Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-14
RED CROSS TELLS ABOUT
ITS WORK IN NEAR EAST
Reports OH War Activities in
Russia, Serbia and the
Balkan States

Following its plan of issuing to the Ameri-
can people a series of reports showing the
use made Of the fund, the war council
OF the American Red Cross authorizes the
following statement on the work in Russia,
Siberia, the Balkans and the Near East:
For relief work in European Russian the
Red Cross has spent to date s2,S07919 OF
this. S53l.O00 was for milk for the babies
of Petrograd, $6S,975 for 1875 motor ambu-
lances $3S4,163 for medical and surgical SUD-
plies. one hundred and twenty thousand dol
lars was spent for the relief of refugees in
Siberia and Switzerland, and for destitute
families of soldiers in Russia. For the relief
OF $4,000 railway employees at the northern
terminus of the Murmansk Railroad sl79 400
was appropriated. For the relief of returning
Russian prisoners S1511,233 was appro-
priated in July, with which sum several thou
sand tons. of food. drugs and soap were
purchased and forwarded by ship which
has now reached Archangel. Red Cross
party OF thirteen commanded by Major c. T.
Williams, of Baltimore, accompanied the
shipment.
I'm Siberia s4,273,2O0 has been expended
The greater part of this was for warm
winter clothing. for which there was great
need among the refugees and the Czecho-
Slovak troops. A hospital of $50 beds for
the accommodation of Czech wounded was
was spent for the relief of refugees
In Rumania, in the six months between
September. 1917. and March, 1918, S2.676 36e
was expended. A little less than two million
ana half of this was for food, clothing and
medical supplies. One hundred thousand dol
lars was for general relief work and SAT 900
Tor administration expenses
For work In Serbia. sl,244.197 has been
appropriated Seeds and agricultural imple-
ments were provided at a cost of sa44,43s
to enable the Serbs to cultivate what was left
OF their country. Four hundred twenty-nine
thousand five hundred and ninety-six dollars
was spent for food and clothing for refugees
scattered through Northern Greece-this fig
ure including about $4,000 for food pur-
chased at Bucharest in 1916, and s25, 900 for
relief OF Serb refugees In Siberia. Thirty
thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars
was appropriated for maintenance of n hos
pital at Vodena. and s4S,59S for a dental
contingent to serve the Serbian army. Fifty
thousand dollars was also given to the Ser
bian Red Cross.
For Greece, 1915, 900 has been appropri-
ated commission to Greece. which will ad-
minister this sum. sailed from America in
September, principally for relief among the
Greek population. among whom is a great
deal of suffering. due to the mobilization of
the army.
IAN aggregate of s3OOO,O0O was con-
tributed to the American committee for
Armenian and Syrian relief, for their work i'm
Asia Minor, and in Palestine, the appropria-
tlons amount to S590553. This is for relief
and industrial service work among the
destitute Syrians, for the maintenance of a
general dspensary, childrens clinic and hos
ptal, and for two orphan asylums which have
been assigned the Red Cross by the British
authorities. Much work is also being done
in the camps of Armenian refugees at Port
Said, Jaffa and elsewhere"