The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-11-06
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complete replrt Of the work Of the
American BED Cn~ in the war b.
Chairman Henry r. Dawson, ~ b.
oslf Of the var council, the 0rxanixa-
,l00 on the eve of it, annual enroll
ment Of members. during iise Third
Red Cross ItOli Gail. NOveiai,er 2 to
IL, has rendered an accounting Of the
many pillions given II BY the A,nerl-
can people to help our AGAtiAs n.en
and our allies. The statement -, in
part, a. follows:
The war council Of the American
Red Cross 10 now prepared to make .
complete accounting to the American
people Of money contributed and eI-
pended, as well a. 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 ~. 1919.
and went out Of existence February
2S, 1919
''It was the practice Of the war
council to give complete publicity to
its policies and finances, but 1t is only
now that q picture of the war periOu
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 ef-
fort which made the American Red
Cross success.
"A statement Of the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council reiinquished its control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee, and it is i'm
portant, therefore, that the fact tha,
this report covers the period only until
March !, should be carefully nOtcd'
Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Cross partici
patton In the war. AZ revealed by the
war councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
(mater!a and money!. $4OO,OOO,OUO
Red Cross members:
Adults, 20,WU,WO:
Children, il,OoO,OOO ... sl,O0oaU
Red Cross workers. ..,, S,lOO.UOO
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers.. 371,57T WO
Families of soldiers aided
by Home Service in US. 10000
Refreshments served by
canteen workers in US. 10000, coo
Nurses enrolled for serv-
Ice with army, navy or
Red Gross ,...:... 2s.s22
Kinds of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors in U. So. 2,7OO
Knitted articles given to
soldiers and sailors in
Tons OF relief supplies
shipped overseas ...,. 1O1,OOO
Foreign countries in
which Red Cross oper-
Patient days in Red Cross
hospital In France. -. 1,1S5,OOO
French hospitals given
materin! aid ..... S,76O
lean soldiers. ....:.. 2s4,ooo
Gallons of nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
French hospitals .... 4,34O,OO0
Men served by Red Cross
canteens in France. ... 15.s7e.Ooo
Refugees aided in France l,726,OOO
American cGnvalcScent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies in France 3.1l0UU
Soldiers carried by Red
Cr"se amhulances in
Ea'y ............. l4s.oOO
Chi rp' 'o"nd for by
Rod 'g. =. "a Italy. 155.OO
OF ~" : >'"r "no0OO In money and
s'-,'.''"s CON -r'hu'rd :, fire Arlarcar
Red Gross dur ~ ne iweu'y months
the va" council was In existence.
s263 q e 600 was allnted 70 national
headr /: rters viii" Sl%7. .HI.O went
to the chapters :" finance their ac-
ivities ENpcad. ,urrs i! the twenty
months t";allcd H@@-"nAa.0N0 divided
as follows: Ry national Headquarters
In France. So tOr. .OnN: elsewhere over
seas. SCI 900 900: in the United SAFES
s+s.O0o,oO hs chapters in the tni.ed
States, s43OOo,on0: cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed in
France. S2iG0n 600, elsewhere over
seas. IS 000GO0: IN the United States.
500 ,l-f,,