The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-07
The districts. rs expcrmicntaliy OF

,,, ais,rtc,s AS expcrmicntaliy or
rho war zone. headquarters at
radua. ,,nu
:. Lomhardy. headquarters Mt Milan
z Piedmont. headquarters AT iur'h.
rirurin. including the Medtterra-
ncuu shore If Tuscany. headquarters IN
!;cuua. -.
) Tuscany and Emilia, except the
TWO rnetal regions. headquarters III
F|"r"trc. l.,
i V,uci:au colonies along the Adri-
at.r. headquarters in Rtmini:
:. central Italy and Sardinia mead
uliaricrS III Rome"
s. rampan.a. Rasili"ata ana Iugha'
hcaduuarter< III Naples. .
.. Sicily and Calahria. headQuarleFs
in Palermo.
Work IN ROME.
Aunt1,.r fartnr which made for this
dvc"ntraiizcd scheme OF defc!"Plhrh1
,>aS the division Of labor effected ut the
outset with tho American Relief Clear
ing House. on the presumption that the
latter would Lr he merged with Inc
American l:.d cross. The clearing
house had been formed for very d"il-
mite purpose. that Of organizing ana
TRANSPORTING tho supplies for hospitals.
Whom the lin" gave way 1t WAS su"nHh'
~ called ON for supplies to help care
for the double stream If refugees CT
y!liuns End wounded soldiers. II
cleared out it's warehouse thc hFSt "'"N'
ran t,u; nt funds ard wired TO Inc l''"
Cross. TIL" division Of labor WIS sum
rl,,. I'm relief work the Red Cross was
To- plunge INFO work IN the provinces;
,h,, clearing house. with its committee
~ local Americans md with n prompt
,rrrrprIaiiun Of lea. 0hU lire from mo
E,.d cross fer the immediate purchase
Of clothing. blankets. food. etc, was to
work in Rome.
Reference mas already been made to
cantccn Of the clearing house opened
at the Purtrna"rio station on the Cam
raEnia, through which the snuthbound
stream Of refugees. first. passed. In u
littlc moro than u week lest refugees
should unErG gate IN great numbers at
ihr. capital the line Of transport was
switched Ia the route south along the
Adriaiic, and this Cantc"n was trans
frrred under Rcd Cross auspices TO An
coma.
. Refugees assigned IL Rome or to hG
distributed In. IN. nnighhorhood. came
into the terminal station. The govern
mnnt had rcquist"ned nearby hotels.
aud gave them small allowance for
food. but they had difficulty in obtain
ing it.
The very first night the clearing
house cautr"n here fed ZOO persons and
in four days tina number eating It's ~
ruing meals had reached LOO. The
finrnale dItalia. one Of the leading
newspapers cf Rome. mad n popular
subscription going and In conjunction
with IL" principal committee was pro-
vidinE breakfasts and through n ticket
system good at certain shops giving out
clothing. The subscription had reached
2Eh, 600 lire. wfrn. that. first week. tho
American Red Cross shipped In 100000
lire TO the fund. That--for suen is the
psychology Of newspapers and newSpn-
per readers the world orcr-put America
on the mp, and incidentally jumped
tie subscriptions from Italian sources
to many times the Rcd Cross gift.
Moro Red Cross Gifts.
Two weeks later tho Red Cross made
a third and still larger Eift to Roman
arttyitieS-one for one million lire 10 the
Ccmitaro Romano OrEanizacinne Civic.
wliicn has tcen carrying wide spread
relief work for the benefit Of soldiers
families and stood ready 10 bring r.fu
GOO families within the scope "f It's
activities These include CrechrS and
maternal schools for children whose
mothers are at wrrk--one Of them IL
tucked p!c,ur"squcly under the shadow
of the old wnl!--an asylum for child
ron whose mothers are not living and
whose fathers arc ut the front; n work
room. employing four or five hundred
women on tents ard army clothing: pop
ular Kitchens for serving meals tInany
If them free on a ticket SystrIn) and
higher grade economic kitchens for tho
distribution OF cooked meals at cost or
less-au Of them so many points Of at
tack on the problems of livelihood which
the war, and stopped earnings OF tho
men, the high cost of living, and now
the coming OF the refugees has rendered
acute.
Nothing, as the leaders In these