Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-23
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PAID TO RED
CROSS OF US.
More Than Quarter of the
Population of United
States are Members.

NEW YORK, OCC. ZS.-lne american
people have either paid in or pledged
work of relief throughout the world,
in money or material values, a net to-
tai Of at least 1926, 00O, 000i
The American Red Cross has a total
membership of 2O,648,103 and, in ad-
dition, 10000 00 members in the
Junior Red Gross; a total enrolment
Of more than one-fourth the popula-
ton of the United States.
American Red Cross workers pro-
duced up to July l last a total of
2~21,282,S38 articles Of an estimated
value of $44,000.0 900.
About 5000, 900 women are engaged
relief supplies. <
The American Red Cross is dis
tributing aid in t en- countries-the
United States, England, France, Italy.
Belgium, Switzerland, Palestine, Rus
STA, Greece and Siberia. Besides it has
sen representatives to Serbia, Den
mark and Madeira.
More than 5000 Americans will be
working under the Red Cross in
France by January l next.
These facts were laid before the
1854 chapters of the Red Cross in the
annual message of the war council of
the Red Cross when the chapters
throughout the country today held
their annual meetings to elect officers.
Announcement was made in the
message that every man, woman and
child in the United States would be
asked at Christmas time to enroll in
the American Red Cross.
The message, signed by Henry r
Dawson, chairmansof the war council,
said in part:
"Since the beginning of the war, you
of the chapters have co-operated with
the war council in conducting w wal
fund drives and one membership
drive, in addition to. the campaign on
behalf of the Junior Red Cross. The
total actual collections to date from
the first war fund have amounted tc
more than Sis, 900, 600. The subscrip-
tons to the second war fund amount
ed to upwards of $176,OOO, 900. From
membership dues the collections have
amounted to approximately $~24,500,.
900.
ITO the foregoing must be added
that very large contributions of ma.
terials and time given by the millions
of women throughout the country
For the period up to July 1, 1918
American Red Cross chapters, through
their work rooms had produced: AGO..
120 refugee garments, 7,123,621 hos
pital supplies, 10.7S6,4S9 hospital gar.
ments, 1%0.134,501 knitted articles
1~92,748,107 surgical dressings, a tota
of ~221,282,83S articles-of an esti'
mated aggregate value of at leas'
$4,000 900.
"These articles were largely thu
product of women's hands, and, by the
same token, infinitely more preciou:
than could have been the output Of
factories or machines. These article:
going to the operating rooms of thu
hospitals, to homeless or needy refu'
gees, and carrying comfort to u owl
boys in the field, convey a message O.
love from the women of this countr!
entirely distinct from the great none.
value attaching to their handiwork.
"By the terms under which the frs
Red Cross war INT was raised, tn
chapters were entitled to retain rs pc
cent of the amount collected, in ordeI
to defray local expenses, to carry OF
their home service work, to purchase
materials to be utilized in chapter pro
duction and otherwise to meet thu
numerous calls made upon them. TIL,
chapters were thus entitled to retair
nearly s29,0OO,00O AS a matter o
fact, their actual retentions amounted
to only about s22, 900, 900. Out of col
lections from annual memberships tn
chapters have retained about Sill,
100000.
From this total sum. therefore. 0
$33,000,0 900 retained by the chapter
they have oftentimes met all the yer,
heavy local demands upon them, an,
in addition have provided for use b.
national headquarters products value,
at upwards of $44, 00O, 900.
The chapters have in effect re