The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-10-31
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
Council Tells How Millions
Contributed bJ Public Wefe
Used For Relief
Bl0 TASK IS DESCRIBED
n Twenty Months otS<JO00y0oo Was
/ epsnt overpsas and otto.O0Qoee
n the UMitel oeateA

opsnt 0vespsas and otto.O0o1ooeV
n ths United oeatA~ e.
Washington. (Spedal.)-1hrOugh .,
complete report Of the work Of the
Ameriean Rcd Cross In the war by
Chairman Henry p. Dawson. OF be-.
half Of the war oOuaOil. the o~rxaninA-'
ton on the sve Of Ito annual eproE-
ment Of members during the Third
Rcd Cross Roll Call, November Z to
II. has MISUNDERSTANDING. OF. tho.
many millions given It by the Ameri-
can people ia help a fighting a
and our allies. The statement II, In
part, 10 follower 4,
"The war council Of tho American
Red Cross Ia now prepared to make a
complete accounting to the American
people OF money contributed and Ok
pended. a. we'll 40 the work done by
the American Red Gross during the
period In which the war council was
In control Of Its affairs. The war
council was appointed May 10, 1910.
and went out Of existence February
70. 1919. :
ut was the practice OF the war
council to give complete publicity to
it, policies and finances, but it is only
nov that a picture OF the war period
as a whole car BE- presented. 1t 10
the feeling OF the war council that a ,
report In this summarized form should
pc made directly to the public which
provided the money n gave the eff
fort which made the American Red
Cross A success. =
"a statement OF the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council ~reliuquished its control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee. aud 1t is IN
portant, therefore, That the fact thai
his report covers the period only until
March /, should be carefully nojed."
Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Cross partici-
patton in the war, as revealed by the
war councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
.b{tl !DiIS LttflN tL
(material and money!. $400, 900, 800
Red Cross members:
Adults, 10000, 900;
Children. li,0GO,O00 -. 3i,00o. ono
Red Cross Workers...... S,1OU,UOU
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers. ~37l,577,OOO
Families OF soldiers aided
by Home Service in Us. 10000
Refreshments served by
canteen workers In Us. 4n,U0O, $40
Nurses enrolled for serV-
a.. with army, navy Or
Red Cross ......... Z3,SZ2
Kinds OF comfort articles
distributed 10 soldiers
and SuilorS in u. S.. 200
Knitted articles given 10
soldiers and sailors in
q. 5. 10000, 900
shipped overseas ...... lol.OOO
Foreign countries I'm
which Red Cross Oper-
Patient days 10 Red Cross
hospital in France. l.l55,0OO
French hospitals given
material aid .......... $3.50
8plints supplied for Amer
ican soldiers ......... 294,Oo0
Gallons OF nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
frenCn hospitals ..... 4,SfU,UpU
Men served by Red Cross
c%anteens in France. 15,s78.OOO
Refugees aided In France 1,726,O0O
American cOnvaleScent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies In France 3,110,GN
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances In
Children cared for by
Red Cross Ia Italy -. $4,000
OF the $4OO, 900, 900 In money and
supplies. contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was In existence,
1898, OOO, 900 was allotted 70 national
headquarters, while $1sT one, 900 went
TO the chapters to finance their &C
tivities. Expenditures In the twenty
months tOtslled $273, 1000 900, divided
. ~ follows: BY national headquarters
10 France, 81. OOO, 900 elsewhere over
seas, 90, 900 I'm the United states.
$48, 10000 0 by chapters in the United
States, $48. 900; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed In
France, S23, 1000, elsewhere over
seas, $4,000. 600; In the United States,
S2S, 1000, making total expenditures
in France. $S2, OOO, 900, elsewhere over
aaaa f72 On0 900 In the limited Stafps.