The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Serving the .. S.
Army In France

The American Red Cross is sup
porting, and will continue to support,
General Pershing and his troops in
France to the limit of its power.
mo need of our army which we
can possibly foresee will be left un-
covered" cables Major Grayson NJ.
Murphy, head of the Red Cross com
mission in France. In order to facll-
itate his work. Major Murphy, West
Point graduate who saw service IN
the Spanish war, has been
appointed to General Pershing's stan,
and the whole Red Cross campaign Is
being conducted with a view to the
fullest cooperation with the wishes
and policy of the American COM
mander.
AS the American Troops Land.
The Red Cross has perfected plans
to care for each contingent OF troops
as they land. On the route from the
reception camp to the training camps,
a tourney which sometimes takes ~
hours owing to the congestion or the
French railroads, there have been es-
tablshed six infirmaries and rest
stations. each in charge Of a trained
nurse and an assistant, to care for
soldiers who may be taken i'll on the
way.
When the men reach camp the Red
Cross will continue to act as a
/ friendly agency ito supplement what
/ the army itself does to make the men
| comfortable. One million five hum
! dred thousand cigarettes, 10000
| packages of smoking tobacco, and
{ 10000 cuts of chewing tobacco have
already been sent to France for their
use. Red Cross chapters are now
working up 100000 pounds OF
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use of soldiers and sailors this Win
ter.
Canteens will be established by the
+ Red Cross at railway stations where
+ soldiers on reserve duty or on leave,
! and those returning to or from
| trench duty, may find rest and re-
/ freshmen Baths. food. games and
/ other comforts" will be made avail
able at these canteens.
Comfort Kits Provided.
Before the first contingent sailed
the men were given comfort kits.
! Each kit contained heavy socks,
handkerchiefs, wash-cloth and soap,
/ pencil and writing paper, a pipe and
''the makings," playing cards,
| mouth organ or game, buttons, pins
! and other small articles. Further
, gifts will be sent over in time for the
! Christmas celebration at the front.
Fully organized base hospitals,
prepared for any emergency that the
| expeditionary force may meet, are
now In France. These units were re-
cruited by the Red Cross. The surg
cons were drawn from the cream Of
! the medical profession in the United
I States; the nurses were specially
I selected for their fitness for this
duty from those who had been en-
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uuirements, by the Red Cross. Thir-
f teen thousand trained nurses are nov
enlisted for such service as may be-
come necessary.
Hospital supplies, drugs and In
gtruments have been sent to France,
and additional consignments will be
shipped as they are called for by
Major Murphy. Some Of them will
be made in France at workshops
which the Red Cross win maintain.
Through the Red Cross chapters and
the surgical dressings committee,
now AFFILIATED with the Red Cross,
hospital garments and dressings are
being made continually in this coun-
try and win be forwarded to France
as needed.
To Train the Crippled and Blinded.
DR. Edward Il. Devine, director Of
the New York School Of Philanth-
ropy. has just sailed for France to
study methods Of restoring to self
support and usefulness men who have
been crippled or blinded. "A Red
Cross institute. for which Jeremiah
Milbank OF New York has given
$50 600, win be established In New
York IN accordance with the results
of DR.. Devine's Investigations.
If Americans are captured there Is
q Red Cross bureau already organ
ICED at Berne which win maintain
communication between prisoners In
Germany and their homes In the
United States, and viii forward the
supplies and foodstuffs which the
men IA the German prison camps win
reed.
Hospital Supply
Service IN France