Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-12-07
AMERICAN RED CROSS
is DOING GREAT WORK
First Semi Annual Report Of Chairman Dawson
Gives the Public Some Idea Of What This
Organization Has Accomplished.

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 Oglethorpe
and Fort Mcpherson. Georgia, and
mobile laboratory cars are to be pro-
vided for use in case of emergencies
at the camps.
Red Cross Nurses.
Fourteen thousand Red Cross
nurses have been enrolled for duty,
and approximately 5000 have al
ready been called into active nurs-
ing service, OF whom 1000 are work
ing 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.
What the Women are Doing.
Millions of women have been mob
ilized for work on surgical dressings,
hospital garments, refugee clothing,
knitting garments, and comfort kits.
1t is estimated that the value of their
work during the next twelve months
will amount to nearly $40, 600 900.
Since April 1, 1917, the Red Cross
has sent abroad 1886 cases of sur
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.
How the Work is Directed.
This work in the United States has
been directed from National head
quarters by a completely reorganized
administration. Under the direction
Of the War Council, general mana.
ger, Harvey d. Gibson. president oi
the Liberty National Bank, has been
given general charge of the work In
this country He has delegated the
direct oversight of the chapters. OF
which there are now 3.287, to divis.
ion managers.
The Red Cross Salary List.
At national headquarters in Wash
| ington staff has been built VI
which included, on Nov. 1, 1917. six
ty-three officials, most of them bust
ness men and women of great expe
rience in large affairs, who are work
ing without payment of either salarl
or living expenses.
Numerous others are either giving
their time or are working for nom
inal pay. The membership has grown
since the war from about 10000 II
more than 100000. The salary lis
has been reduced since last Jul,
from about TOO to about 1876. Sal
aries have decreased also in averagl
amount Had the Red Cross beer
obliged to pay salaries to all tn
heads of departments at Nationa
headquarters the present organiza
tion would have been impossible.
Red Cross Aims Abroad.
The principal purposes of the worl
of the American Red Cross abroa,
may be summarized thus:
l.. To do everything possible Z
: assist our army and navy in insurin
the health and comfort of American
soldiers ad sailors abroad, and
} q. To relieve suffering among tn
armies and destitutiOn among tn
civilian populations among our allies
The establishment and maintenance
in France of canteens. rest houses
recreation huts, and other means q
supplying comforts in the armies G
our allies have been the menas G
: heartening them and keeping thei
! men in the field until our men coul