Arizona republican., 1918-07-26
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 from America and which are pur- chased by money donated in this coun- try.
 The section of stores of the Red | Cross is branch of the department of supplies which is in Charge of a di- rector who is head of the purchasing department the transportation depart ment and part of the accounting de- partment. The present director is Stanley Field of Chicago. He is my direct superior.
 | T will say" said MT. Douglas, that I would not have taken that job if I had not known that my partner Will liam H. Brophy, would come over and do the heavy work"
 Great Warehouses.
 MT. Douglas paid a tribute to Mir. Brophy, referring to his work in many parts of his address. He also stated that several other Arizonians were in France doing splendid work for the Red Cross and other institutions.
 This section of stores receives goods from the United States, all sorts of foodstuffs, clothing and supplies, and also receives goods purchased in | France. These goods are issued on requisition by the department of civil affairs or the department of military affairs. For the past three months the tonnage we have been shipping from the retail warehouse has averaged 40 tons a day. There are about 150 re- | quisitions each day.
 What we call the wholesale ware house is an immense building many stories in height and covering a large | floor space. This also is filled to the roof with supplies from the United States. The retail warehouse we are using formerly was an old barn used by the Paris taXicab company before the horses were superseded by motor cars. It is two-story. There also is another great warehouse filled with hospital supplies, blankets, mattresses mattress covers, gauge and other nec- eSSarieS.
 A New Business.
 We have nothing to do with the boxes donated by the women of the United States. They are cared fol by the department of donations. Wt
 carry only goods purchased in thu United States or in France. We ars trying to do business on clean cut bus |
 that the American Red Cross has nc
 profit and loss account by which {, compare the efficiency of each depart
 ment.
 Tt is a new line of business we art in. that of wholesale giving and dis tributing. It is a business that need: much care and it is getting it. Ther'
 have been slips made, but things all
 getting right, and you can feel that thu money and energy you have spent tol
 the Red Cross is we'll spent and is do
 ing good work.
 T once. received a letter from a maI
 who asked me why the Y. NJ. C. A,
 wasted so much money. 1 went to th' head and asked what they did witt , all the huge amounts raised and giv en that organization. They told m that they needed all the money, and z will say that there is plenty of use for all the money the Y M. C. A. ask for, and it should be subscribed. Tn
 Y. NJ. C. A. is doing a great work il France, a. wonderful work that vii , not be fully appreciated until the boy come home and tell about it. Millions in Goods. q Up to the time I left France ther : were too many Red Cross, Y. M. c. A K. C.. and other organization repre-
 sentatives in France in comparison t
 the number of men on the firing lin
 with bayonets. But we will have tn
 men in the trenches soon, their plan
 are well made, and then there will b
 need for all the Red Cross, Y. M. C. A
 K. C., and the rest.
 Mr Douglas stated that he and Nil Brophy were in charge of all tn
 warehouses in France and outside. tn , goods in them being valued at $S,500, . 900.
 The department of civil affair
 is doing a great work" said MT. Doug las. The man at the head is a salarie man. but he is the cheapest man the could get. This department has don more to buoy up the people of Franc 7 than anything else. They care for tn sick. the refugees, the tubercular. Tn department of military affairs Ina
 charge of the distribution of all need , cd supplies to the hospitals of the Re , Cross and the army.
 The French people are wonderful il , many ways. The average America i, tourist gets his impression of tn French from those he sees on the bout /, evards and in the cafes. That is | wrong impression. We have man . French working for us in the ware houses, mostly elderly men. We ar . carried away with their exhibition 0 ' fine character and devotion. They ar . kind and sympathetic, but they ar , bear cats when it comes to fighting. Delay Worried That the French are good cooks; Mi
 Douglas testified last night in no un l certain language. MT. Brophy and him y self dined together each day, he sait never failing to have the win rouge or dinaire on the table which he declare . was excellent for the health. No but
 ter, sugar or cheese were on the tabit
 he stated. Meat was served four time
 each week.
 |, What worried us most" said MI [ Douglas, was why there was 80 muc
 delay in the coming of the America .larmy to the relief of the armies of tn allies. It was hard to understand Not < withstanding two great drives of tn d Huns, which cost so much in boot, = and also the traitorous treaty wit
 Russia. the people in the United State did not seem to realize that they wer V at war until after the terrible drive O ?. the British front March 21. '' Then we really began to think (
 complying with our military obliga e tions," declared the speaker" IT MT. Douglas stated that the reaso e the entire allied armies were not some = time ago placed under one general a at present was because of German ir