Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-02-14
RED CROSS NOTES

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ming Of the war have taken advantage
Of the new insurance bill, according
to report made from Red Cross
headquarters at Washington.
In letter to home service commit
tees throughout the division Frank
j. Bruno, director Of the civilian re-
lief department Of the Northern Di-.
vision, urges that every member OF
such committees should emphasize the
Importance of such insurance.
The cost of such insurance to the
soldiers and sailors is very low, en-
abling each man to subscribe without.
curtailing the amount of money s
aside for relatives, from his pay. In
surance may be obtained in amounts
from $1,000 to $4,000, guaranteeing
protection to relatives and to the men
themselves in case they are disabled
Despite repeated letters written
from Northern Division headquarters
disclaiming all responsibility on the
part of the Red Cross for chain letter
schemes of raising money such letters
continually pour into the Office with re-
quests for verification. The Red
Cross will not sponsor any such idea
for raising money since there is no as
surance that it will be devoted to the.
purpose for which it is raised.
Appropriations for relief work in
France have now been made by the
American Red Cross War Council,
covering the period since the United
States entered the war and up to April
80, 1918, amounting to s30,519,2S0:
OF this sum $14.01a,s9O was appro-
priated for military relief. The
principal appropriations for military
relief are for hospitals, disnensaries
and nursing service, $1,253,700; ST.
gu .789 for canteen service for the
French and American soldiers; 3d.
10000 for hospital supply service,
for $3.50 hospitals on the original list
and those that are being added at the
rate of 100 month. For the surgic-
al dressings service, $1,963,925 was
appropriated; for communication,
rest stations, recreation and welfare
service for American and allied ar
lvN,s
service for American army including
|portable kitchens, ice plants and SUD
plies other than medical, surgical and
recreational, $4,2G5, 1856. For artific-
al limbs and reeducation of mutilated
soldiers the appropriation amounted
to $607, $50; for casual reporting ser
vice, oxygen service, investigation and
relief, laundry, disiilfect:ng articles
for Christmas comfort bags and gen
eral supervision, the appropriation
was $500 $3.50. Tha total appropria-
ton for civilian relief was S9,556, 4s2;
for the chief items in civilian aid for
1000 refugee families was $2,S67 1856.
The appropriation for care and prevcn-
ton of tuberculosis was $2,147,327;
for the care of babies and children, ST.
,130; for general relief in dis
tricts including reconstruction of vii
lagos, for farm implements, $2,7O9,-
TAO. The appropriation for the care
of repatriated French citizens, the
assistance of American organizations.
and general supervision was S23O,376:
for automobiles and cameons to estab-
lish supply distribution system In
France, in view of the crippled con-
|. dition of railroads, together with OBJ
Grating expenses, dock rentals, gar
ages, etc, s2,5S6,657; for rent, etc. !.
sS22,S44 was appropriated. The ap-
preparation made for the relief of the
sick and the wounded French soldiers,
families amounted to 81 100000; for
American ambulances, 100000: for
, friends reconstruction work and war
victims relief, s215,971; and for enoer-
.. eency purposes, Red Cross health
center. foodstuffs, Norton Huries,
! ambulance unit, etc., the appropria-
! ton amounted to s1,960,375. In ad-
/. dition to this, appropriations of ST.
: o636,d9 have been made for the p,n-
= chase of supplies in he United States.
: Tor shipment to France. AS soon as
.. these supplies have been distributed
, the varioysaep appropriations therefore,
Will be ca to the budgets of the
c commissicnt France, to which they
e respectivelysbalong.
Red Cross officials at Benedict. N.
$ D., have decided to report to head
C quarters the failure of Knut Christen.
son, national nonpartisan organizer,
and John Dunaway to subscribe 70
the Red Cross during the recent drive
So far as can be learned thav or, ~