The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-04-22
Major Simmons, Southwestern Division Of
Red Cross Back From Front
in France
u. S. ARMY MUST
HAVE THREE MILLION
Says Germans Won't Break Through Allied
Lines; Next Entente Drive Mean
Beginning Of Wars End

st. Louis, April 22.-Major George
w. Simmons, manager Of the south
western division of the American
Red Cross, has returned from stay
OF neary three months in Europe
where he visited every section Of the
fighting line, spending 20 days in
tho American sector. He sums up
his observations as follows:
The United States must send 3,O00,.
COO men to France and even with
this number the war is not likely to
end until the fall of 1920. The loss
es in the recent fighting have been
truly appalling, the Germans suffer
ing the most. Reliable estimates
made in Paris place the German dead
in the first eight days fighting at
$4,000.
American troops are holding forr
and one-half miles of trenches near
Toul In the Vosges country since
carly in January.
The Germans will not break
through the allied lines and when
the present attack has spent its
force the allies will begin a driv5
that will mean the beginning of the
end Of the war.
Major Simmons sailed froni New
York January 25, his object being to
learn just what tho Red Cross is do.
ing and just how the millions of dol
lars contributed in the United States
and especially by Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma
the five states in the southwesetrn
division, are being spent. He re.
turns filled with enthusiasm for the
work already done but with a full
appreciation Of the immensity of the
task that now confronts the organi-
zation.
1.-THE American Red Cross hes
more than 5000 active workers in
France, of whom 75O are volunteers
who are working for nothing" said
Major Simmons. Among these are
some Of the biggest men in America
who are doing all kinds Of labor
without a cent of compensation.
"a great many eastern men of un.
usual experience are directing vari.
GUS departments and in Paris sacn
week conference of about % Of
these men is held to discuss the work
of the Red Cross. l don't believe
there is a board of directors in the
United States that is as strong as
this body in brains, experience and
keen judgment.
"Many of the warehouses have men
working in them who at home wera
heads of large business organizations
yet they do the hardest kind of la.
Dor without a murmur.
"The American Red Cross in
France is nothing but the external
Of the American peo-
pie and we aim to do over there
what any American would do If con.
fronted with the same situation. To
say that the work had been a sue.
cess is not enough; it has been vital.
Gen. Petain himself has said that
were it not for the American Red
Cross work during the winter Of
1861, France could not have held
the French people in war. That was
the winter when coal sold for 500
a ton and was hard to get at that
price and the Red Gross cared for
thousands of French families though
scores of clinics and aid stations
scattered throughout France.
"Ihe Red Cross in France is
equipped for emergencies Of all kinds
while many of the army organiza-
tions are not. 1t is right here where
it does much good. An instance OF
this occurred not long after Ameri.
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