The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-10-11
RED
CROSS INFORMATION.
Some Details of What This
Great and Worthy Crgani~
cation Has Done With the
Money Entrusted To 1.-THE
Sick ard the Wounded Are
Being Given Just AS Nearly
AS Possible Home Attention.

ACClVlLlSS Oh lHe AliSilCdii ASc
of the Red Cross war fund. Prior to
last October, when The commission
for England was created, the WORK o.
caring for American troops IN that
country was performed by the Lon
con chapter at q cost of S493,459.
this amount including $39,612 ex-
pended for the relief of the. T%uscania
survivors. Relief work Of all kinds
in Great Britain from October 70
the end of June. including contrlbu-
lions to the British Red Cross and
the British. Ambulance Committee.
necessitated an expenditure of $4,-
313.566. An appropriation CT a.
483.8O0 has been made 70 cover h
work in the United Kingdom for the
last six months of the present year.
Brigading of American loops
with the British. a policy which
BROUGHT an enormous increase III me
number CT American soldiers on Brit
;sh soil. necesssitating the creation
of new camps and the opening OF
additional hospitals, added greatly to
Red Cross expenditures II England.
American Red Cross representatives
were among the first to greet n
survivors of the torpedoed Tuscanla,
providing them with clothing ana
money and giving every assistance III
relieving their distress. PROVISIONS
have been made for extending even
more prompt relief IN the event OF
similar occurrences IN the future &C
cording to the report. The Red Cross
has established stations along the
irish coast with stocks OF clothing
and frst-aid outfits sufficient 70 care
for 5000 shipwrecked Americans III
the shortest possible time. Arrange
ments have been made at these
places for housing and feeding any
number of men who might be landed
unexpectedly. The appropriation Tor
this emergency service. III addition
TO s2OO.392 already spent, IS $23o,-
500 for the last half of 1918.
Many of the American soldiers
wounded in the present severe hghI-
ing in northern France, have oeen
taken to England and the American
Red Cross hopes 20 have ali these
men transferred to its own hospitals
where they will be attended by Am
ericsr phvsicians and nurses. Three
new American Red Cross hospitals
are now nearing completion IN Eng
land. one of these, a naval hospltal
Cross in England since tins country
entered the wal is the subject OF the
latest report in the series when the
War Council is making to the Amerl-
can people regarding the disposition
in London, already receiving pa
TENTS. The Red Cross HoSpilal az
Salisbury, near Southampton, iocal-
cd in one of the most beautiful spots
in that part of the country, VIII De
the largest American military nos
pital in Great Britain. 1t will nave
a 1000 bed capacity. The third hos
pital. situated at Windsor treat
park. will accommodate 500 wound
cd soldiers. Fifty small tent hosp,
tails have been established at smaii
camps. mostly aviation cen1ers'
where the number of men is not
large enough to warrant the erection
of a regulation hospital. The sum
If 5000 382 was spent for hospital
service in England up to the END Oh
June and $1,431,OOO has peeh ap-
propriated for the WORK Tor the re-
malnder OF the year. Initial
For camp work in England, whicn
is directed by one general
with a staff of twenty field assistants
50. OO3. 44O has been set aside 1or
the last half of the year, a sum
greatly in excess of the $119,25O eN-
nended on the same branch up to
June 80 last. The great increase IN
the number of American soldiers IN
England and the cost of erecting
building of many sorts to provide
their comfort accounts for the dill
ference in the two totals. The ap-
p%ropriation for the current SIX
teens at ten different points and
months includes an item Of $18O,oOV
to covers the cost of Christmas pres
ents to every American soldier IN
England ON that festal day. hed
Cross warehouses in London and
and other parts of the Uni
ted kingdom are well stocked with
s%npplies for our soldier boys. Ine
varied character Of thees supplies IS
shown in the following list distribute
bv the warehouses in n montn
10000; blankets, 2,OO0;
razor blades, 10, 900; shaving brush
es. 10000; paper napkins, 500, ooo;
5000, 600; socks, 3O,OOO
300. 900 boxes; soap, 5000 pounds;
sweet chocolate, 1000 pounds; chew-
me gum, $4,000 pieces; tooth paste,
10000 tubes. 600
A special appropriation of $429,
300 has been made for the contlnu-
,nce of American Red Cross eanteen
service in Great Britain. This amount
overs the lost of maintaining the
.anteen at United States Headquart-
,rs. the erection of permanent can.
construction and maintenance OF
.anteens in fifteen hospitals. On the
Entry of this country into the war
,airs: gloves, 10000 pairs; matcnes;
he American Red Cross depended
argely on the c~anteens already IN
operation in England, sharing the
ost of their maintenance.
The report states that donations
made by the American Red Cross to
he British Red Cross, with whom 1T
las been in close cooperation,
cached a total of $2,169,975 by the
nd of June. Various British instl-
utions engaged in relief work Will