The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-12-24
FRENCH SOLDIERS AND rHEl'
FAMILIES RECIPIENTS OF
: AMERICAN HELP.
D. S. SOLDIERS SAfeGuARDei
Dental Ambulance. canteens. asss Sta
tons and Reeuperstion Camps
Among Comforts ProsideS
for Americas Fighters.


launch its Christmas membership cam
paign Monday. Dec II. continuing un
I'll Christmas eve. 10 obtain s.cVo .0oi
new members in the Southwestern di
vision. comprising the states OF Ms
souri. Kansas. Arkansas. oklshomi
and Texas. has Just completed a sif
OF $1,000. 900 to need. sick ami wound
cd French soldiers and needy families
Of soldiers
Tsenty dispensaries in the Ameri
can army zones have been establishes:
to care for the civilians and 10 i'm
prove health conditions in the sec
ton before the arrival Of more Ameri
can troops.
A dental ambulance 10 being pro
vided by the Red Cross at q port IL
France for the use OF this countryt
soldiers and sailors. while a nurses
oeryice for the American armys USE
also has been organized
The American Red Cross hospita
distributing service sends supplies a
s.4zs Preach military hospitals and 10
laying in . large stock for future
needs. The Red Cross surgical dress
sngs service supplies 1000 French mil
ktary hospitals and is preparing i'm
nense supplies for the United StAies
army
Ten oantssas in Operation.
In cooperation with the French Red
Crnss. the American organization 10
operating al the front line 10 can
teens and is planning TO establish 2s
more. Twelve rest stations VIII soon
be made ready for this countryi
troops at important rsslvay eentseA
also recuDeratfon camps At suitable
places
An artificial limb factory 10 being
established near Paris and special
plants for the manufacture OF splints
and nitrous oxide gas also are being
erected. A movable hospital has been
contracted for in four units. accommo
dating 1000 men. A recreation eents
is being operated in connection with
hospitals and diet kitchens.
A casualty service for gathering in
formation regarding wounded and
missing and medical research bu'
reau has been Inaugurated by the
American Red Cross in Europe.
ChiIdren's Refuge Opened.
AT point in the war zone chill
cren's refuge and hospital has been
opened. Here several hundred chill
dren haze been gathered to keep IEem
away from danger OF gas and shell
tlre- At another point the Red Cross
has established a medical center and a
travelling dispensary TO accommodate
1900 children.
Infant welfare stations are 10 be
opened in connection with each Dis
rezs1ry in the nationwide sys.eIc
yla-aed by the Rockefeller FouaG8
tor.
Whae the Red Cross i making a
srsazenents 70 heip refugee families
tar0aga The winter with clothing. bed
I and SHELTER. extens.ye repair work il
; being carried on IL four villages II
tbc devastated res.on to enable re
tp,aed families to sl1y ihsoagAout ,as
{ n.cr.
Troia.ne c.51sica solHos
E--ack5 n. ar- he-as provided toi
/ he z i-ins O. G.sa1.t3 soiaiers. 2ns
To- Sc. Cross * .seeis soon to esteo
4I4z ~ thcn seKPeriaieniai ag.icui
itLrsi z,sors
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ga ~ :. ar 49,. .OE The chiiarei
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K L-.zsR x .atsOn department VIZ
/. pcrscanei OF +s9. handles The sup
eI.ox AMI furnishes automobiles foi
rs. n tie Red Cross work There "
an organized force a. every port u
France and il is able 10 handle aoou'
s.s tons Of supplies daily. -Four hun
sred motor car vehicles are in use. z5s
81 ~h.ch are trucks In addition, th'I
organization is preparing to operate .
motor hus line through SSitzerians
ITC1 AcTmdDy " AAc EAc-1~-
90 aid in transportation Of reDstrie
and exchanged prisoners
American Red Cross emergency re
Lief given thousands OF Italian reto
gees b. the expedition from Franc
arrived Just in time. according to ad
xicss received at headquarters
Washington from Maj Murphy, VI
charge OF relief work in Italy
The .cablegram announced that so
o0o wes given the American Consu
a, y-nie= for immediate use for refu
sees in Venice. chiOgiia and the Lit
coral Twenty thousand dollars addi
SsOnai pzs pros ided in case a new sn
uatioa ARISES. FSre thousand oiAnkeu
and food supplies we're asked for refa
xs<s at Rimini yealce. the messAp
aid. Is the crucial point. both becaus.
N the sentiment Attaching to the cap
and on account n actual impersa~