Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1919-10-30
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions
Contributed BY Public We're
Used For Relief
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months s154,oOO.Ooo Was
Spent Overseas and stts,oOo,OoOI
In the United States.

Washington. Especial )-ThrOugh Q
complete report OF the work Of the
American Red Cross in the war by
Chairman Henry P, Dawson, on be-
half Of the war council, the organiEa-
ton on the eve Of its annual enroll
ment Of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November 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:
1.-THE war council CT the American
Red Cross is now prepared to make
complete accounting to the American
people of money contributed and ex-
pended, as well as the work done by
1.-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 10, 1919,
and went out of existence February
28, 1919.
1T was the practice of the war
council to give complete publicity to
its policies and finances, but 1t is only
now that a picture of the war period
as a whole can be presented. 1t Is
the feeling of the war council that a
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 a success.
"a statement of the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relinQuished Its control
viii be made to the public>through
the executive committee, and 1t Is Inn
portant, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
March !, 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
(material and money!. 100000, 900
Red Cross members:
Adults, 10000 900;
Children, 100000 -. $1,000, 900
Red Cross workers. ..... 100000
Relief articles produced
by volunteer Workers.. 71,577, 900
Families Of soldiers aided
by Home Service In US. 100000
Refreshments served by
canteen workers In U.s. 10000, 900
Nurses enrolled for serv-
Ice with army, navy or
Red Cross ......... 20,S22
Kinds Of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors in U. S.. 2,700
Knitted articles given to
q. !. ...,:........... 100000
Tons Of relief supplies
shipped overseas -. 10000
Foreign countries In
which Red Cross oper-
ated ................. 70
hospital in France. =. 1,155,oOo
French hospitals given
material aid ......... 8.78O
Splints supplied for Amer
lean soldiers ...... $4,000
Gallons of nitrous oxide
French hospitals 80. As4O,oOO
Men served by Red Cross
canteens in France. 15,876,000
Refugees aided in France 1,728,O0O
American convalescent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies In France $4,000
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances in
Italy ................ $4,000
Children cared for by
Red Cross in Italy $4,000
OF the s4OO,000,000 I'm money and
supplies, contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was In existence,
5000, 100000 was allotted to national
headquarters, while S137, 100000 went
to the chapters to finance their ac-
tivities. Expenditures In the twenty
months totailed S27S,000,000, divided
as follows: BY national headquarters
In France, $4,000, 600; elsewhere over
seas, $64,000,000; In the United States,
S4S,000000 by chapters In the United
States, S4S,0000O0; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed In
Trance, $25,0O0,o0O, elsewhere over
seas, 100000; in the United States,
$4,000, 900, making total expenditures
In France, $S2,0OO,000. elsewhere over
seas, s72,000000; in the United States,
$11e,000,OO0.