The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-06
RED CROSS GIVES FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions Contributed by Public HaFe
 Used For Relief.
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $154,ooo, 900 Was Spent Overseas and 19,o0o, GOO
 In the United States.

Washington. Especial. .)-Through a complete report of the work of the American Red Cross In the war by Chairman Henry P. Davison, on be- half of the war council, the organfza- ton on the eve of It's annual enroll ment Of members during the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 to Il, 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:
 ''The war council of the American Red Cross is now prepared to make 8 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.
 It was the practice of the war council to give complete publicity to its policies and finances, but 1t Is only now that 2 picture Of the war period as whole can be presented. It is the feeling of the war council that q report In this sum1nar riZed form should be made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the ef- fort which made the American Red Cross a success.
 "A statement of the American Red Cross effort and finances since the war council relinquisheI its control will be made to the public through the executive committee, and it is i'm portant, therefore, that the fact that 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
 (matefial and nlouey). S4O0,O00,OOO lied Cross members:
 Adults, 2UUUU, ,OUU;
 Children, 1l,OUJ,U00 =. 31O00,0OO Red Cross workers SlOOOtH) Relief articles produced
 by volunteer workers 3T577OEO Families of soldiers aided '. by Home Service in US. 50o,OJO Refreshments served by
 Canteen workers in U.S 10000 600 Nurses enrolled fer Serv-
 lee with army. navy or
 Red Cross ;......::.. 23,S22 Kinds Of comfort articles
 distributed to soldiers
 and sailors in U S 2.7OO Knitted articles given to
 soldiers and sailors in
 '. s. ...,.......:. 1o,ooo.ooO
 shipped overseas .... 1O1, ,O0o Foreign countries in
 which Red Cross Oper- Patient days in Red Cross
 hospital in France. 1,155,OOO French hospitals given :, material aid ,...... 3,7S0 Splints supplied for Amer
 ican soldiers ....... 294, ,O0O Gallons of nitrous oxide
 and oxygen furnished
 French hospitals . 4,34O. GOO Men served by Red Cross
 canteens in France. -. 15,37e,ooo Refugees aided in France 1,726, 900 American convaleScent
 Gross movies in Fra6ce s,11o,ooo
 Cross aflbulances in u Italy 14s,00o
 Red Cross in Italy 155, 900
 Of the S400 OOO 900 in money and supplies, contributed to the American Red Cross during the twenty months the war council was in existence, S263. 100000 was allotted to national headquarters, while $137 ,00O. GOO went to the chapters to finance their ac- tivities. Expenditures in the twenty months totalled s273.OOO,00O, divided as follows: By national headquarters in France, S570O0O00; elsewhere over seas, S64 100000; in the United States, S4S,O00,000; by chapters in the United 9 States S43,0000o0; cost of chapter