New-York tribune., 1918-12-22
Red Cross Succ0rs Million
French Civilians in 0 Year
So. 900 Articles Distributed i'm Relief Work. Many
Hospitals Established and Workers Freely R'sk
Lives to Aid American Forces i'm the Trenches

part of some to believe that they had
done their share, and that their coun-
try should take care of them FOR the
rest of their lives.
"That this feeling seems absolutely
TO have disappeared is one of the most
certain proofs that the work OF the
Red Cross, through it's Bureau for the
Rcdducation of Mutiles, has been sue
cessful A spirit of chcerfulness and
hope seems to have been cngendered
in the men with whom the bureau has
come in contact.
Big Cantcen Business
"The amount of service in the field
naturally varies with the movement OF
troops. but both in the French and the
American cantcens as many as 10000
men have been served in a day, and the
number varies from many thousand to
a few hundred When at any time
troops cease to move through the sta
tion Il cantecn may be closed tempo
rarily and then reopencd when the
troops begin to move again. Such CON
ditions arise, for example, when Tor
any reason pcrmissons have been dls-
continued, and as soon as they are re-
newed the canteen is opened again.
ain most cases, however, the can
teens referred to do good steady
business, which at times rises to very
large figures.
"Rest stations have been installed at
points chosen after conference with
the United States Army authorities.
The order of their installation follows:
"Issoudun, Rourges, DIXON, Bourg-en-
Bresse, Nantes, Anglers, Limoges, st.
Pierre dcs- Corps, Tours, Dole. Cha
teaurouX, Toul, Ncufchateau, ls-sur-
Tile, Ncvers and Bordeaux.
Instals Own Hospitals
"The medical and surgical section of
/ the American Red Cross in France IS
the very heart of the organization. 1t
has first claim on all our facilities be-
cause its chief function is the care or
the wounded soldiers, to whom prlma-
riy the services of the Red Cross are
devoted Particularly is this true III
the case of the American soldier.
"In what are known as American
Red Cross hospitals we supply all the
materials and INSTALL the hospital. We
also provide nurses and pay their sal
cries. The doctors and orderles are
partly leaned by the army, partly sup
rlied bv us. This is the arrangement
in hospitals which are devoted to the
care or the soldiers. OF course, IN
hospitals for our own personnel and
for the personnel of other auxiliary
organizations we supply the com oletc
personnel as we'll all materials used.
GAS the responsibility of attending
to various philanthropic and recrea-
tional activities at hospital points has
been placed in the Red Cross, the Ser
vice of Hospital Representatives. is De-
ing developed so that every American
hospital in France, no matter how
large or how small, is Systematically
looked after.
Workers Freely Risk Lives
"This is true even In cases where
the hospital is too small TO require a
representative on hand all the time
Such laces are called on regularly
once a week by a representative of
this department, who sees that the To-
qu rements for American Red Gross
supp lies are filled.
"The field service section, composed
Of four services, works especially fol
those soldiers who are in the advanced
zone 1t handles the activities of the
Red Cross farthest front BY means
of representatives with the troops whC
move with them we are enabled to dis
tribute variety of things to the mer
in the trenches which add immensely
to their comfort, and which in many
cases are circulated at the psychology
cal moment when they can do the mos
good. With the exception Of the
wounded, there is no one in whom the
f Red Cross is more interested than the
soldier in the thick of the fight.
"No section of the Red Cross has
> tesIed more severely the cou1hge an,
| persistence of our workers Than has
r this one. In the front canteen, botE
with the French armies and with tht
American troops, our men have shown
= splendid courage and endurance. Some
Y of them received the war cross from
1 the French. Living within reach o
= gas and shells, they have risked thei
e lives for the soldiers"