Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-03-11

| shores June Is, 1917. Since then
some 1900 persons have been upon the
| roRs in France, of whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the armistice
was signed. An indication of the pres
ent scale of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services Of 5000
persons are still required.
| "Our American Expeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities of the Red Cross Commits
sion there are naturally upon a dimin-
ishing scale period. Active operations
are still in progress in Archangel and
| Siberia.
The work in Italy has been almost
| entirely on behalf Of the civilian pop
ulation Of that country In the critical
hours of Italys struggle the American
| people, through their Red Cross, sent
a practical message of sympathy and
relief, for which the government and
people of Italy have never ceased to
express their gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel to Near East.
1.-The occasion for such concentra-
ton of effort in Italy, England, Bel
| GUM and even in France having natur-
| ally and normally diminished, it has
been possible to divert supplies and
| personnel in large measure to the aid
| of those people in the Near East who
| have hitherto been inaccessible to out
side assistance, but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale.
| The needs of these peoples are so vast
! that government alone can meet them,
but the American Red Cross is making
| an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
can extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitality needed supplies, and to work
| this winter in the various Balkan coUn-
| tries. In order to coordinate theii ac-
| tivitieS, Balkan commission has been
established with headquarters at
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
| all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
| "a commission has just reached Po-
land with doctors and nurses, medical
supplies, and food for sick children
| and invalids. An American Red Cross
| Commission has also been appointed
| to aid in relieving the suffering of Rus
| sian prisoners still confined in German
| prison camps.
"An important commission is still
| working in Palestine Through the
war special cooperation has been
| given to the Armenian and Syrian Re-
| lief Commission, which was the only
| agency able to carry relief in the In
terror of Turkish dominions
| Red Cross Will Continue.
| RED Cross effort is thus far flung.
| 1t will continue to be So But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an intimate place
in the daily life of our people at home.
The army of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demcbilized All our ex-
perience in the war shows clearly that
| there is an unlimited field for service
of the kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
| Cross. What its future tasks may be
it is yet impossible to forecast. We
know that so long as there is an Amer
lean army in the field the Red Cross
| will have a special function to perform.
| Nothing could be of greater impor-
lance to the American Red Cross than
the plans just set in motion by the five
great Red Cross societies of the world
to develop program of extended ac-
| tivities in the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone eff
forts to relieve human suffering, but
to prevent it; not alone movement
by the people of an individual nation
! but an attempt to arouse all people to
sense of their responsibility for the
welfare of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t is a program both
ideal and practical. Ideal in that its
| supreme aim is nothing less than yer
| liable peace on earth good will te
| men," and practical in that it seeks tC
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them eff
fective in meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent in the
lives of all peoples
| For accomplishing it's mission in
the years of peace which must lie
ahead OF us the Red Cross will require
| the ablest possible leadership, and
must enjoy the continued support, sym
| pathy, and participation in its work
Of the whole American people. It is
particularly fortunate that such a man
as DIR. Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
of the organization. The unstinted
| fashion in which ali our people gave
of themselves throughout the war is
| the best assurance that our Red Cross
will continue to receive that co-opera.
ton which will make it's work a source
of pride and inspiration to every Amer.
| ican"
| Mr.. Dawson, as chairman of the In
ternational Commission of the Ameri.
can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep.
resent the American Red Cross in the
| preparation of the program for extend
I ed Red Cross activities, and will spend
the next several months in Europe in
consultation with other Red Cross soci-
cites for that purpose
THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER
| ICAN RED CROSS.
| Henry P. Dawson, Chairman.