Mohave County miner., 1917-12-08
Moneys Appropriated

Moneys Appropriated
 Following the preliminary report re. gently made on the work in Europe o1 the American Red Cross, the wal council presents herewith summary of the work of the Red Cross, both in the United States and in Europe from May 10, 1917, to November 1 1917.
 During this period the war council appropriated from the war fund Gin cluding S7,659,OOO advanced to chap ters for purchase of material and to be returned to the war fund), SIG, ,969,- 216.60 for work in the United States, as contrasted with the appropriation of S27, 1885, 5,816.86 for work abroad, of which S20,6O1 ,24O.47 was for use in France.
 There have been appropriated from funds restricted to specific purposes S1,417 ,625.74. As S7,659,O0O advanced by the>war council is to be returned to the war fund, the net appropriations amount to $32, ,613, ,659.2O.
 The total expenses of raising and collecting the war fund are proving to be less than one per cent. The war fund is deposited locally by the chap ters and campaign committees. About $500 banks now hold these deposits, in the name of William G. McAdoo, treasurer.
 Base Hospital Units Equipped Forty-nine army base hospital units and five for the navy have been re- cruited, organized and equipped by the Red Cross. More than twelve of the army units and two of the navy units have now been mustered into their respective medical corps and are seeing service. These units can care for 500-bed hospital each, and some of them have been reinforced to en- able them to take over larger hos pitals.
 The Red Cross has also organized 45 ambulance companies, with a total personnel of 558O, all of which have been taken into the army medical corps, some for service abroad, others for the camps and cantonments. A general hospital for the use of the navy, has been established at Phila- delphia. Convalescent homes have been built at Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson, Georgia, and mobile lab oratory cars are to be provided for use in case of emergencies at the camps.
 The Red Cross Sanitary Service
 Through its sanitary service, the Red Cross is cooperating with local health authorities in maintaining the best possible sanitary conditions in the zone just outside military jurisdiction at the training camps and canton ments. Twenty sanitary units have been organized for this purpose.
 The Red Cross has placed field directors of camp service at thirty eight camps, cantonments and naval stations. The purpose of the camp service is to cooperate with all the agencies that are advancing the well fare of the enlisted men.
 The Red Cross has continued it's work of disaster relief during the war, and has rendered aid in 64 calamities. Recently call for help for flood vic times Tn Tien-tsin was answered by the dispatch of a relief expert to the city and the sending of $125,OOO.
 Red Cross Nurses
 Fourteen thousand Red Cross nurses have been enrolled for duty, and ap- proximately 5000 have been already called into active nursing service, of whom 2000 are working abroad.
 A program for increasing the re- serve of fully trained nurses for war service has been adopted, in concert with the committee on nursing of the council of national defense and other nursing authorities.
 What the Women Are Doing
 Millions of women have been mobil- ized for work on surgical dressings, hospital garments, refugee clothing, knitting garments, and comfort kits. It is estimated that the value of their work during the next twelve months will amount to nearly S4O,OOO,OO0.
 Since April l, 1917, the Red Cross has sent abroad 1886 cases of surgi- cal dressings, hospital supplies and clothing, containing approximately 13,OOO,O00 separate articles. The Red Cross has promises to send 100000 | surgical dressings to France every month for the next six months.
 Home Care of the Sick
 Courses of instruction in elemen- tary hygiene and home care of the sick, home dietetics, and first aid have been given throughout the United | States. More than 34,OOO women have completed the first of these courses, and 75,OOO certificates of proficiency in first aid have been issued during the past year alone.
 How the Work is Directed
 This work in the United States has been directed from national headquar- ters by a completely reorganized ad- TTpdoV +bo J;ro,4so,. ,f