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RED CROSS GIVES 5!
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How MILLIONS
Contributed BY Public were
useu FOT nullSt.
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
IN Twenty Months $154, 100000 Wac,
Spent Oversees and $119,OOO,0OO. =
In the United Statss<

Washington. (speclal.)zeThpush q
complete report Of -the work Of TIE
American Red Cross m the war hr
Chairman Henry P. Davlson, on b.
half of the war council, tAe 6rgaaixs-
ton on the eve Of its annual enroll
ment of members during the Third
Rel Gross Roll Call, Nov ember 2 to
II, has rendered On accounting of the
many millions given it by the Ameri-.
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement Il, fn
part as follows:
"The war council Of the American
Red Cross is now prepared to make .
complete accounting to the American
people OF money contributed and OK
pended, as we'll as the work done by
The American Red Cross during the
period in which the war council was
in control Of its affairs The war
council was appointed May 10. 1914
and went out of existence February
%, 1919, ,.a. :, Ae%-' 49,
at was the practice Of the war
council to give complete publicity 70
its policies and finances, but 1t 10 only
now that a picture of the war period
as a whole can be presented. It =
the feeling of the war council that q
report In this summarized form should
be made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the ct.
fort which made the American Red
Cross a success.
"a statement Of the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relinQ ,lished its control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee, and It = In
portant, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
March l, should be carefully noted.
3 Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Gross partici.
patton in the war, as revealed by The
war councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
(material and money!. $4OO,OOO,O0
Red Cross members:
Adults, 20,000UU0;
RED qn c4s:s r 75sSSsoo " ' ssSS
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers, 371,677, 900
Families of soldiers aided =,
by Home Service in US. 100000
Refreshments served by
. canteen workers in US. 100000
Nurses enrolled for Serv.
Ice with army, navy Or
lied cross ........... X3.60
Kinds Ot comfort articles
!. distributed to soldiers
and sailors in u. ST.. 27OO
Knitted articles given to
1, s, 49,. 100000
Tons of relief supplies
shipped overseas ...... 101, 900
Foreign countries In
which Red Cross oper-
Patient days In Red Cross
hospital in France. 80. 1,165,OOO
French hospitals given
material aid ......... $3.50
Splints supplied for Amer \
: lean soldiers ......... $4,000
Gallons of nitrous oxide
French hospitals " .:... 100000
Men served by Red Gross
canteens in France. 100000
Refugees aided In France 1,726O00
American convalescent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies in France $4,000
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances In
lIHlN 44SyVUV
Children cared for by
Red Gross in Italy. 80. $4,000
OF the $500 100000 in money and
supplies, contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was in existence,
$26s, 100000 was allotted to national
headquarters, while $137, OO0,O went
to the chapters to finance their ae-
tivities. Expenditures in the twenty
months totalled $273.0O0,O00, divided
as follows: BY national headquarters
in France. S57 900, 600; elsewhere over
seas, $64, 900 900; in the United States,
$4S, 100000 by chapters In the United
States, S43,OO0,000; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed In
France, 25,OOO,0OO, elsewhere over
seas, $S,OOOOOO; in the United States,
SIS, 100000, making total expenditures
in France, $S2,OOO,OO0, elsewhere over
seas, S72,OOO,OO0; in the United States,
$119, 00O, 200.