The Press., 1918-02-07
SPIRIT TO WIN
 WAR KEPT UP
 BY RED CROSS
AMERICAN AID HEARTEhS FRANCE AND HER ALLIES.
Major Murphy, Who Had Charge of Relief Work Abroad, Describes
 Seven Months Achievements.
sy MAJ CRIMSON M. ?. MURPHY

By MAJ. CRIMSON M. p. MURPHY.
 (RstIrIna Red cress Commissioner e Europe, who was In charge of war relief operations abroad for seven rnonthG. Major Murphy soon will re- tarn to France to join General Persh- ins's stan in purely military eapa- egty.)
 This is a war not of armies. lt is var of nations There is not a man or woman or child in Great Britain, in Belgium, in France or in italy that is rot factor in this war. It is Dor the armies of France thar are rhe essen glaI vkiug ro France in rhis war, nor rhe armies of England, nor rhe armies af the other allies.
 Those armies will do their part and do it to a hniSh f they are supported 0y the people behind. The great cry fng need In Europe today is 10 build ap the spirit and keep up the spirit of Ehs people behind rbe lines. IT is shar great work which the ERd Cross thanks no5 TO Gbose on the other side, our % the people on rhi> side has performed Ir is this worS rha has made rhe American Red Cross the lar zesg known single factor since our snrry into the war.
 The American Red Gross, beginning ltB operations in France, went into country thar was stripped by three years of war. There is very little that can be bought on the other side n the uay Of supplies and material There Is very iiIrle that can he had Lm The sAy of human power. The Red t'-7ss had Go import practically sli the iabor needed in iLS undertaking. Ig had also to EsS together supplies from places ether than in Europe itself
 Tbe Red Cross Ou arriving Ln France skarted Immediately the construction of a great system of transportation aBd warehouses. This system Is vsry complicated The government had Oe- supled practically aH the points ds- sirable for warehouse sites.
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 But the Red Cruss has a system of warehouses, beginning at eight of rhe principal ports in France. In Paris it has great base warehouses All along the front, particularly In Belgium all the way down t0 and along the French line. along LhAt down 10 Italy and along the Italian line. ar the Seap0rts and alOng railway routes tine Red Cross has warehouses, gFammed with sr1T sr points where ir can get mold oe lt when trouble comes.
 To supplement- this warehouse sys- rem. it has about IO0 lmhuiances and EuotOr trucks concentrated in Paris and others distributed at various points s0 that in ease nf an emergency the Red Cross can use them to get quick action anywhere along the front
 The Department of Civil Affairs h working among the children af France. It hopes, In cooperation with the French government, 10 he able to re- SIce. in due esarse, the number of deaths Of young Infants in. France from S0.COO a year to 10000 year.
 These little tots are brought hack from the districts where they are un- der gas fire. They are too small 10 wear, q gas mack and consequently they would he killed. From Toule SmhulanceS move around in the coun- lry. There are clinics where our doc tors and nurses care for the sick, par tieularly children, who cannot other. wise get treatment because al the doc tors have been called Into rhe service.
 Fighting Tuberculosis.
 In conjunction with the Rockefeller Foundation tt is conducting work against tuberculosis, which is certain ly unparalleled in the history of lhe woriG. France has suffered greatly from tuberculosis as 8 result of the people living m unwhOlesome dugOuts. Tuberculosis has developed in rhe trenches too.
 Working with rhe Rockefeller Foun- datiOn, the Red Cross has put into eff feet a system of education In France, 8 system to care for bad cases in sant t0riumn and a Ayntem which will lead TO tha establishment of 300 dIspensa- rEes throughout France. with visiting nurses attached.
 In the military dlvinlon the Red Gross 10 carrying on an extraordinary wovk with the French, with tha Bel giAnS, with fhe Italians and, to . cer- rain minor extent, with the British, and with our avn people. It has e system of eanteens. It has rolling ennteenS which are operating right up in the trenches. where the soldiers are given hot drinks. In December 225,- 100 soldiers were served hot drinks 10 thls way. Red CroaN men worked under ahell fire all the time. When the gas comes over them they wear sas masks. They are great pals with the soldiers
 ID conjunction with the French gov ernmant the Red Cross Is feeding-not wAving drinks and sandwiches, but giv- ing hot maaln-to 100000 French sol dIers every month These men sit and have their dinners and talk and make merry In great recreation halls