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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Great Shipment OF
Motors TO Russia

AS part Of it's program for rem
dering effective assistance TO Rus
STA, the American Red Cross is to
ship at once to the Red Cross COM
mission in Russia, headed by DR..
Frank Billings, 125 motor ambulances
and automobiles.
This is the third Red Cross ship
ment to be dispatched to Russia since
the arrival of the commission there
less than two months ago. Drugs,
medical supplies and surgical ap-
paratus with q total value Of nearly
$500, 900, have already been sent.
Ambulances are needed with the
Russian armies almost more than
any other form of relief. On the east
ern front there are now only 5000
vehicles for the transportation of the
wounded, while on the French front,
only third in length, there are 49,
900 ambulances. The automobiles
now being shipped by the Red Cross
will equip one Russian army corps
with FIVE complete ambulance Sec
tions.
Each section will include fifteen
motor ambulanaces, one auto-bus for
transporting slightly wounded, one
kitchen trailer, and one dressing
station car. In addition. each section
will have two touring cars for the
use Of officers; three light delivery
trucks, and one repair car carrying
necessary tools and extra parts, and
one extra car for gasoline fuel.
For the present, personnel for
ambulance sections will not be sent
to Russia, but the machines will be
operated by Russian drivers under
the direction Of the Red Cross.
Should 1t be necessary later to send
American drivers, they viii be re-
cruited from volunteers In the Uni
ted States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15

One per cent or moro OF your IN
come a year, with the pledge card
liking the period for giving at one
year, will do the business. Each ana
every Fargo citizen who comes 20
the front with the proper spirit, win
contribute his or her share or the
sum. When oil share alike. In pro-
portion to their ability to pay, the
burden will be easy. In fact, II will
be no burden at all. II viii be a
pleasure for you to pay, and there's
q Joy in giving to such a noble
cause, that will more than compen-
safe you.
And, remember, every dollar you
contribute. means q dollars worth
of relief for some stricken people.
Probably your dollar will go to aid
your boy at the front. It's barely
possible that the very dollar you gave
win be the means OF doing something
for somebody In your own family, or
your neighbours faS@ily.
It's a wonderfully personal thing
this Red Cross business
That's why the Fargo branch OF
the Red Cross goes to each and ev-
cry Fargo man, woman and child
earning money or enjoying an IN
come. with the appeal for support.
Probably you have not had an OPP
portunity to get in touch with what
the Red Cross is doing. The Forum
today presents reports from various
fields OF work that serve to give only
a limited idea Of the real scope or
activities. These reports, however,
should be sufficient to impress Am
orleans with their individual re-
sponsibility in the furtherance OF the
work, and the giving OF their money
and their time is the right way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15

Of the church of Our Father in Wash
ington, D. c.. and also a member Of
the commission.
The decision Of the commission to
separate Belgian relief work from
that in France was made after sew
eral audiences Of Major Murphy with
the king and queen Of Belgium.
Headquarters for the new department
will be at Havre, now serving as the
seat of the Belgian government.
Cordial approval OF the plan has been
voiced by Brand Whitlock, United
States minister to Belgium, In a let
ter to Major Murphy.
II congratulate you and the Red
Cross upon this very wise decision"
wrote Minister Whitlock. know
that 1t Is particularly pleasing to the
Belgian government as another proof
OF the interest that America feels to-
ward the Belgian cause.
1T wtll be a great pleasure to me to
have Mr.. Bicknell and Mr.. Van
schaick, both of whom I know well,
here at the seat Of the Belgian gov
eminent, and you may be assured
that will do all in my power to help
them In their work and to make their
residence here as pleasant as pos
sible."
At Havre. DR.. BicknelI and DR.. Van
Schaick will keep closely in touch
with the many relief interests Of
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, as
we'll as with private agencies. They
will administer the aid which the
Red Cross will give to establish en-
terprises and will prepare the way
for future operations in the devastat-
ed regions Of Belgium.
Major Murphy has already made a
journey OF inspection behind the Bel
gian lines and planned general pro-
gram Of relief which, for the present,
is to include financial assistance to
Belgian hospitals and other relief
works, special care Of between FIVE
and six thousand Belgian children in
cooperation with the Rockefeller
foundation, and aid to the inhabitants
Of Belgian villages who recover their
homes as the Germans retire.
1.-THE work for children" Major
Murphy cables. lis not only one Of the
fiEest works the Red Cross could I'M
dertake, but also one Of the most eff
fective in aiding the future Of Bel
GUM"
Reconstruction In Belgian towns
will be done in cooperation with the
Belgian government. When a village
is recovered, the burgomaster and
his assistants and a picked group Of
refugees are allowed to begin work
Of rehabilitation. The Red Cross will
furnish them with the tools, furniture,
seeds, farm animals and supplies
needed to help refugees get on their
feet. AS fast as the work progresses
the government will return other re-
fugees to their homes. The Red Cross
will thus be furnishing in each town
recovered the necessary shelter and
equipment for q working nucleus
about which the whole community
can gradually be restored.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Attitude Toward
The Enemy Wounded

Many questions have arisen as to
the attitude of the American Red
Cross toward Germans wounded on
the battlefield, and also toward
Americans Of German origin affiliat-
ing themselves with Red Cross hos
pital units going abroad. To make
clear the position of the BED Cross,
the chairman OF the war council
authorizes the following statement:
When war was declared between
the United States and Germany, the
neutrality Of the American Red Cross
Of course ended automatically. The
American Red Cross can cooperate
only behind the lines Of the armies
of the United States and its allies.
But the Red Cross knows no such
thing as the nationality OF wound-
ed man. Any wounded enemy turn
ed over to the care Of the American
Red Cross will receive as kindly
treatment as any friend.
AS to the policy OF the Red Cross
toward those OF German origin IN
this country. the Red Cross knows
no difference and makes no disttnc-
ton between any American citizens.
Insofar as base hospital units are
concerned, the Red Cross equips ana
.enlists the personnel Of those to be
sent to Europe to operate not only
with our own armies but with those
of our allies. Once enlisted and mus
tered into service. these units be-
come part of the army OF the UNI
ted States, and there Is Of course no
discrimination by the Red Cross or
the American army against any loyal
American citizen. no matter OF what
national origin.
Our allies Ia Europe, however, have
requested the American state depart
ment not to permit persons born In
enemy countries. or Of parents born
IN enemy countries. to travel as
civilians IN any of the allied coun-
tries Representations however have
been made by the Red Cross, which
II Is hoped will ultimately prove ef-
fective. whereby loyal American citi-
zens on Red Cross services may be
exempted from the operation Of this
rule, no matter what the country Of
their origin
The Red Cross wants Il clearly un-
derstood that II welcomes the CO.
operation Of every loyal American
and that e does not regard that 10y
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15

attention on the part Of American
women, all of which tends to develop
better morale as well as physique.
Work can be and should be start
ed Immediately to provide against
Fardships Of winter months. The dis
eases brought from the trenches to
the homes constitute a grave mem
ace. Long journeys in an exhausted
condition deprive men of necessary
power Of resistance We believe no
work more immediately important
to safeguard the homes and the SOL
diers and to convince the country at
large that we are working with them,
and earnestly recommend an APP
preparation for the purpose.
The entire plan will be carried out
in accordance with the views of GEN.
eral Pershing and the French army.
We are working in close touch with
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton which Is entirely in accord with
our undertaking this work in certain
definite districts.
ITO carry on the work, which in
our Judgment we should undertake.
would probably require from 800, 900
to 100000 per month, depending up
on the amount Of the work. The work
will be handled at first by American
women already In France. We will
advise you as we need additional
women, but we will organize them
here"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Homes Follow The
Plow, r. G. Slogan

The following cable from Major
Grayson M. P. Murphy. head of the
Red Cross commission to France, has
been received by the Red Cross war
council:
THE bureau Of reconstruction OF
civil affairs of the American Red
Cross in France has q new motto:
Housing follows the Plow.'
TN view Of the overshadowing i'm
portance Of augmenting in every pos
sible way the food supply, the Red
Cross will carry on Its first work of
reconstruction in those portions of
the devastated areas which are
selected by the government as the
best wheat growing regions, and to
which the French government sends
its batteries Of tractors for blowing
by wholesale. Representatives OF
three divisions of the American Red
Cross in France-planning engineer
ing and civil affairs-returned re-
Gently from a study OF conditions in
the devastated areas, having select
ed three villages in which provision
al reconstruction work will be be-
gun within a fortnight.
Fifty villages were visited. In
some, the destruction Of buildings
WAS COI1pI6tS. IN OLn6rbS a pOrL1On
Of the buildings can be repaired.
Nearly all the houses are without
roofs, without windows and door
frames, and with absolutely no furni-
ture or utensils.
THE Red Cross plans to do provis-
ional reconstruction of dwellings in
several Of these villages, and also,
as the refugees return to the vii
lagos, to assist in their economic
and social rehabilitation. In the light
Of experience gained in these villages,
1t plans to undertake provisional re-
construction on q larger scale. In
these particular villages, the total
population before the war was 1857.
Now it is 235.
1.-THE villages first selected are
those in the best wheat growing area,
and the government will plow the
land with tractors. The repair of the
houses will permit the return OF the
refugees who can do much toward
getting the land sown to wheat this
autumn. In order to encroach as little
as possible on the limited supply OF
lumber, the Red Cross is selecting
villages in which the work will be
largely that Of provisional repair
rather than Of new construction. II
plans to make on the spot its own
brick and lime"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15

Major Grayson Mp. Murphy in
Paris requesting the immediate dis
patch Of the Haverford unit for
urgent Standardization work in
France.
Accordingly, the hundred trained
workers plan to leave early in Sept
ember. Their work will be altogether
with the civil population in the de-
vastated area. Entrance into the
zone for this work is by special per-
mission of the French government.
The members of the unit will wear
the Red Cross uniform. With the
unit will go large supplies Of equip
ment, including tractors, road-build-
ing machinery, trucks, motor cars and
motorcycles, portable houses, agri-
cultural machinery, and three
months food supplies. -.
Widespread Desolation.
Some idea of the desolation that
confronts these workers may be gain
ed from the statement that out of
296 villages and towns in the con-
quered section behind the French
lines only 81 have escaped total or
partial destruction. The plan is to
bring in the civil population and
house them in portable homes for the
purpose of cultivating the land until
such time as civil authority can be
reestablished and the owners Of
property can prove their losses by
legal means. ...
The Friends who are enlisted in
this work are conscientious DIRECTORS
to war, but they will be a powerful
factor in remedying the evils of war.
In addition to its reconstruction
program, the Friends National Ser
vice committee Is planning to extend
it's war relief work to every COM
munity Of Friends in the United
States. The women will be orfan-
lied to sew for the refugees in the
stricken areas, using as patterns
French, Belgian, Serbian and Rus
sinn garments made by English
Friends. These garments, when
made, will be shipped by the Red
Gross supply service. ....
]. Henry Scattergood and Norris
Leeds, two Philadelphia Friends, are
now in Paris cooperating with the
Red Cross authorities in organizing
the work soon to be begun in France.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Children's Shelter
An Important Work

Among its activities in behalf Of
the civil population of France, the
American Red Cross has established
temporary children's shelter at
Toul, a city in a section OF the war
zone recently bombarded by the
enemy.
Gas bombs were being used by
the Germans" says the report re-
Gently received from Red Cross head
quarters in France, "and the inhabi-
tants of the near by villages were
obliged to wear masks to escape
asphyxiation. This mode of protec-
ton, however was not feasible for
children, and 1t was found necessary
to send the children away at once.
$50 Children in Need
The project Of the department
telegraphed to a worker at Paris that
$50 children had been suddenly
thrust upon his hands and that he
needed immediate assistance The
next day eight workers left the Red
perienced nurse, two auxiliary
nurses, a bacteriologist, an admins
trative director, and two women to
take charge of the bedding, clothing,
food, etc
"They found that twenty-one Of
the children were infants under one
year and the remainder were under
eight years They were herded to-
gether in old barracks, dirty, prac-
tically unfurnished and with no sani-
tary appliances. Sick children were
indiscriminately crowded in with the
well, and skin disease and vermin
abounded.
within two days the children had
been thoroughly cleaned and trans
ferred to new and clean barracks.
Medical care had been given and
nurses secured for the babies, suit
able food provided, and a classifca-
ton Of all the refugees made to
prevent the separation of members
Of the same family. The organiza-
ton of an institution for the care OF
these children has been worked out.
New Quarters Provided.
1.-THE French government has pro-
vided new brick barracks of ten
buildings, situated on a hillside q mile
from Toul, and will furnish coal,
water, light, rough labor, beds and
bedding, rations and transportation
OF supplies. The Red Cross is 10
direct the work Of supplying doctors,
nurses and administrative officers,
and Of installing sanitary apparatus.
Twelve shower baths have already
been set up. Supplies are being pro-
vided for recreation. education and
the vocational training of children.
'It is expected that 400 or 500 more
children will come in the near future,
and the Red Cross Is planning to in
crease its staff to care for this num-
Der. The children will be kept here
as long as conditions remain such
that they can not with safety return
to their homes"
A recent newspaper dispatch pub
lIshed in the United States comment
ed upon this service as an example
Of prompt emergency relief by the
American Red Cross in France.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
To Operate r. g.
AS An Open Book

Not since the Red Cross was placed
on war basis has there been 30
complete an exposition of its organs
ration, aims, and activities as was
given in Washington at the confer
ence OF magazine editors.
Representatives Iof the leading
women's magazines OF the United
States were present by special In
vitation Of the Red Cross, and the
greater part OF the forenoon was
spent discussing particular phases OF
Red Cross work. Ivy L. Lee, in
charge Of publicity, presided, and the
opening address was made by Henry
p. Dawson, chairman of the War
council.
Address by Mr.. Dawson.
I'VE shall run the Red Cross as an
open book" said Mr.. Dawson. I'VE
want everybody in the country to
know everything about the Red
Cross every day. We shall, as far as
possible, tell the people Monday night
what we have done on Monday. We
want the whole American people TO
know IL on Tuesday, and IL there Is
any criticism we want to hear it at
once so that we can do better on
Wednesday.
'This is your Red Cross. It is the
American peoples Red Cross. We
are merely servants of 100, 900, 900
people who have intrusted us with a
very large amount OF money to use
on their behalf in the alienation of
misery, In helping to make comfort
able our own soldiers and sailors, and
in giving renewed heart and courage
to our allies.
I'VE are only just beginning to
he
will be expended insthe most careful
way and with the utmost regard to
what we believe are the desires OF
the people. We are making careful
plans, all Of which viii be announced
as soon as they mature. We are eff
fectinR an organization which we be-
lieve is and will be extraordinary in
character. We are getting about as
talent and service that cannot be
bought with money. Men of the
greatest executive ability are giving
their time and best thought TO the
service Of the nation Through the
Red Cross.
Nobody knows what the develop
ments IN this war are going to be.
II 1t is to be a long war and more
American people will make the
A4C1C6AeAAV
THE Red Cross stands ready to do
it's part, but we need the support of
the whole people. We want criti-
cism, but we feel we are entitled to
ask that the criticism be construc-
tive and helpful. We thought a few
weeks ago that we had q vision OF the
mission OF the Red Cross in this
gigantic struggle, but we know now
that the call to service Infinitely
transcends any conception we had
when we undertook our work. 1t is
a very big job and It's going to be
hard to do IL we'll. But the Red Cross
will DO II we'll We shall tell the
people all about II. and we feel con-
fident that the ultimate execution of
this job, which will engage the at
tention and effort OF probably mill
lions Of American people, will be
something OF which the whole nation
will be proud
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15

supply service under the Red Cross
commission in France Is announced
by the war council. An appropria-
ton of 100000 has been voted to
establish this service and provide
it's first stock Of supplies.
This step marks the further CEN
tralization of relief activities in
France under the Red Cross. How to
coordinate all the military hospitals
maintained by American and other
foreign societies and individuals, and
to provide them with the supplies and
materials they needed at a minimum
cost, was one of the first problems
undertaken by Major Murphy in
Paris.
Several warehouses in various
parts Of France are now being es-
tablished by the Red Cross commits
sion as a part of the new hospital
supply service. Here drugs, medi-
cines and surgical instruments will
be available for all hospitals in the
department in which the warehouse
is located. Orders can be filed
promptly without even awaiting APP
prevail from Paris.
AS director Of the new hospital
supply service. the war. council Is
sending to France, Stanley Field of
Chicago, a son OF the late Marshall
Field. Assisting Mr. Field and in
charge Of the various warehouses,
will be business or professional men
volunteering their services for the
period Of the war. Five Of these have
already been selected and are now on
their way to report to Major Murphy.
These are John Woodward, OF the
Curtis Publishing company. ]. Shell
don Tilney, and Russell Armstrong,
all of New York; Todd w. Lewis, a
broker, of Minneapolis; Kennard
Windsor, Of the Boston stock ex-
change.
Major Murphy has asked the Red
Cross to recruit in the United
States 500 men over military age to
serve as an operating force for these
warehouses.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
.Quakers Cooperate
In Reconstruction

The American Friends National
Service committee, with headuuar-
tiers at No. 90 South Twelfth street,
Philadelphia, Is allying its activities
with the Americon Red Cross.
Its object is the reconstruction and
rehabilitation OF the devastated towns
onad. villages in France within the
military zone, and as q preparatory
step to this practical service 1t has
organized and Is training the Ameri-
can Friends Reconstruction unit Of
one hundred men at .Haverford,
Pennsylvania
il Training Since July
This unit was put ii training about
the middle Of July. under a corps OF
practical instructors, including six
native French teachers. The train
ing includes instruction in the mend
ing Of roads. the building Of portable
houses, first aid. the operation Of
automobiles. bricklaying and carpen-
try, the French language, and in ev-
cry form Of relief work.
Scarcely had the instruction begun
when q cablegram was received by
the Red Cross war council from
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Belgian Relief Set
Up AS Individual Unit

The formation Of special depart
ment under the American Red Cross
commission TO France to direct all
Red Cross activities In Belgium, is
announced in a cable from Major
GFayson Mp. Murphy. head of the
commission, 70 II. p. Dawson, chair
man Of the Red Cross war council.
DR.. Ernest p. Bicknell, formerly
director general OF civilian relief Of
the American Red Cross. and now
deputy commissioner TO Europe, Is to
be placed ia charge Of the work In
Belgium. Assisting him win be the
Reverend John Van schaici, pastor
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-15
Organization OF
The Red Cross

At Geneva, Switzerland, on August
~, 1854, the representatives OF italy,
Baden Belgium, Denmark, Spain.
Portugal. France, Prussia, saxbny,
Wurttemberg and Switzerland met
agreed upon and subsequently rati-
fled the treaty which gave 10 the
world the Red, Cross. In this they
recited that they were equally ani-
mated with the desire to soften as
much as depends upon them. the
evils Of warfare to suppress It's use-
less hardships and improve the fate
Of wounded soldiers on the field OF
battle. The treaty was amended at
Geneva on October goth, 1858, extend
ing It's humanitarian PRINCIPLES 10 the
armies on the sea. United States
ratified the treaty and proclamation
thereof was made by President Ar
thur on July rs. 1889.
See U. s. s. statutes pages $40 and
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