The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-03-07
War Council on Retirement An
nounces Cash and Supplies
Contributed.
WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON
Five Big Societies in World Wide Plan
H.. p. Dawson Heads international
American Red Cross Commission
Or. Livingston Farrand Permanent
Leader of Peace Organization.

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Dawson as chairman issues the ioll""-
ing statement on behalf of the Wal
Council of the American Red Cross:
40 the American People:
"'rhe War Council Of the Americas
Red Cross appointed by President VIII
son on May 10, 1917, to carry on the
work of the American Red Cross dur
ing the war, at their request and 10y
vote of the Central Committee, ceased
IL. midnight, February %.
'~'Inmediately the armistice was
s..red the War Council Instituted
studies to determine when the strict,
~ war work of the organization would
have been sufficiently matured to en-
able the direction Of affairs to be re-
stunned by the permanent staff. Henry
Z. Dawson, being in Paris when the
HrlAistice was signed, summoned a
conference there of the heads of all
The Red Cross Commissions in Europe
! o canvass the situation. After con
sidering all the factors it was con-
Guided ITO make the transition Oh
March l. The very fortunate choice
of DR. Livingston Farrand as the new
chairman of the Central Committee.
and thereby the permanent chief eN-
ecutive of the Red Cross, makes posi-
BILE the contamination of this plan un-
der the most favorable conditions.
Accounts Audited by War Department.
Detailed reports to Congress and a
complete audit of its accounts by the
War Department will constitute the
final record of Red Cross activity dur
ing the war. Although it has been
the rule to make public all expendi
lures when authorized and to give de
tailed information relative to all work
undertaken, the War Council in turn
ing over it's responsibilities to DR.. Eau
rand and his associates desire to give
a brief resume of Red Cross war time
activities to the American people. l.
whom the Red Cross belong. and wlust
generous contributions have made pos
sible all that has been accomplished.
During the past nearly twenty-unt
months the American people ha"'
given in cash and supplies TO IL
American Red Cross nor than E!G>
100000. No value al be placed ulul
the contributions of service wl!iti
have been given without stint and 81
tentimes at great sacrifice by millions
of our people.
THE effort of the American Re
Cross in this var has constituted h..
far the largest voluntary gifts O.
money, of hand and heart, ever con
tributed purely for the relief of Nn
man suffering. Through the Rcd Gro
the leart and spirit of the wlloh
American people have been mobilize,
to take care of Jul own. to relieve til,
misery incident to the war, and III
to reveal to the world the supreEi
ideals of u national life.
Everyone who has had any part il
this war effort of the Red Cross is en-
titled to congratulate himself. N
thanks from anyone could be equal il
value to the self satisfaction every
one should feel for the part take,l
Fully 100000 American women hav,
exerted themselves in Red Cross sers
ice.
Has Over $1,000, 900 Adult Members
when we entered the war III
American Red Cross had about $1,000
members. Today, as the result Of IT,
recent Christmas membership Ro'
Call, there are upwards of 10000
full paid members outside Of the men
hers of the junior Red Cross, number
ing perhaps 100000 school childrr
additional.
1.-The chief effort Of the Red eros
during the wal has been to care f,
our men In service and to aid on
army and navy wherever the Re
Cross may be called on to assist. A
to this phase of the work Surgeon Grl
eral Ireland of the U. S.. Army reccn
ly said: The Red Cross has been Il
enterprise as vast as the wal itse|
From the beginning 1t has done ll,o>
things which the Army Medical Corr
wanted done, but could not do itself
LIE lleu SIOSS VI Ill l. ram,
has naturally been upon an exceptio,
ally large scale where service h:
heen rendered to the American Arm
and to the French Army and II
French people as well, the latter pa
sicularly during the trying peri,
when the Allied World vas wai,il
for the American Army to arise
force and power. Hospital emergen
service for III army in France H.
greatly diminished, but the Red Gro
is still being called upon foy servi
unon a large scale in the great ha
hospitals. where thousands of Anne
can sick and wounded are still recei
ing attention. At these hospitals 7
r"h Cross supplies huts and facilili
e"r the amusement and recreation
'hr men as they become convalescp
t.'r Army of Occupation in Germa
vas followed with Medical units y
;,"rpd 10 render the same emergnn
AID and supply service which was t
,."imary business of the Red Gre
ring hos1ilities. The Army Can,c
twice along the lines of travel |
actually increased since the armisti
LAS for work among the Freich p'
pie, now that hostilities have ceas,
the French themselves naturally p
fer as far as possible to provide
their own. 1t has accordingly been
termined that the guiding principle
Red Cross policy in France hencefo
shall be to have punctilious regard
Its every responsibility, but to dir