Mohave County miner., 1917-07-21
KINGMAN RED GROSS CHAPTER
 ID HELP CARE FOR SOLDIERS;
 .IS GREAT SERVICE FUR NATION
Meeting Called for 2:3O Next Friday Afternoon at Odd Fellows HaII Will Outline Plans for Cooperating With National Organization.

A meeting of the Kingman chapter of the Red Cross has been called for 2:3O next Friday afternoon at the Odd Fellows hall. Plans for preparing hos pital equipment, sewing, knitting and other comfort measures for the Amer ican soldiers and soldiers of our allies will be outlined fully. It was an- nounced today that regular weekly meetings will be held each Friday af- ternoon at the Odd Fellows hall, in stead of the Monday meetings, as heretofore.
 Bulletins on Red Cross work throughout the country have been sent to the Kingman chapter, together with suggestions for cooperation of the To- cal organization. Among the informa- tion contained in the bulletins is an nouncement of the appointment of John D. Ryan, president of the Ana conda Copper company, to the post of director general of military relief. A number of other prominent men of af- fairs of the nation have volunteered their services in the cause to relieve suffering and distress among Amer ican soldiers and sailors.
 The work of the Red Cross soon will have a personal appeal to every Amer ican. Within a few days American soldiers will be in the trenches on the French firing line and care for the wounded will become one of the big gest problems confronting the Amer ican people. The nation has appealed for continued and increasing support, for plans have been made for per forming an immense share of the re- lief work of the allies.
 The American Red Cross has ap- propriated S1,OOO,OOO to provide inn mediate necessities in France. Half a million has been set aside to help alleviate suffering in Rumania, Ar menia, Serbia and other war-ridden countries in Europe.
 Henry P. Davison, head of the Red Cross war council, recently made the statement: "The need in all our allied countries is beyond computation and use can be found for all funds which can possibly be obtained either now or in the future"
 The Red Cross now has at work in France a commission of experts, and it more recently sent to Russia a sim liar commission. The expenses of these commissions are borne privately and are not a charge on Red Cross funds. It is the purpose of the Red Cross to send similar commissions to Italy and Rumania, and also to appoint a com missioner to Great Britain. It is an nounced that no appropriations for use in any country will be made until af- ter investigation, and all except em- ergency appropriations will be made by the war council for specific pur- poses and in specified amounts.
 As part of its program for looking after the men in the army training camps, the Red Cross war council has voted to build houses for convalescent soldiers in the camps at Fort Ogle- thorpe and Fort McPherson, near At lanta, Ga. At Fort Oglethorpe the Red Cross is also taking over a stone quarry which is to be converted into bathing pool large enough to ac- commodate 600.
 The buildings for the. convalescents will be used for men able to leave the hospitals but still unfit for duty. Here amusement and recreation will be pro vided, not only to break the monotony and irksomeness of the recuperation period, but to aid in speedy recovery.
 Mrs. Leonard Wood, wife of Major