The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-14
GET military TITLES
Red Cross Agents in War The
alter to Be Commissioned.
Uncle Sam viii Give Workers the
Right to Wear Uniform Of the
United States Army.

Use of military titles, rank and uni.
form by representatives of the Amer.
lean Red Cross actually in foreign
countries constituting the theater Of
active war Is to be authorized by
Uncle Sam, according to an announce.
ment by the war department.
With the declaration If war by con-
gress the government automatically ac-
cepted the cooperation and assist
ance of the American National Red
Cross in the prosecution of the strug-
gle, the Red Cross to work with land
and naval forces of the United States
and to extend its humanitarian serv-
Ices to the armies and to the civilian
populations of countries now at war
with Germany.
To facilitate their work, Red Cross
officials, other than those Incorporated
in the Army Medical corps, are to
have an assmilated military rank ap-
propriate to their title In the scheme
Of Red Cross organization.
Officials will be given commissions,
warranted employees will be given nom
commissioned warrants, and laborers,
cooks and privates will receive GER
tificates of identity as enlisted men.
These commissions warrants and
certificates of identity confer no mill
tary authority, however. The holder
incurs no military obligation, nor does
he receive any right to pay or allow
ances of his similar grade In the Unit.
ed States army.
Right to an assimilated military
rank carries with it the privilege Of
wearing the uniform of the United
States army or some uniform to be
prescribed by the Red Cross and ap
proved by the secretary of war.
The purpose of comforting military
rank is to indicate to members of the
land and naval forces that the Red
Cross workers enjoy the confidence OF
the president as commander in chief
of the army and Of the American Ma
ttonal Red Cross and that the authors
ties bespeak for them the cooperation
courtesy and respect due to person.
designated for such important duties
Appropriate insignia of title and as
simulated rank with distinctive mark.
are provided.
Titles with assimilated rank for ap
propriate duties are prescribed as fol
lows:
Chairman of war council to have as
simulated rank Of major general; wa
. councillor and vice chairman of exec
utive committee to be brigadier ger
eral; director general, in charge Q
2 civilian and military relief, colonel
assistant director general (commi'
sioner to theater Of war or burea
9 head, lieutenant colonel; directo
(bureau chief, Red Cross representf
. tive at headquarters, camps, base no,
Z pitfalls, supply depots. etc.). major; al
f sistant director Cred Cross Representa-
:. tive with any lesser army detacl
: menD, captain; assistant directo
(storekeeper, adjutant or quarterna'
, ter, aide), first lieutenant.
!, Other assimilated ranks are as 70
lows:
Secretary Clerical work., sergear
major; and at base hospitals, corr
o sergeants, hospital sergcants, Sc
geants first class, sergeants, corpo
: ais, cooks, privates (first class, pr
:, Yates, and laborers.
The Greek cross In red enamel
the predominating mark of the insi
MIA prescribed for the several ASSN
:. Hated ranks.