Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-12-20
RED CROSS GIVES
MILLIONS 1ONEEDy
SICK AND WOUNDED
FRENCH SOLDIERS AND THEIR
FAMllIEs RECIPIENTS OF
AMERICAN HELP.
y. S. SOLDIERS sAFEGuARDED
Dental Ambulance, canteens, Rest sta
tions and Rsoupsratlon Camps
Among Comforts Provided
for Americas Fighters.

Iu0 AMERICAN 1SeU OEOSSs WuAIu Will
launch its Christmas membership CAM
paisn Monday, Dec. II. continuing I'M
til Christmas eve, to obtain 1000. 00O
new members In the Southwestern di
vision. comprising the states of Mis-
souri,. Kansas, Arkansas. Oklahoma
and Texas, has Just completed q gift
Of 81, 1000, 900 to needy sick and wound
ed French soldiers and needy families
Of soldiers.
Twenty dispensaries in the Ameri'
can army zones have been established
to care for the civilians and to i'm
prove health conditions in the sec
ton before the arrival of more Ameri
q troops.
! A dental ambulance is being pro.
vided by the Red Cross at a port IN
France for the use Of this country's
soldiers and sailors, while a nurses
service for the American army's use
also has been organized.
The American Red Cross hospital
distributing service sends supplies e
3.423 French military hospitals and is
laying In q large stock tor future
needs. The Red Cross surgical dress
ings service supplies 1000 French mil
itary hospitals and is preparing i'm
mense supplies for the United States
army.
Ten canteens In Operation.
In cooperation with the French Red
Cross, the American organization is
operating at the front line 10 can
teens and Is planning to establish II
more. Twelve rest stations will soOr
be made ready for this country's
troops at important railway centers
also r%ecuperation camps at suitable
places.
An artificial limb factory Is being
established near Paris and specia
plants for the manufacture Of spllnt.
and nitrous oxide gas also are beius
erected. A movable hospital has beel
contracted for In four units, acconlmc
dating 1000 men. A recreation center
Is being operated in connection witt
hospitals and diet Kitchens.
A casualty service for gathering in
formation regarding wounded an,
missing and a medical research bu
reau has been ~inaugurated by tn
American Red Cross in Europe.
c%hi5.en's Refuge Opened.
AT a point in the war zone IA chill
iren's refuge and hospital has beef
opened Here several hundred chill
Iren have been gathered to keep then
away from danger of GAS and shell
lire, At another point the lied Cros
has established a medical enter and
travelling %dispensary to accommodate,
1900 children.
Infant welfare stations are to b,
opened in connection with each dis
pensary in the nationwide system
planned by the Rockefeller FoulGa
lion.
While the Red Cross is making al
engagements to help refugee families
through the winter with clothing. bed.
ind shelter, extensive repair work t.
ueins carried on in four villages II
he devastated region. to enable re
.urned families to stay throughout tn
winter.
Training Disabled Soldiers.
Barracks also are being provided TO
he training of disabled soldiers. an
he Red Cross expects soon to estao
.lsh for them experimental agricn.
lural stations.
Relief for the Belgians also is benz
organized on an extensive scale. io
Doth children and grown persons. TN,
American Red Cross is aiding tn
Queen in her work for the childre.
aud Is assisting In the support OF hos
pitfalls and other work for the roller .
Belgian soldiers,
The transportation department, witt
a personnel of 400, handles the sup
plies and furnishes automobiles to-
use in the Red Cross work. There l.
an organized force at every port u
France and It is able to handle abou
$50 toni Of supplies daily. Four hun
dred motor car vehicles are In use. 20
of which are trucks. In addition. tn
organization Is preparing to operate
motor bus line through Switzerland
from Germany to the French borde
to aid In transportation Of repatrte
and exchanged prisoners.
American Red Cross emergency re-
lief given thousands Of Italian refu
gees by the expedition from Franc
arrived Just in time. according to I'D
vices received at headquarters II
Washington from Maj. Murphy, u
charge OF. relief work In Italy.
The cablegram announced that $40
600 was given the American Consu
at Venice for Immediate use for refu
gees In Venice, Chioggia and the Ii,
toral. Twenty thousand dollars add
tional was provided In case a new 81,
uation arises. Five thousand blanket
and food supplies were asked for refu
gees at RimIni. Venice, the messag
said, Is the crucial point. both becaus
Of the sentiment attaching to the cit,
and on account Of actual, imperativ
need. The More prosperous element
of the population. including workers Il
the industries, ore reported as- havlnI
left the city, and the remaining 1900
families are receiving relief.
Forty.six carloads OF assorted ma
terial have been shipped from France
Substantial purchases of supplies hay
been made In Europe. A warehous
has been established In Rome. Cor
densed milk has been distributed I
children and sick from Genoa an
Milan.
|. One or more soup kitchens hav'
been organized and ara onefatlas F"