The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-05-10

| me lOllONiub very COupIouehoi'C
| account of the history. purposes and
| ambitions of the American Red Cross
society has been compiled by Rev.
Floyd Van Keuren of Christ Episco-
pal church for the Daily Record af'
ter considerable study and research:
in 1859 10000 wounded men on
tie battlefield of Solferino inspired a
Swiss author. Henri Dunant, to write
| a pamphlet on the necessity OF car
ing for the wounded in war. In 1858
a conference was held at Geneva in
| Switzerland and year later a treaty
was signed there by representatives
| of eleven countries to mitigate suf-
fering on the battlefield and to estab-
lish the neutrality of Red Cross work
ers and supplies. In 1881 thru the
influence of Miss Clara Barton there
was an informal organization of the
society in this country. In 1900 the
American National Red Cross society
was launched by an act of congress.
1t is affiliated with the International
Red Cross society.
| Its purpose is the prevention and
relief of distress in public disasters,
both in peace and war. 1t is not
| intended to take the place of local
charity organizations, except when
distress takes on a public and gener-
al character.
.'It is purely volunteer organiza-
ton and its administration is simple
and democratic. Nothing is paid out
by it in the way of salaries. All Off
GERS and others connected with 1t
give their time and energy to it with
out pay All overhead expenses for
printing. postage, etc, amount to less
than one half of one per cent
'Tt is a national organization, char
tered by congress. II is the only Of
fetal association of its kind for re-
lief work in this country-An an
nuai report of its enterprises is sub
mitted to congress and yearly audit
of its accounts is made by officials
of the War department. Its president
is the president of the United States
and its honorary chairman is EXPIRES
ident William II. TAFT. Its active
chairman is Eliot wadsworth. a
wealthy and benevolent man who has
given up his business for this work.
OF its executive committee. which Is
composed OF eighteen members, is
organized as follows: Six are elect
ed annually by delegates at the an
nuaI convention; six are elected by
| -, ~ Ir.
Red Cross and six are appointed by
the President to represent the Depart
ments OF State. War. Navy, Treas
ury and Justice. Each state has a
state board. Each county may have
Chapter and Auxiliaries. The
headquarters of the Canon City
Chapter are over 4o2 Main street Its
officers are Mayor ID. n. Cooper.
chairman; vice-chairman. W. j.
Lindenberger; Treasurer. 7. II. Trout
man; Secretary. Mrs. Hart Goodloe:
other members of Executive Commit
tee are J. II. Peabody. r. s. Beall.
Mrs. George Baker. Mrs. A. H. Bur
CESS and the Rev. Floyd Van Keuren.
'Jn its operation the American
Red Cross society has two main de-
partments; the Department OF Civil
ian relief and the Department of
Military relief. The Department of
Civilian relief is under the supervis-
ion OF Ernest p. Bickneii. who holds
the position of director-general. There
are three branches OF this work. First
1 tho roIiaf ~ r;=tttar dtltT.
in peace and war; including work In
great national disasters. like the San
Francisco earthquake and the Dayton
flood. Eleven disasters of this char
| acter were relieved by the Red Cross
society in 1916. II also cared for the
the Mexican border. before provis-
ion was made for them by congress.
and looked after the suffering of non.
| combatants in war. More than ST.
l 500.0 was distributed thru the
American Red Cross society for the
year. The second division OF this de-
partment OF Red Cross work includes
town and country nursing and the
placing OF visiting nurses in needy
districts. This feature of the soci-
| ety's enterprise is mainly educational
along sanitary lines and health. There
is also the branch OF Red Cross Christ
mas seals. From this eource OF in
come upwards Of t4.o00.o00 was col
iected and distributed in nine years
| for ti,a relief Of people suffering from
tuberculosis.