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Ofiicsrs Of the American Red eros
who will direct the activities Of tn
selected al an adjourned annual meet
selected at an ADJOURNED euAl meet
TX held 1T national headquarters Feb
ruary l6. Four members Of the re
firing war council will remAinxswitl
the organization a. members or tn,
executive committee. These ar,
; Henry p. Dawson, Of New York: clio
, Wadsworth. OF Boston; Cornelius N
Bliss, Jr., Of New York. and Georg,
e. Scott, of Chicago.
Or. Livingston Farrand, formerl,
president of the University Of Colo
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mt Amsssas fSSkanSivAA 81 5ssas Y NJ,
Cross, succeeds former President Taft
y DR.. Farrand viii be ex-onicdo chair.
man OF he executive committee.
The national officers elected were.
President. woodrow Wilson: vice.
presidents, willinm H. Taft and Rob-
ert w. deForest. OF New York: treas
urer. John Shelton Williams; coun-
seior, Alexander King; secretary, DR.
stockton Arson.
These are reflections with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Taft. who fiils anewly
created office of vice-president. Here
tofore there has been but one vice.
president. Mr.. Williams IL comptrol-
solicitor-general of thc United States,
Following are members Of the cen
trail committee just appointed by
President Wilson: Chairman. DIR. Liv-
tngston Farrand; ytce-chairman. Will
loughby waiting, of Chicago: Robert
Lansing, secretary of state Ito repre-
sent the department OF state); John
Shelton william. comptroller OF the
currency ito represent the treasury
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w Irlenad, surgeon general u. s. A.
ito represent the war department);
Rear-Admirai William c. BREASTED,
surgeon general. U. 8. N. Ito repre-
sent the navy Department.: Alexander
King, solicitor general tto represent
the department of justicel.
I Members Of the central committee
elected by the board of incorporators
OF the Red Cross are Miss Mabel T.
Boardman. Washington: John Bas-
set, Moore, New York Judge w. w.
Morrow. San Francisco; John D.
Ryan. Butte, Mont; Mrs. Frank v.
: Hammar. St. Louis, Mo: George E..
Scott, Chicago. New members of the
committee thus elected by the incor-
porators are Mrs. Hammar and Mr..
Scott. the last named having served as
general manager of the Red Cross and
member OF the war council.
! Members of the central committee
elected by chapter delegates to the
annual meeting are Cornelius N. Bliss.
Jr.. New York: John NJ. Glenn. New
York; Franklin X. Lane, secretary of
the interior. Washington; Eliot Wads-
worth. Boston; Charles D. Norton.
New York; Henry P. Dawson. New
York.
! The executive committee. the active
governing body of the Red Cross,
which Is a subcommittee OF the CEN
raj committee, chosen by the central
committee, follows:
3 DR.. Livingston Farrand. chairman
ex-officio; Surgeon-General Merritte
w. Ireland, OF the army; Surgeon
General william c. BREASTED, of the
navy: Franklin X. Lane. secretary OF
the Interior: Henry p. Dawson, OF
New York: Eliot Wadsworth, of Bos-
ton; Cornelius N Bliss, Jr.. of New
York; George Il. Scott. Of Chicago.
To MI vacancies in the board OF In
corporators, due to deaths, that board
elected three women of prominence
They are Mrs. Leonard Wood. wife OF
General Wood. Fort Riley. Kan; Mrs.
Joseph NJ Cudahy. Chicago; and Mrs
August Belmont. New York. Mrs. Bel.
mont filled the post OF assistant to the
war council during tho latter period
of the war.
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of the central committee. Ia . Chicago
banker who has held a number Of ad
( illustrative positions In the Red Cross
during the war. having been acting dl
7 rector-general OF civilian relief. dtrec
! tor of division administration, chair
man Of tho national committee on in
: fiuenxa and member OF the committed
on awards.
Frederick c. Munroe was appointed
general manager to succeed George e
} Scott. Mr.. Munroe was for many year,
connected with tho New England Tel,
! euhone company and has had tho bes
Of training Ms an organization ant
> methods expert. and is most efsicien
, executive. He was attached to III
! star OF James jackson. OF the New
! England division from the beginning
: of the war. and has organized and al
, rected several Red Cross campaigns
, He was brought to national headquar
,, tere last summer to lay out and piaI
a survey Of the Nursing resources o
: Tho e,eaun;rx.~~sDMr...M upros was mad
assistant ,ta the general manager las
September and has been directing an,
carrying on 4 most important part o
the work of this office for the past 81,
moths.
. DIR. Guy r. snaveiy was appointe,
assistant to the general manager. HI
WAS with the Red Cross before tn
, creation OF the war council and ha
seen the organisation of the Red Cros
grow to it's present size. He has beef
assistant manager In the Southern di
vision and. as such. has been bfough
In close contact with the " ork OF thu
various departments and bureaus. HI
10 we'll acquainted with chapter or
ganixation and field problems. Or
snaveiy is \ graduate OF John Hopkin'
university.
J. Byron Deacon. Of Philadelphia
|, who has been assistant director gen
eral Of civilian relief throughout th'
: war. was appointed acting director
general OF civilian relief. succeeding
Mr.. waliIng.
There were no important changes II
the heads Of departments or bureaus
l.. J. Hunter. now deputy comptroller
through the resignation Of Mr. Dubois
viii become comptroller. Mr. Hiss con
tinues a. the director general Of tn
department OF military relief: Franz
c. Let's ~ director of the department
OF supplies and Edward c. Crossett NJ
director Of the department Of develop.
ment, Miss Jane A.. Delano VIII con.
ltinue a. director Of the department OF
nursing and during her absence IL
Europe Miss Clara y. Moves Is serving
las acting director department OF