The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-08-31
NEW RED CROSS ACTIVITY
To Establish Transportation Service
for Handling of Relief Supplies.

for Handling of Relief Supplies.
To handle the vast quantities of
medical and relief supplies now. being
shipped almost daily to the Red
Cross Commission for Europe to aid
the stricken peoples of France, Bel
GUM, Serbia, Russia and other belli-
gerent countries, the establishment
of Red Cross transportation service
is announced by the Red Cross war
council.
This new bra Red Cross ac-
tivites has bec ade possible
through the cooperation of the
French, British and Italian govern
ments, the United States shipping
board, and the leading steamship and
railroad companies President Will
son has taken a personal interest in
the establishment of this service. His
aid and that of Chairman Edward n.
Hurley, of the shipping board. former
" a member OF the Red Cross war
council, have been invaluable to its
success.
Practically all the cargo space
needed for the shipment of Red Cross
supplies abroad has now been placed
at the disposal of the war council
Much OF it has been given free by the
steamship companies and the allied
governments. This will only be used
for supplies most urgently needed
abroad.
AS manager of the ocean shipping
for the period of the war, the war
council has appointed A. C. Fetterolf
freight traffic manager OF the Inter
national Mercantile Marine company,
who Is TO serve without salary. Mr..
Fetterolf is to be assisted by A. F.
Mack, president of the Cosmopolitan
Shipping company also a volunteer.
and by Walter Moore, OF the firm OF
Lanham Moore. Mr.. Moore will be
in charge of the booking of all Red
Cross shipments.
The railroads war board, controll-
ing the rail shipments OF all the rail
roads In the country, has also notified
the war council that Red Cross ship
ments going to the seaboard or else
where will be exempt from embar-
goes which will give them the right
Of way over all freight except that Of
the government.
The allied governments especially
have responded generously to the
needs OF the Red Cross. Following
the recommendations of NJ. Andre
Tardieu. French high commissioner
TO the United States, the French
government has given permission for
the forwarding OF Red Cross supplies
on French transports leaving this
country. Space has also been provid
ed on steamers of the French line
through the assistance OF NJ Oscar
Cauchois, American director for the
line.
The British admiralty through Con
mop Guthrie. has also taken the unu
sual step Of permitting British
freight transports to handle emergen
cy Red Cross supplies. Mr.. Palanca
representing the Italian government
has authorized Red Cross shipmentl
on Italian transports. while the Rus
sian shipping representative in th'
United States. Mr. Medzihkovsky. hai
taken similar action. The Nippol
Kaisha, a Japanese steamship line
operating from New York to VladI
vostock through the Panama canal
has also volunteered to be of assis
lance to the Red Cross whenever re
quired
Through cooperation with tn
United States shipping board, tn
Red Cross is to be provided with cal
20 space on every steamer charterc
by the board Army transports ais
will carry Red Cross supplies. Pra'
tically every line has made reduction
T on its passenger steamers for Re
/, Cross nurses and representatives ira
! cling In Europe.