The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-07
AMERICAN RED CROSS
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cies have played must be seen against
the background Of government action
municipal. provincial, national and
tho part which all together have
played mus De- seen against the ire
mcndous rush of cmergent need.
The brunt OF ii fell on the refugees
they boIe il. hungry, athirst. drenched
TO their skins. packed in cattle cars.
or sleeping on stone floors when bet.
ter provision failed. More. the excrll-
ciating experience Of their slow south.
bound transport is but tho first chap
ter In 4 situation. which il we are 10
Judge by the experience Of French and
Belgian refugees of three years ago,
will tax the competence and Cener.
oSity OF all the agencies concerned for
months 10 come.
The part. which the Red Cross has
been able 10 play has been larger and
more effective with every day that has
passed. and not only the spirit of the
the subject. no more than month
from the date the Rod Cross commits
sioner 10 Europe reached Rome. Of ap-
prciative reference by tho Italian
premier In his address al the opening
OF parliament early in December.
He said: Our soul is stirred again
with appreciation and with admiration
for the magnificent dash with which
tho American Red Cross has brought
lis powerful aid in our recent miSfor-
tune. We attribute great value 10 the
cooperation which will he given us
against the common enemy by rhn
prodigious activity and by tho exuh"r.
ant and consistent force which are pr-
culiar TO the American people
Provided Funds at Once.
Take q single cSaTnplc. NOR" drama
&C :hLn most. bu; by 10 means rntcp-
rcsnHtativ" OF IN" way Italians and
Americans have breasted together minnr
emergencies as ;h"y arose. Tn" frs
two Rod Cross men reached Rom" ~
November 5. and thu FIRST step They took
was 20 appr0pria," money 20 Tho A.u":i-
can Clearing House. which enabled II I"
open that very nighI tho frs; o; Two
cunt"cnS for refugees Mt the railroad sta
lions IL Rome. Incidentally this WAS
four days before italian cautrcas were
opened there.
At O'Clock one afternoon the voiun-
te"rs who manned the Cantcen--Amer!-
can residents In Rome who hav" since
become active members OF The Rcd Cross
sta:f-had wirr that 1000 south
bound refugees would pass through TIA"
Pnrtunaccin station. SIX or riGh; miles
on; on the Roman CaGnpacna. TIL" first
train would arr!v" 1T { o'clock. Tn"
refugees had been fed at Florence be-
faro leaving. ten hours before. and had
had nothing 20 eat enrou;r. The Italian
authorities could supply the children
With hot milk. tho adults with bread and
sour. They turned :hc rest over I" the
Americans.
There was Just two hours lccway.
The cant"cn workers jumped tn;o motor
cars. They bought 100 blankets they
bought hams. they bought SauSa gcs.thcy
bought chocolate. they piled them into
tho cars and made repeated trips 20 tho
Terminal station. whore lhcy secured
pcrmtsSi0n TO dump them into The bag
gage car OF the Florence express which
left on It's nor,hbound trip between 6
and s o'clock In this why they had
their supplies out ut the FnrtnnacCio
station before the arrival Of TIC first
refugee train.
Soldiers Made Sandwiches.
Here they found "a squad u: thu Grana-
teri. an italian regiment dating back
70 the seventeenth century. In tn" pres
en-, war. SO heavy has been their part in
the fighting that Il has taken 6n.nnf mon
TO keen filled their ranks Of G.n"H. To-
night the GrLnati"ri were armed with
big knives and from now until = u'cl":h
tin, next morning. when the last train
went through. they turned hug" stacks
Of bread Into sandwiches. cutting tn"
loavcs into big chunks. Slic!nC them and
stut:!ng thorn with ham and sausage.
Each train carried about non r"tu-
goes and thu Giranat"ri would no more
than get n thousand sandwiches mad"
ua than n train would roll in. Then they
had To work against time to b" ready Tor
the next train. And they did ihjS for
twelve solid hours and more. us fast as
men could work.
Perhaps in. a writing which cannot
hone 10 speak o. the hundreds .: ltnl-
ians IN ali walks Of life who have work
I'd shoulder to shoulder with tie l;.d
Cross men, and who's" co-rp"rat!"n has
made their work possible, it may "" per
mltted to cite ono as p"rsnnifying many.
Ciiorgto d'Accruia is tho pen name OF Il
Young wrILar On. the proposed .luR"-
Slcvo Stntn and the future OF Poland
He Is known also Icr his nrhnr on "a car
tain battlefield. whcr" h" was left Tor
dead with Il shrappel w"umd IN his and"
men. Some batter Sirctch"r BEARERS
brought his body /" n field h"Si'ital
where The physician n charE" $aid that
he was Clearly dying,
They turned t" more. hopeful 'a.'"S