Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-24
RED CROSS TESTED
BY BIG OFFENSIVE
Worked Every Second. Orderly,
Coolly. No Thought for SELL
Only for Suffering.

Washington. Nav 22.-fiow the Red
1,r,ss Rclief Organization IN France met
a. .ris;s thrust upon II by the recent
80, German offensive, when ITS lines
xcrc driven back together with those ol
a. French and British armies is ono OF
H. ,psnir,ng stories Of that greatest oi
,,or,d,s battles. Caught suddenly on the
''ia, of the vast conflict and IN danger
80 I.,,s overwhelmed hy the great num-
ber Of refugees and wounded soldiers
ecc;ug before the German onrlls1, inc
Rod Cross relief army, too, was 'o'npeiied
IN fall back and, while maintaining us
organization aud preserving IT'S slppiieS'
had to give every possible aid 10 'iie leiu-
gees and soldiers. ,.,
narrative of how this was achieved
81 Lny. the new Red Cross lines IN the
- ,,.r,. -orrhnized even while the relief
,,nrL was in progress has been reviewed
Fr,,,, PARIS nj inc Red Cross headquarters
here. ...l, ro,Js
,bc story MAJOR Perkins, head OF INC
American Rcd Cross called some aldeE
tnpcthcr and made ms plans ~ course
The t,r.i 1rol.lrn Was to assure ~" sale'N
nj aU the workers IN the field ana 'hat
incidcntally has been assRre,i. ttut - was
MT INST a question Of rushing back I"
satoty \o such simple ignumimouS plan
.,,.,,nird far an instant thC thoughts oi
an, relief worker They were to rrtlrr IN
,onI order and work every ser'ud inr me
,.fuaccs and the soldiers other WORKERS
md "a grrat mass ui n@t'rlal were ~ ~
rushed forward from fau- +,
"I,,st a. tb,, t;ornau driyc tested the
resource, III the allies. 81, indirectly =
i,st.,l every rchct organization u wa
,,....-.,,,- H., connect tho rclicf work under
:. feId erncral. tn keep the transportation
Inn. Letuecn All the various stations ~
tic Red Crn@- ln tic frrll connected. T."
vorl ~, a blg plan - that tho work tn
stead 1T decreasing could grow
s'IF ,nu Will take nalf showing tho
,,re~.nt TERRITORY affected ~ tho great
b.tje ,nu ctn lniluv the plan ot W'th-
,lr..v.I winch Manor Perkins and his
.,atf worked uuf Tile Red JOSS workers
Nh, ,,ora nearest tne battle WHOM Il broke
v.rr thas, al liam and ~ I rNN NollF
n4ti> u,rtbr4-t d Ham From Ham.
1ra1x NolignauN. \c~ir and ''recohT'
vhers theft were tou~tft'ti"u warehouses
.uI staff, and mcitcal rehc w"rkotS.
including ,mall hospital f"r bateS th'N
,lrev b3,I. ~ Rove tnd III SUNDAY mn
,rganzcI hod ross hue vas i.I'h'd
which Stretched from AWIons ~ Nnu'
,li.lt.r la=slgn, Noyon= and S'nss"ns
Tho next withdrawal Was u the
prrzeut Inc. where 4 perfected cham %
stations to help refugees has h"en dcvel"p-
cd Erar l}eauvaIs ou the vcst 4 DasseS
through Clermout, tomPlcgnc apd S"i7-
sens
.Cempicgnt j. who're fold headquarters
have bcen established Is tho most ad-
vanccd Rod Gross vorhor@ Withdrew trom
their posts. rcluforgcnente were sent from
.ho rear When THE FIRST reconn'tcung
party arrived there they found that there
was work t. do helping the refugees vlth
whom the roads were crowded ha'k
they dashed e. Paris t. give the Wnrd
And back again 70 ComWcgne with orders
and supplies But tile refugees were no
longer alone in the roads There were
soldiers also Though the first plan had
heen to help the refugees n thus polnt
The assistance vas also turned over to the
soldiers
The Red Cross men arrived t'r tholi
second visit to CompeEne on moon
light night tnc0uth German aVator'
we're fivine low and their machine guns
were beating tattoo on tic town "mle
frnn, tin1c "a time 4 bomb dropped IS
one man -aii while his caT sped thro'ei
the moonlight There Was Iu~i Wec'
of canvas between men and hell
The Red ross Kept its heid organl7a
t1on intact bUt somc warehouses aIid con
>trllction work were DESTROYED Tho store
were partI> saved and partly gwen owe
t. She soldiers - take. The rcst heln'
burned 50 tina; he harharlan~ shoud y"
benefit lsy them IvcrN ouo worked hI
hardest and tie driver especially deserve
Ihc highest praleo The spirit ot the arlr,c
caught hold ol al the other workers lh
refugees were resigned but uncomplainlu
:nd throughout those Twelve daNs "
cli.g- @mrlt vas shown bN all couccrnc'
that should teach even the Germans tha
though they may have taken some terri
try hey bave NOT conquered ono tnt g
the eprlt otThe Mics