The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-18
AMERICAN RED CROSS WORK.

Red Cross Was Council for specific
advice from General Pershing's med
ical staff in France as to whether the
Red Cross appropriation of 100000
for medical research was contribute
ing toward the relief Of human suffer
ing, the following cablegram has been
received at headquarters in Washing
ton:
"We believe the Red Cross has
properly expended its funds, because
it is the duty of the Red Cross to care
for sick and wounded American sol
diers and to use funds to prevent
those soldiers from being infected
with the various diseases, the exact
nature of which is still undetermined,
as they r new and peculiar to this
war and must be studied nov to aid
our troops. We stand on the prin-
ciple that Red Cross funds should
back such work rather than secure
special funds for that purpose. The
medical department of the United
States army is in full accord with all
the Red Cross is doing in this regard.
It is cooperating and assisting in ev-
cry way in research matters and is
counting upon our help in this regard.
It has asked the Red Cross to help it
study the many problems of prevent
i've medicines and of medical and sur
gical diseases against which the ar
my medical corps must struggle.
research committee assists the Red
Gross in the management of it's funds
and its experiments and controls the
type and kind of experimentation.
The research committee whose names
you have controls fully it's research
work against which the anti-vivisec-
tionists are protesting. English med
ical authorities are vigorously coop
erative with the Red Cross in re-
search work. We feel that any one
endeavoring to stop the Red Cross
from assisting in it's humanitarian
and humane desire to prevent Amer
lean soldiers from being diseased and
protecting them by solving the pc
culiar new problems of disease with
which the army is confronted is in
reality giving aid and comfort to the
enemy. Research work so far under
taken, including studies on anaes-
thesia, shell shock, and trench fever,
which last will be the main line of in
vestigation this winter. We r also
investigating trench nephritis and
foot wound infections including gas
gangrene and tetanus. The animals
used are principally guinea pigs,
rabbits and white rats. If operations
causing pain to animals are perform
ed anaesthesia is used. Actually very
few animals have been used for this
work. Signed by the following medi-
cal officers in General Pershing's ar
my: Col F. A. Winter, Maj. j. A.
Blake, Maj. R. P. Strong, Capt. Ken
meth R. Taylor, Maj. Alexander Lam
bert, 1t. Col. j. F. Silfer, Col. M. M.
Ireland, Maj. Williams ]. Esler, 1t.
Com. E. T. Crossan, 1t. E. Deval,
Katherine Foot, 1t. Phillip M. Slim
son, Maj. Roger l. Lee, Maj. Homer
F. Swift, Maj. H. E. Robertson, Capt.
John P. Peters, Jr., Capt. Sen. Jab-
Ions, 1t. Herbert M. Bergamini, DR..
Weillou, Institute Pasteur; 1t. Col.
T. w. Richards, 1t. K. Bulkely, Geo.
G. Ross, Robt. G. Lewonte, Maj. G..
l.. Gibson, 1t. B. G. eastman, Chas.
B. Mats, Frederick M. Jacob, Maj. G..
E. Deschweintz, Maj Harris P. Mosher
Capt. VIM. L. Moos, 1t. VIM. H. Nor
ris, Capt. Mccall Heating, 1t. JAS.
w. Worcester, 1t. Geo. w. Smith,
Maj. Burt R. Shurley, Maj. Frank B..
Walker, Capt. c. B. Coulter, Capt.
Lester M. Hubby, 1t. Hugh Chaplin"