The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-06


can sick and wounded are stlll receiv.
ing attention, Al ,l,cse hospitals the
Red Cross supplies huts and facilities
for the amusement and recreation Of
the men as they become conyalescent
Our Army Of Occupation In Germany
was followed with Medlca units pre-
paved to render The same emergency
aid ard supply service which was the
primary business Of lie Red Cross
dnrln. hns;ilitins The Army ranteen
service along the Zines OF travel has
actually increased since the armlstics.
"As for work among the French peo-
pie, now that hostillties have ceased,
the French themselves naturally prS-
fer as far as possible TO provide for
their own. II has accordingly been de-
termined that The guiding principle OF
Reti Cross policy in France henceforth
shah be TO have punciilous regard to
It's every responsibility, but to direct
Its efforts primarily to assisting
French relief societies, The liberated
and desassa'fd regions Of France have
been divided by lie government into
small disaleis each officially assigned
to n designated French relief>0rgani-
Zation.
The American Red Cross work In
France was iniliu,ed by n commission
OF eighteen man who landed on French
shores June IL. 1917. Since then
some 5000 persons have been upon the
rolls In France. of. whom 1000 were
actively ENGAGED when the armlstice
was signed An indication Of the pres.
ent scale OF The work will be obtained
from the faei that Tie services of 5000
persons are still required.
Our American EXpedi;lonary Force
having larsr.r evacuated England, the
activities of the Red Cross Commits.
sion there are naturally Enon a dimin.
ishing scale period Ac,lye operations
are still In progress In Archangel and
Siberia.
'The work in lmIy has been almost
entirely on behalf Of the civilian pop
ulailon Of Thai cou'.rr. IN the critical
hours Of I.alt 'ssif1iagie he American
people, ihroush rhelr Red Cross sent
. practical message pf'sympathy and
relief. for wl rh II Government and
people OF las laYe never ceased to
express tl.c.r gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel to Near East.
'The occasion for such coneentra.
tion OF effort In Italy, England Bel
gium and even In France having natur-
ally and normally diminished II 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.
An extensive group OF American
workers has been dispatched to carry
yitally needed supplies. and to work
this winter In the various Balkan coun.
tries. In order to coordinate their ac-
tIvities, a Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters at
Rome Italy. from which point atone
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 invalds. 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 10 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 viii Continue.
Red Cross effort 10 thus far flung.
II will continue to be so. But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an intimate place
In the daily f1fe Of our people at home.
The army Of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be dsmobilized All our eI.
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 Ii an Amer.
lean army In the field the Red Cross
will have special function to perform.
Nothing could be Of greater Impor.
tance 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 &C.
Hvities In the interest Of humanity.
I The conception involves not alone Of.
forts to relieve human suffering but
to prevent It.; not alone q movement
by the people Of an individual nation,
but an attempt to arouse all people to
sense of their responsibility for the
welfar%of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t 10 a program both