Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-02-08

Naples. He decided to limit the
civilian work to ernersent relief to
what could be carried onSat the sta
lions, and not to attempt anything
with respect to the care and Judgment
of refugees at tho points of settlement
until their needs in transit had lifted.
Moreover he ranked the wants of the
spirit quite as real as those Of the
body, and the railroad stations offered
vantage ground from which to fly the
Stars and Stripes and Red Gross flags
an show that Americans were here
and helping.
At the end Of two weeks. the direc-
tor could report that teams of Red
Cross workers had established soup
Rome. Ancona, Genoa. and Milan;
that the Red Cross had sent clothing
and bedding for refugees to Florence,
1eEhorn. Ancona. Catania, Genoa,
Bologna. Ravenna and Naples; that 1t
had contributed funds tor the our
chase of clothing to local committee
Of the Italian Red Cross at Florence.
Bologna. Ancona. Genoa. Naples.
Palermo ~ md Bari; that 1t had proyid.
consuls at Florence. Venice, Milan,
Genoa. Leghorn and Catania; that in
addition to the large gifts mentioned
earlier. 1t had authorized the equip.
rnent and maintenance of a $50 bed
refuge home in Milan and a chalet at
the railway station in Genoa, organ
lied committees as noted at those two
cities and esta blished resident dele
safes in Florence, Bologna, Ancona,
Milan, Rome and Naples.
Money And Supplies.
The following shipments of moneys
or supplies to three cities viii illus
trate the type of help that was going
out from Red Cross headquarters up
to December i:
To Ancona:
November 10, Lire 5000 for refu-
gee clothing.
November IL, 100 cases condensed
milk.
November ~, Lire 5000 for refu.
sec clothing.
November Is, Lire 1000 for refu-
see clothing.
November 90, 100 cases condensed
1nltk; Lire 5000 for refugee food.
November 21; 1895 blankets, o5
mattresses.
To Florence: p.
November ., Lire $4,000 for refu-
gee clothing.
November 10, Lire 10000 for refu-
gee clothing.
November 20, soy mattresses; 1000
blankets; Lire 100,0 900 for refugee re-
lief.
November 81, 3 flags.
clothing.
November 80, Lire $4,000 for relief.
TO Leghorn:
November 10, 1,1s0 articles cloth
ing; 1000 blankets; Lire $4,000 for
refugee relief.
November IL, 100 cases condensed
milk.
November 20, 100 cases condensed
November "a, 1926 articles cloth
ing: 1907 blankets.
November 26, Lire $4,000 for pul-
chase Of blankets.
BY the first week in December, tho
stream of refugees. which had beer
dW!ndling, practically stopped, but
with no certainty as to when it might
come again in food, provision tor
refugees in passage and in the larger
cities continued for ten days longer
at the major concern headquarters.
AT the same time. as public attention
In the large cities shifted from the
needs of those passing through to
those who were to remain, as the
refugees ere spread out in every
province from the provincial ccnters
to the smaller places. and as the
great residue was shipped and settled
in the south. clothing appeals began
to reach the Red Cross from all di-
%rections and the questions of hospital
provision, of shelter and employment
pressed in in countless local embodi.
ment. :.
Survey of Relief Needs.
This had not been unanticipated
and on November 20. the commits.
sioner for Europe had dispatched Il
committee of three. to make a quick
survey Of relief needs throughout
Italy, as a basis for permanent or.
~Eanization and program. Hero again
the resources of the Red Cross or.
sanization In France and Belgium
were drawn on, the senior members
of the committee being the two ex-
ccutives and social workers who Sc,
the standards for American cnerg-
ency relief in the San Francisco and