work Of the Red Cross and letting.
the public know just how the $780,.
100000 war fund is being utilized.t'
Large meetings are to be helds::
sucessively at St. Louis. Denver :
San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapo-::,'
lis, Chicago, and Cleveland. Jn-
announcing the purpose of this trip
today Mr.. Davidson authorizes this,
statement: ~ - !
with the division Of the UnitedS
States into thirteen Districts eachS
headed by successful business:
man, serving this country through.
the Red Cross during the war;. the,
Red Cross organization in this,
country is now complete. Also ;,
special Red Cross commissions made:
up of competent and sympathetic'
American citizens have now arriv-
ed and are at work on behalf Of the
American Red C-oss in France,
Great Britain, Russia, Italy, Ro-
mania and Servia.
COLLECTIONS to the war. fund of
the Red Cross up to October 1st
amounted to $64,424,232.90 Of
which $6,269,566.57 have been re-
funded to chapters to provide for
their own Red Cross activities. Up
to that time the war council had
appropriated from the war fund
$25,09O,87O.41.
'The Red Cross membership has
just become more than four mil
lion. Included in that membership
are hundreds Of thousands of Amer
lean women who are knitting, MAX
ing surgical dressings and comfort
kits.
"The Red Cross war council is
seeking to render an account of it's
stewardship to the American peo- !
pie in the most effective manner
possible. It is giving frequent an j.
nouncements of its activities. and
every fact concerning the work of
the Red Cross Is available to every
body. We now wish to 60 step
further and give a detailed account !
of our stewardship. as we'll as ad-
wise with Red Cross. workers and
supporters throughout the country
as to Red Cross policy and methods. !.
We have felt that this could best
be done by appearing face to face ,
before audiences and representative !.
citizens, telling the Red Cross story.
answering questions and ourselves
gaining a more complete knowledge
of public sentiment. ::
1--WE are extremely anxious that :
the people at large should be fully
informed as to the methods and
l. licies adopted in handling the :
great fund with which the Red.
Cross War Council has been en-
trusted and also that all policies !
and activities at the Red Cross
should be in accord with fully :;
informed public sentiment. go !
"The purpose OF this trip is not !.
to solicit subscriptions or to take
collections although we expect to
give the American people. the lat
est advice we have received as to Z
conditions in France, Russia, Rou-& :
mania. Italy and Servia.
"Our reports indicate. that the
American Red Cross has an oppor-.
tunity to lend a helping hand and 1
to carry practical message Of
cheer to suffering humanity such I
as no philanthropic undertaking in
the history of the world has ever
had BEFORE" .%
Accompanying Mr.. Davidson and
Mr.. Gibson On this trip will be Rev.
Robert Davis of Englewood. N. j..
who has just returned from France ].
having gone to Paris with the /
American Red Cross commission i'm
May.