The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-26
HEADS OF
RED CROSS
GIVE FACTS
War Council of Organization Ad-
dresses Chapters on Work
Done and Many Plans
for the Future.

Red Cross has just been received by
the Grady county chapter, telling o
the progress Of the organization, the
vast amount OF good it has accom-
plished and giving glimpse into the
plans for the future:
Some idea of the size to whicl
your Red Cross family has grown
may be gathered from the follow
ing facts
On May I, 1917, just before the
appointment of the War Council, the
American Red Cross had 4S6,19l
members working through 562 chap
ters.
On July 81, 1918. the organization
numbered 2O,64S, 1O3 annual members,
besides 100000 members Of tho
Junior Red Cross-a total enroll
ment of over one-fourth the popu-
lation of the United States.
These members now carry on their
Red Cross work through 1854 chap
ters, which again divide themselves
into some 10000 branches and aux
iliaries.
Since the beginning OF the war
you Of the chapters have co-operated
with The War Council in conducting
two war fund drives and one mem.
bership drive, in addition to the
campaign on behalf Of the Junior
Red Cross.
"rhe total actual collections to date
from the first war fund have amount
ed to more than $115,0O0,0O0 The
subscriptions to the second war fund
amounted to upwards of $l76,O0O 900.
From membership dues the collec-
tions have amounted to approximate
ly $24,50O,OOO.
70 the foregoing must be added
that very large contribution of ma
terials and time given by the mil,
lions of women throughout the coun-
try in surgical dressings, in knitted
articles, in hospital and refugee gar
ments, in canteen work, and the 9th
er activities the chapters have been
called upon to perform
1t is estimated that approximately
100000 women are engaged in can
teen work and the production of re.
lief supplies through the chapters.
For the period up to July 1, 1915
American Red Cross chapters,
through their workrooms, had pro
duced:
49012G refugee garments.
1123,621 hospital suppnes.
10,7S6,489 hospital garments
10,134,501 knitted articles
192,74S,107 surgical dressings.
A total of 221,2S2,S9S articles-of
an estimated aggregate value of at
least $44,0O0OO0.
These articles wee largely the pro
duct of women's hands, and, by the
same token, infinitely more precious
than could have been the output of
factories or machines These articles
going to the operating rooms of the
hospitals, to homeless or needy refu.
gees, and carrying comfort to our own
boys in the field, convey message
of love from the women in this coun-
try entirely distinct from the great
money value attaching to their han
dwork.
BY the terms under which the first
Red Cross war fund was raised, the
chapters were entitled TO retain %
per cent of the amount collected, in
order to defray local expenses, to
carry on their home service work, to
purchase materials to be utilized in
chapter production and otherwise to
meet the numerous calls made upon
them. The chapters were thus enti-
tied to fetain nearly $29,OOO,OOO. AS
a matter of fact, their actual reten-
tons amounted to only about $22,-
100000.
Out of collections from annual
memberships, the chapters have re-
tanned about $11,OO0.OOO
From this total sum, therefore, of
S33,O00,O00 retained by the chapters,
they have met all the often-times
very heavy local demands upon them
and in addition have provided for
use by National Headquarters pro-
ducts valued, as stated above, at up
wards of $4,000, 600.
The chapters have in effect re-
turned to the War Council. not alone
the S3S,O000OO retained out of the
war fund and membership dues, but
in value of actual product, an addi.
tional contribution of at least S11..
100000
1t will thus be seen that during