The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-25
JUDGE YOUNG
EXPLAINS
CROSS | WORK
What Great rganization Is Doing
ID Relieve Inhumanities Of
Modern Warfare
THE TREATY or GENEVA
State Chairman Tells What Has
Been Accomplished Under
Famous Agreement
THE 3 TREATY = 4 r Of GENEVA

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I A thorough explanation Of the
great work done by the Red Cross
he world over and the American RED
Cross in particular was given before
! conference of North Dakota Red
Cross workers this afternoon by Judge
n. c. Young Of Fargo, chairman Of
the North dakota state chapter.
Judge Young said In part:
The Red Cross was established by
international treaty at, Geneva, Switz.
erland, on August ~, 1864. The Unit.
ed States ratified the Geneva treaty
on July z6, 1882. Since that time all
civilized nations have obligated them
selves to observe the provisions Of
the ten articles OF the Geneva treaty.
This treaty declares that it's pus-
pose is to soften, as much as possible,
the evils of warfare; and to suppress
its useless hardships and improve the
fate OF the wounded soldiers on the
Iield of battle. -
Protection for Hospitals.
1T pledges warning nations to pro-
tect hospitals and arhbulances, and all
persons employed therein, promising
its support in medical services, aG-
ministrations, transfer of the wound
ed, as well as chaplalns, and grants
them the benefit Of. neutrality so long
as there remains any wounded to
bring In or to succOr.
"Habitations which care for wound
ed men are protected; also houses
where the wounded are sheltered; !;
and sick soldiers must be
cared for without regard to the ma
tion to- which they belong, and 1t pro-
ides for the exchange of those who
from wounds, be oecop}e o'}. incapaellee lptle q o.
The Geneva treaty established as the
sign, or badge of protection Tor hos
iptals and workers, the Red Cross.
The American Red Cross. ~
! "OQr American Red Cross is found
ed upon the Geneva treaty and an
act OF congress passed in 1905. The
purpose Of this act is to carry out the
;erms OF the Geneva treaty. 4e. i.
= 1T goes further. however, and pro-
ides system Of national and in
relief in times of peace
n case of suffering by pestilence
canine, fire, floods and other. calam>
tiles ~
The American Red Cross is the hu.
manitarian arm of the government.
by order of the war department
It is made the exclusive branch for
the administration of war time re-
lief. The president of the Unitec
States is its president and its govern,
ing body is made up of IS members, of
which former President Talf is chair
man. .a @s5 r,ss .i .ag
Its war work is to administer by d
war council, of which Henry P. David
son is the head. ~
Its accounts are audited by the wal
department and congress,
For war purposes the United
States was divided into 13 divisions
sac hone being placed in charge of
! Division Manager who is RESPONSE
bic to Washington for all Red Cross
activities In his district
2 ne Nortnefn Oloolon.
North and South Dakota, Montana,
md Minnesota constitute the North
,rn Division, whose headquarters are
'92 Essex Bldg, Minneapolis. F.. I.
deffelfinger is the division manager
THE state is divided into chapters
each county is chapter-the cnap
Ter being named after the county,.
With the county seat as headquarters.
The counties are divided into
branches: Each county chapter has
J chairman, secretary and treasurer
md an executive committee of five
members.
North Dakota has So counties
'ry county is organized and at work
I'm 1896 the American Red Cross
'ali 10000 members. When we en-.
cred the war last April 1t had 225, 900
members. October last It had A..
M. 900 members. 1T now has 23,475,.
90 members. 8 i3;
The Christmas Drive.
"On Christmas eve, at the close OF
he Christmas drive, every county
urned In its report and North Da-
ota reported to the division an en-
ollment of 81 per cent Of its popula-
ion. No other state made a record
'qual to this.
.Traill, Grand Forks and Nelson
ounties each had over 46 per cent 81
heir population enrolled. Golden
'alley county was the banner county.
With 55 &1-2 per cent All OF the
chools Of our state are: now being
nrolled as Red Cross school auxis-
aries.
Red Cross Materials.
The value of the material sent in to |
he northern division from its four
tates and sent out for the month of
auuary was over $600,0O0.
ITO the Red Cross war fund raised
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