Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-30
RED CROSS IN new
LINE OF WORK
To Handle Vast Quantities Of Med
ical and Relief Supplies.
THE ALLIED GOVERNMENTS
Respond Generously To Needs Gour-
tesy In Forwarding Ship
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medical and relief supplies now being
shipped almost daily to the Red Cross
Commission for Europe to aid the
stricken peoples of France, Belgium,
| Serbia. Russia and other belligerent
countries, the establishment of Red
Cross Transportation Service is an
nounced by the Red Cross War Coun-
ell.
This new branch of Red Cross ac-
tivities has been made possible
through the cooperation of the
French British, and Italian govern
ments. the United States Shipping
Board, and the leading steamship and
railroad companies. President Wilson
+, has taken a personal interest in the
establishment of this service His
| aid and that of Chairman Edward y.
Hurley. of the Shipping Board, for
| merly a member of the Red Cross War
Council, have been invaluable to its
| success.
Practically all the cargo space
needed for the shipment of Red Cross
supplies abroad has now been placed
| at the disposal of the War Council.
Much of it has been given free by the
| steamship companies and the allied
| governments This will only be used
for supplies most urgently needed
| abroad.
| As Manager of Ocean Shipping for
| the period of the war. the War Coun-
ell has appointed A. c. Fetterolf,
| freight traffic manager of the Inter-
national Mercantile Marine Company,
| who is to serve without salary. Mr..
| Fetterolf is to be assisted by A. +.
Mack, President of the Cosmopolitan
Shipping Company. also volunteer,
and by Walter Moore, of the firm of
Lanham and Moore Mr. Moore will
| be in charge of the booking of all Red
| Cross shipments
| The Railroads War Board, controH-
ing the rail shipments of all the rail-
| roads in the country, has also notified
| the War Council that Red Cross ship
ments going to the seaboard or else
] where will be exempt from embargoes
[ which will give them the right of way
over all freight except that of'the gov
/ eminent
The Allied governments especially
have responded generously to the
needs of the Red Cross Following
the recommendation OF Nj. Andre
Tardieu, French High Commissioner
| to the United States, the French Gov
eminent has given permission for the
| forwarding of Red Cross supplies on
French transports leaving this coun-
| try Space has also been provided on
steamers of the French line, through
the assistance of NJ Oscar Cauchois,
American director for the line.
The British Admiralty through Mr..
F.! Connop Guthrie, has also taken the
unusual step of permitting British
| freight transports to handle emer-
gency Red Cross supplies. Mr.. Pal
anca, representing the Italian Govern
ment has authorized Red Cross ship
ments on Italian transports, while the
Russian shipping representative in the
| United States, Mr. Medzihkovsky, has
taken similar action. The Nippon
Yusen Kaisha, q Japanese steamship
line. operating from New York to
vladivostock through the Panama
| Canal. has also volunteered TO be of
assistance to the Red Cross whenever
required.
Through cooperation with the
: United States Shipping Board, the Red
Cross is to be provided with cargo
| space on every steamer chartered by
the Board. Army transports also will
carry Red Cross supplies. Practical
| lv every line has made reductions on
its passenger steamers for Red Cross
nurses and representatives travelling
in Europe.
| In making its ocean shipping ar
rangements, it will be the policy of
the Red Cross to distribute shipments
among as many steamers as possible.
BY using all available lines. losses at
| sea, il sustained. will not seriously
interrupt Red Cross work of mercy,
Some of the lines that have given
invaluable assistance to the Red Gross
in forwarding its shipments are: The
Oriental Navigation Company, the Cos
mopolitan Steamship Company, the
Royal Belgian Lloyd, the American
Line, the France, and Canadian Steam
ship Company. The Fabre Line, The
Barber Line, and A Lawrence Smith,
Inc.
Through the courtesy of the City
of New York, and the cooperation of
iR A. c. Smith, Commissioner of
Docks and Ferries, of the City of
New York. who is also Associate Di-
rector of Red Cross Supply Service,
warehouse space owned by the city
has been placed at the disposal of
the Red Cross. The Red Cross is now
using a large brick warehouse at 9th
street and the North river, and has
built in record time, with the aid of
Messrs. Post and McCord. two addi-
tional warehouses adjoining. This To-
cation is directly in front of the new
pier development of the City of New
York and affords the Red Cross ex-
ceptional storage and shipping facili-
ties. 1t also relieves the congestion
of the Bush Terminal Docks which
have been donated to the Red Cross
since the beginning of the war by Mr..
Irving T. Bush.