Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-04
US. RED CROSS
GIVES $1,75O,OOO
Contrib utes 100000
Francs to French Sister
Organization
BUYING CO.ORDINA TED
Government Will Save Mil
lions of Dollars for Work
of Mercy
BUYING CO.ORDINA TED

The War Council Of the American
Red Cross announced today the gift OF
3l75O,OOo to the French Rcd Cross.
This donation was made after per-
sonal investigation Of conditions in
France by H. y. Dawson, chairman of
The War Council. and other Red Cross
officials. \ cablegram received at nat
ional headquarters expressed the opinion
that If the American people could be in
Fr7nce today they would leave nothing
undonC to contribute help and support
to the French people.
The French Red Cross voluntary
organization has been so pressed for
funds that it either had to get money
nom some source or curtail its work.
\ thorough investigation Of the situation
was made and 1t was the unanimous
recommendation Of the finance commit
tee of the RED Cross Commission TO
Frcncc and the heads Of various depart
mentS. backed by the opinion Of the
French Government and French experts
that contribution Of this character to
the French Red Cross at this juncture
would be as effective and as deeply ap-
preciated by the people of France as
anything that could be done.
Coordinate Purchases
Coordination Of Red Cross purchases
with those of the Government, made
possible through recent ruling of the
requirements division of the war indus
tries boarG is expected to result in the
saving of millions of dollars in the pur-
chase Of Red cross supplies. This was
the announcement here today at Red
Cross headquarters
Hereafter all Of the organizations
purchases will he made under the same
conditions as those Of the Government.
The same prices and privileges will be
grnted both
Putting the Red Cross dollar and the
Government dollar upon the same foot
ing will mean increased efficiency in
buying, as heretofore the Red Cross has
been going into the open market and
paying the same price for its materials
as was paid by private agencies and
individuals,
$500 Workers in France
TIL army of Red Cross workers in
France is constantly growing. While
it is not permitted to publish the num-
her Of soldiers America has sent to the
battle ground "over there" the size of
the Red Cross army will give an csti-
mate OF the work America is doing.
In France today 23O0 men with the
American Red Cross are carrying the
sympathy and practical help of the
American public to every corner Of
France, according to writer in The
Stars and Stripes. the official newspaper
OF the American EXpeditionary Force.
In the service Of the Red Cross are
500 ambulances, automobiles and cam
ions to bring wounded from the firing
zones. The Red cross is operating
twenty hospitals for wounded soldiers
in he itn nf
others.
1t has two factories for making
splints and artificial limbs and two
factories which turn out over 200 900
hospital dressings a week.
Cnnteens at Front
In addition to the work of caring for
the wounded i'm battle, the Red Cross
has seventeen canteens. or army stores,
so near the firing line that all are subs
iected to the shell fire Of the boChe oc-
casionally. They serve an average of
5000, 900 soldiers a month. There are
also six Canteens along the French lines
of communication.
In the canteens eighty-eght women
workers serve 10000 soldiers every day.
The Red Cross has thirteen canteens i'm
Paris where men ON leave are cared for.
At Evian-les- Bains where French and
Belgian children re-enter France, 10000
youngsters have been examined and
cared for as part Of the work for repa-
triated families and children made desti-
tute by the war. Sixteen thousand chill
dren at that point received aid from
the Red Cross and 1000 were given hos
pital treatment.
The Red Cross is supplying equipment
for 1000 hospitals i'm France. Twenty,
six unfinished apartment houses in
Paris are being put in shape to receive
destitute children. Construction worl
was stopped when the war started
General Petain, of the French army
has received a fund Of 5.550.0O0 francs
for distribution among the sick and the
families Of destitute soldiers.
The most unique undertaking is the
establishment of an agricultural colleg,
for French soldiers disabled by wounds
where American farm experts give then
the benefit of training and experience
The farm covered 500 acres of ground