The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-12-06
REPORT ON RED
CR0s5WARFyND
GRATIFYING SHOWING MADE BY
.tfs asa SsS1JE %St
DEPARTMENT HEADS.
FORTY-NINE BASE HOSPITALS
An Army of Nurses and Millions Of
Membership :. Officials Serve
Without Pay-Smal Cost
'.. '.- For Salaries. Nt' OF

half of the War Council of the Amer
lean Red Cross, appointed by Presi-
! dent Wilson May 49, Henry p. Dayi-
son, chairman, makes public the re
port to the American people on the
present state of the, War Fund and
the work which is being done by the
American Red Cross in this country
and different parts OF the world. The
report, in part, is as follows: "'1"iG
From May 10, 1917, to November
l, 1917, the War Council appropriated
from the War Fund (including w.
$4,000 advanced to chapters for
purchase of material ana to be re-
turned to the War Fund), $10,969-
216.6O for work in THE United States
as contrasted with the appropriation
of SGT 1886, 816.S6 for work abroad, of
which 500 ,24O.47 was for use in
France. ".'
There have been appropriated from
funds restricted to sRecific purposes
S1,417,625.74. As :, $7,659O00 ad-
vanced by the War Council is to be
returned to the War Fund, the, net
appropriations amounted to $33C13,-
$500. ,as,.,.' ..
The total expenses of raising and
collecting the War Fund are prov
ing to be less than one, per cent. The
War Fund is deposited locally by the
chapters and campaign committees.
About $500 banks now hold these
deposits, in the name of William G.
McAdoo, Treasurer -5..--.. .f.-' 70.
Base Hospital Units Equipped.
Forty-nine Army base hospital
units and five for the Navy have
been recruited, organized and equip
ped by the Red Cross. More than
twelve of the Army units and two of
the Navy units have now been mus
tered into their respective Medical
Corps and are seeing service. These
units can care for a 5OO-bed hospital
each, and some of them have. been
reinforced to enable them to take
over larger hospitalS. r.-. .,...- ".
The Red Cross has also organized
As ambulance companies, with to-
tai personnel of $3.50, all of which
have been taken into the Army Med
ical Corps. some for service abroad,
others for the camps and canton
ments. a General Hospital, for the
use of the Navy, has been established
at Philadelphia. Convalescent
homes have been built at Fort Ogle-
thorpe and Fort Mcpherson, Georgia,
and mobile laboratory, cars are to be
provided for use in case of emergen-
cies at the camps. ~
Red Cross Nurses.
Fourteen thousand Red Cross nurses
have been enrolled for duty, and ap-
proximately 5000 have already been
called into active nursing service, of
whom 1000 are working abroad.
A program for increasing the re-
serve of fully trained nurses for war
service has been adopted, in concert
with the Committee on Nursing Of
the Council of National Defense and
other nursing authorities. yE.4r,r
What the Woman tAre D oingg 3,
Millions of women have been mo-
bilized for work on surgical dress
ings,, hospital garments, refugee
clothing, knitting garments, and COM
fort kits. 1t is estimated that the
value of their work during theTneNt
twelve months will amount to nearly
$4O,O00,O00. "e 2i'ai
Since April /, 1917, the 'RedsCross
has sent abroad 1886 cases of SUI
gical dressings, hospital supplies and
clothing, containing approximately
100000 separate articles The Red
Cross has promised to send 100000
surgical dressings to France every
month for the next six months. h +
Home Care of the Sick; e.
Courses of instruction in element
airy hygiene and home care of the
sick, home dietetics, and first aid
have been given throughout the
United States. More than $4,000
women have completed the first OF
these courses, and $4,000 certificates
of proficiency in first aid have been
issued during the past year alone.
How the Work Is Directed.
This work in the United States has
been directed from National head
quarters by completely rcorganized
administration. Under the direction
of the War Council, a general man
ager, Harvey ID. Gibson, president Of
/ the Liberty National Bank, has been
given general charge Of the. work nir
this country. He has delegated tho
| direct oversight of the chapters, OF
which there are now 3,287. to division
| managers.
The Red Cross Salary List
| At National Headquarters in Wash
ington a staff has been built up which
included, on November I, 1917, hixty
three officials, most of them business
men and women of great experience
lin large affairs. who are working
without payment of either salary 0
living expenses.
i Numerous others are either givin
.ltlieir time or airs. working for ,nowlna
pay. The membership has groYIII