Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-03-07

y""si.i! ..i,N.-t: .:e;ial.) Henry P.
.llvison as 81, hartman issues the follow
a,: s:;renen! On behalf of the War
-,incii o! The American Red Cross:
~ the American People:
'rh" War Council of the American
ied Cross appointed Ivy President VIII
On ,n May 10. 1917, to carry OH the
work of ne American Red Cross dur
rg the war, Il; 5heir request and by
.ote of the Ccn.,al Committee, cease
it midnight, February %
Immediately the armistice was
signed lhe Var Council Instituted
studies to determine when the strict
Y war work of the organization wOulc
have been sufficiently matured to eli
.ble the direction of affairs to be re
sumed by the permanent staff. flenr.
Z. Dawson, being in Paris when TIN
armistice was signed, summoned
conference there of the heads of
The Red Cross Commissions in EurOp
10 canvass the situation. After cor
Sidering all the factors it was col
,.luded to make the transition o.
March /. The very fortunate choic
If DR.. Livingston Farrand as the nov
hairman of the Central Committee
and thereby the permanent chief eN
ecutive of the Red Cross, makes pOSS
ole the consummatiOn of this plan uD
der the most favorable conditions
Accounts Audited by War Department
Detailed reports to Congress and 4
complete audit of its accounts by th'
War Department will constitute tn
final record Of Red Cross activity dur
ing the war. Although 1t has beeI
the rule to make public all eXpend
lures when authorised and to give de
Jailed information relative to all wOr'
undertaken, the War Council I'm turn
ing over fits responsibilities to DR.. Far
rand and his associates desire TO give
Il brief resume of Red Cross war TIM
activities to the American people. t.
whom the Red Cross belong, and whose
generous contributions have made pos
sible all that has been accomplished.
During the past nearly twenty-one
months the American people have
given in cash and supplies to the
American Red Cross more than $500.
100000. No value can be placed upon
the contributions of service which
have been given without stint and of
tentimes at great sacrifice by millions
If our people.
1.-THE effort of the American Rec
Cross in this war has constituted by
far the largest voluntary gifts Of
money, of hand and heart. ever con
tributed purely for the relief of hu.
man suffering. Through the Red Gross
he heart and spirit of the whol.
American people have been mObilize,l
o take care of our own, to relieve the
misery incident to the war, and also
20 reveal to the world the supreme
ideals of our national life.
Everyone who has had any part In
this war effort of the Red Cross is en-
titled to congratulate himself. No
thanks from anyone could be equal In
value to the self satisfaction every.
one should feel for the part taken
Fully 100000 American women have
exerted themselves In Red Cross serv.
ice.
Has Over 1900, 900 Adult Members
"When we entered the war the
American Red Cross had about 500 ZOO
members. Today, as the result Of the
recent Christmas membership Roll
Call, there are upwards Of 1900, OOC
full paid members outside Of the mem
bers of the Junior Red Cross, number
ing perhaps 100000 school children
additional.
''The chief effort Of the Red eros:
during the war has been to care fol
our men In service and to aid oul
army and navy wherever the Rec
Cross may be called on to assist. Al
to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen
eral Ireland Of the q. 8. Army recent
ly said: The Red Cross has been an
enterprise as vast as the war itself
From the beginning 1t has done those
things which the Army Medical Corps
wanted done. but could not do ITSELF
''The Red Cross endeavor in France
has naturally been upon an exception
ally large scale where service ha.
been rendered to the American Army
and to the French Army and the
French people as well, the latter par
ticularly during the trying period
when the Allied World was waiting
for the American Army to arise II
force and power. Hospital emergenc!
service for our army In France ha.
greatly diminished. but the Red eros.
is still being called upon for servict
upon large scale In the great bas,
hospitals. where thousands Of Ameri
can sick and wounded are still receiv
ing attention. At these hospitals tn,
Red Cross supplies huts and .facilftie,
for the amusement and recreation OF
the men as they become convalescent
. Our Army Of Occupation In German,
was followed with Medical units pre-
pared to render the same emergenc,
aid and supply service which was thu
primary business of the Red Cross
during hostilities. The Army Canteel