The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-21
FIN: RED CROSS
RECORD At HOME
Local Chapter Members
Produced 371,OO0,OOO Ar
ticles Last Year
ASSISTED NEARLY
100000 FAMILIES
Total Value of Supplies Exceeded s94,-
0o0,Q0o--Great Work Among the
soldiers-Total of 1892 Nurses En-
rolled fer War Service.

rolled fer War Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. %. Twenty
months activity Of the american Red
Cross in the United States is summarized
in the second installment of the report
of the organizations war council made
public by Chairman Henry P. Davidson.
The work of every department during the
20 months prior to March l, 1919, is sum
married.
Local chapter members, who numbered
| over S,0O0,c00, produced more than 37l,-
| 00o,OeO articles classified as relief sup
| plIeS, including surgical dressings, hospi-
| tai garments and supplies, refugee gar
ments ami additions to the regulation out
| hts OF soldiers and sailors Ten per cent
OF tins production was the work Of the
Junior members Of the Red Cross, and
the total value OF the supplies furnished
was in excess Of $94 100000.
The Home Service handled the widest
variety OF the multitude OF problems pre-
sented to the Red Cross and was able to
assist directly nearly 300, coo families, either
| with direct financial aid or by settling one
or other OF nearly every problem that
could possibly arise, ranging all the way
from the relief ct dire want to the fur
9ishing Of information. Due to the want
OF trained workers at the beginning Of
this phase Of Red Cross activities, a large
number of workers had to he especially
trained IN the nome service Institutes or
gained for the purpose
On Nov. !, 1918, Just before the arms
'ice, there We're $1,000 canteen workers
and 100 canteens
During the % months ending Feb %
1919 more than So .o00 men who were sicl
or injured received medical aid that en-
ahled them to proceed on their Journey
while 900 men who were too iii to trava
were transferred to hospitals In tn,
same reriod. refreshments were served 40,
100000 times,
The motor corps, although begun carl,
in the war, did not grow tc importance
until the summer and TALL Of 1918, whcl
1t rendered Important supplementary al,
TO the army and navy IN Transporting
troons and supplies and 10 other depart
mentS OF the Rel Gross in conducting ~
rIous relief activities BY Nov l. l9lS
there were more than 1900 motor corn
workers enrolled, most Of whom were 4.
mating not only then own time bat th
use Of their cars as we'll
The nursing service, always one. OF th
most important branches of Red eros
work, was greatly strengthened and il
creased during the war total OF % s.
nurses were enrolled, Of whom a3l We,
assigned to active duty with the arm
navy, public health service and the Re
Cross overseas service. Eighty per ceI
Of the army nurse corps aud 60 per Ger
Of the navy nurse corps were mobilize
= BY the Red Cross There were also q
rolled 2248 nurses aides 2.55S dieticial
and LIS nurses unable to volunteer f,
overseas service, aud approximately g
!. 10000 was appropriated to this hrant
- Of the work
!. It is believed that through it's can
!, service the Red Cross ropcd IN son
- way practically every soldier. sailor al
marine in the service of the Urited State
- Tic onerat'ons Of the camp service har
II extended to 800 camps, hospitals and OF
- er military and naval establishments
tho United States.
Throughout the war the bureau OF COZ
munication at national HEADQUARTERS d
M swered requests for information e0ncef