The Monticellonian., 1919-10-31
RED CROSS GIVES FULL! hGG()ijiI!IHNC
War Council Tells HCE Millions Contributed tY Pubic Were
 UsGd For ReIi.t.
BIG TASK Is DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months sf54.coo. 900 Was Spent Overseas and sig, 9,oco COG, 900
 in the United States.

Washington. tSpecfai.) .)-Through a complete report ef the work of the American Red Cross !n the war by Chairman Henry r Dav'~,n on b,- half of the war council, the orsaniza- tioH on the eve of It's annual enroll ment Of members during tie Third Red Cross Roll Call. November ? to II, has rendered an accounting of the many millions given 1t by the Ameri- can people to help our fighting men and our allies. Tie statement Is, i'll part as follows:
 The war council of tie American Red Cross is now prepared to make a complete accounting to the American people Of money contributed and ex pended. as well as the work done by the American Red Cross during the period in which the war council was in control of It's affairs The war council was appointed May 19 1919, and went out of existence February 2S, 1919.
 Tt WAS the practice of the war council 10 give complete publicity to
 
 now that picture of the war period as whole can be presented IL is the feeling of the war council that report In this summarized form should be made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the ef fort which made the American Red Cross q success.
 "A statement of the American Red Cross effort and finances since the war council relinquished Its control will be made to the public through the executive committee and 1t Is im- 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 particl- patton iu the war. as revealed by the war councils report:
 Some Outstanding Figures. Contributions received
 (materiai and moneS S400,OO0. GOO Red Cross members
 Adults. 20,0O0,Ou0:
 Children, ll,OUu.eo0 =. 3l.090.0JU Red Cross workers ... SlOOUOU Relief articles produced
 by volunteer workers. 37l, ,577 ,OU0 Families Of soldiers aided
 by Home Service ill us. 5O0.OJO Refreshments served by
 cauteen workers in US. 40,000,O0O Nurses enrolled for serY-
 lee With army, navy or
 Red Cross .......... 2s,S22 Kinds Of comfort articles
 distributed to soldiers
 and sailors in L. S.... 21O0 Knitted articles given to
 soldiers and sailors in
 |. $. .................. 1O,9OO, GOO Tons of relief supplies
 shipped overseas ..... 10l. l.OOO Foreign countries in
 which Red Cross oper-
 alea ........... 25 Patient days in Red Cross
 hospital in France. ... 1,155, 900 French hospitals given
 material aid ......... 3,7S0 Splims supplied for Amer
 jean soldiers ........ 2e4, 900 Gallons of nitrous oxide
 and oxygen furnished
 French hospitals .... 4,340,OOO Men served by Red Cross
 canteens in France - 15,376. 0OO Refugees aided In France LOGO American convalescent
 soldiers attending Red
 Cross movies In France 3,110,0O0 Soldiers carried by Red
 Cross ambulanees in
 Italy ................. 14s,OOO Children cared for by
 Red Cross in Italy..... 155,0OO Of the S40O 100000 In money and supplies, contributed 10 the American Red Cross during the twenty months the war council was in existence, S263, 100000 was allotted to national headquarters. while S137 ,000 GOO went to the chapters to finance their ac- tiyities. Expenditures In the twenty months totalled S273O00,O00. divided as follows: By national headquarters