The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1919-11-06
War Council Tells How millions
Contributed by Public Were
Used For Relief,
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $154,oOo,ooO Was
Spent Overseas and stf9,Ooo,ooo
In the United StateS

Washington. Especial, Through
complete report of the work Of the
American Red Cross In the war by
Chairman Henry =. Dawson, on be-
half Of The war council, the organiza-
ton on the eve Of its annual enroll
ment of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November to
II, has rendered an accounting Of the
many millions given 1t by the Amerl-
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement IS, In
part, MS follows;
"Thc war council OF the American
Red Cross is now prepared to make n
complete accounting to the American
people OF money contributed and eX-
pended, ms we'll as the work done by
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
2S, 1919.
at was the practice of the war
council to give complete publicity to
its policies and finances. but It Is only
now that picture Of the war period
as a whole can be presented. 1t is
the feeling Of the war council that n
report In this summarized form should
be made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the eff.
fort which made the American Red
Cross success
"a statement OF the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relnQuished its control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee, and It is i'm.
pOrtant, therefore, that the fact that
fhIs report covers the period only until
March /, should be carefully noted. "
Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Cross partlCl-
patton in the war, rs revealed by the
war councils report;
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
tmaterlal and money!. $IOO,0O0,0OO
Red Cross members:
Adults, 20,00OUJU;
Children, l1,UOu,OJ0 -. 3l,0O0,0OU
Red Cross workers. S,1UU,O0U
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers. 37l,57T O0U
Families Of soldiers aided
by Home Service in US. 5OO,OoC
Refreshments served by
canteen workers in Us. 4O,OOOOOC
Nurses enrolled for serv-
Red Cross ..,.,....,, 23,S2g
Kinds Of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors In u. s.. 2,70C
Knitted articles given 20
L, s, ...",......,..,. 1O,0OOOOC
Tons of relief supplies
shipped overseas .'.". 1O1OOt
Foreign countries In
which Red Cross opcr-
hospital in France. .". 1,l55,OOC
French hospitals given
material aid .....,.. 8,7St
lean soldiers ,,...... $4,000
Gallons Of nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
French hospitals ,.... 4,S4o,COt
Men served by Red Cross
CRnteens in FranCe... 15876,0Ot
Refugees aided IN France 1,726,0Ot
American cOnvalcscent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies in France 3,11O,OOC
Soldiers carried by Red
ftniy ...'".1.......". i4S,OO
| Children cared for by
Red Cross IN italy,. 1j5,00
OF the $4O0OOOOO0 IN money an
supplies, contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was IN existence
! s263 100000 was allotted to natlOna
headquarters, while S137,OOO,000 wen
/ to the chapters to finance their &C
/ tIvities. Expenditures in the twent
months totalled s273,0OO,0O0. dlvlde'
ne follows: BY national headQuarter
Ii France, S57,000,0O0; elsewhere ovet
seas, S64,OOO,O0O; In the United States
! S4S,0O0,O00; by chapters IN the Unite
states, s43,0O0.0O0; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed 4
france, S25.OOOO0O, elsewhere over
So SS,0O000O; in the United State,
s2s,0O0,OCO. making total expenditure