Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-12
I'D. RYAN TO TAKE
COL. KEAN'SP PLACE
Will Be Named Director Gen.
eraI of Military Relief for
the Red Cross.
TO TAKE CHARGE AT ONCE

John D. Ryan. president Of the Anaconda
Copper Company, is to succeed Col Jener,
of military relief for the Red Cross This
appointment was approved yesterday oy
the War Department. confirming story
printed exclusively in The Star that TINS
position was to be filled by ono OF tho big
business men Of the country as part OF
,the business reorganization that Henry +.
!, Dawson is effecting in the Red Cross or
ganization.
Mr. Ryan will assume personal charge
at once of this department., as the latest
executives Of broad national experience
enlisted as volunteers in Red Cross serV-
ice during the war. Col Kean has been
and is to be placed In charge Of the $50
United States army ambulance sections In
the theater Of war In France.
In announcing this appointment Mr.. Da-
vison, as chief of the war council SAID.
Col. Kean's Work Commended.
ut is due to Col. Keans magnificent
work in organizing base hospital units in
this country that the Red Cross organiza-
ton was the first to carry the American
flag to France. after our entrance into the
war. Col kean is peculiarly qualif1ed Tor
the great work he is to do abroad"
John D. Ryan has had an extraordi-
nary BUSINESS career. Starting from
clerkship in small store in the min
ling regions of Michigan he has become
president of the largest mining com
pany in the world. Mr.. Ryan's busi-
ness interests are largely in Montana.
There he has lived and still stays a
greater part of the time. He will,
therefore, be representative OF the
northwest In the great volunteer or
ganizatton now being perfected to
carry out the plans of the American
I Red Cross.
Mr.. Ryan's personal services will sup
plement the already large contributions
made to the Red Cross by the copper
companies in which he is interested.
The Anaconda company alone declared
Red Cross dividend Of s1,000.000.
Mr.. Ryan will supervise the bureau
of medical service. the bureau of nurs-
ing service and the bureau Of supplies,
all concerned in furnishing voluntary
aid to the sick and wounded Of the
officers Mr.. Ryan will be assisted by
Representatives from the army and
navy departments.
One Of the Largest Tasks.
Maintenance of the fifty and more
Red Cross base hospitals organized by
Col. Kean will be one of the largest
Seven of these units are already in
service in England and France and the
remainder are subject to call by the
War Department at any time.
Mr.. Ryan will also have charge of all
Red Cross efforts to supply such medical
needs as the Red Cross may be called
upon by our army and navy anywhere
to provide. Very important among
these tasks will be service in connec-
ton with the sixteen army environments
now being developed for training our
great army next winter.
Another very important task which
will come under Mr.. Ryan will be to
direct Red Cross preparations in Amer |
lea to supplement the work of the.!
army in caring for the health and COM
fort of the American troops in France.
Thorough study Of the American camps
and the needs of American troops |
! abroad is being made by the Red Cross |
commission to France. headed by Maj. |
Grayson NJ. P. Murphy. and work Is |
already under way there to provide for |
immediate Necessities.