The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-11-26
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RED CROSSclvES
full ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions
Contributed by Public We're
Used For Relief.
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $154, 900, 900 Was
Spent Overseas and $11s,ooo,ooo
In the United States.

Washington. Especial -Through
complete report Of the work of the
American Red Cross in the war by
Chairman Henry P. Dawson, on be-
half Of the war council, the Organiza-
ton on the eve Of it's annual enroll
ment Of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November to
II, has rendered an accounting of the
many millions given it by the Ameri-
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement is, in
part, as follows:
1.-THE war council Of the American
Red Cross is now prepared to make
complete accounting to the American
people OF money contributed and ex-
pended, as we'll as the work done by
the American Red Cross during the
period in which the war council was
In control Of its affairs. The war
council was appointed May 10, 1919,
and went out of existence February
%, 1919.
1T was the practice of the war
council to give complete publicity to
Its policies and finances, but it is only
now that picture Of the war period
as a whole can be presented. 1t is
the feeling of the war council that a
report In this summarized form should
be made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the ef-
nh 10 thD
Cross success.
A statement of the American Rod
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relinQuished It's control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee, and it is i'm
portant, therefore, that the fact thai
this report covers the period only until
March l, should be carefully noted"
Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Cross partici-
patton In the war, as revealed by the
war councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures
Contributions received
(material and money!. $4OO,OOJ,OOU
Red Cross members:
Adults, 20OOO,OOO:
Children, 100000 -. 31,OOUOJU
Red cross workers.. :.... 100000
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers.. 371,577,0Jo
Families of soldiers aided
by Home Service in U.S. 5OOOJO
Refreshments served by
canteen workers in US. 10000 600
Nurses enrolled for serv-
ice with army, navy or
Red cross ........ 1882
Kinds Of comfort articles
distributor to soldiers
and sailors in U. S.. 27OO
Knitted articles given to
soldiers and sailors in
U. s. .....: :......... 100000
Tons Of relief supplies
shippef overseas ..... 100000
Foreign countries in
which Red Cross oper-
Patient days in Red Cross
hospital in France. %. 1,155,OOO
French hospitals given
material aid ...... $3.50
Splints supplied for Amer
lean soldiers ...... 294, 900
Gallons Of nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
French hospitals .. 1870, 900
Men served by Red Cross
canteens in France. 49,. 15.376,ooo
Refugees aided in France 1,726,OOO
American cOnvalescent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies in France $4,000
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances in
Aldlt EtS,UUU
Children cared for by
Red Cross in Italy,. 49,. $4,000
OF the $500 100000 in money and
supplies, contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was in existence,
$263.0O0,000 was allotted to national
headquarters, while $137, 100000 went
to the chapters to finance their ac-
tivities. Expenditures in the twenty
months totalled $273,OOO,O0O, divided
as follows: BY national headquarters
in France, $4,000 900; elsewhere over
seas. $4,000 600; in the United States
$4s,00O,000; by chapters in the United
States, $43,OOO,OOO; cost of chapter
produced articles distributed in
France, s25OOO,OO0, elsewhere over
seas, $S,O00,O0O in the United States,
100000, making total expenditures
in France, $82,00O,OOO, elsewhere over
seas, $72,000,000; in the United States,
A.,n 0oo nm