The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-05

X0o war council OF the American
ANU ~ Gross. the body which. since
Il emtxy Of the United States into the
&S MF for liberty and civilization, ha,
1Spcted the greatest humanitarian
q H0fk IN the worlds history, passed
ut Of existence on March l. when
II shM % ss@ssYnsnt ~ ttsa orgsnt1s fjer
AASASlsa W llne SsY.JA.y 5$NssttssT- az=.s
J Af0Ad for In its charter, 1t leaves a
proud record. ana refurhs 70 fYie perm
anent governing board organization
trained and filled with inspira lion
ssfor the great Red Cross carry on"
work OF the future.
gs8 The war council was created by
e4soiution Of The central committee
meet great emergency, 70 con-
stMtie until tfs functions were tor
M HtnAted BY Inc game authority. At
out-et OF American participation
- the war the committee fore ~
~ lmm ensi,y of he impending re-
NJ task, ana res szed the Decese s
snR n special directing agency com
II I'D. OF experts in finance and orran~
u 14klon--n1en endowed with the genius
MNkzdersntp who would devote their
Il Um4N5ded limited period 70 The Fed
[fNss wogk. The selection OF the war
assss personnel wa$ delegated 10
Hfestdsnt Wilson. who also Is presi-
dens q. the Amer can Red Cross
Tia president to@ appreciated the
.aEerS3tv CT tfae relief work thaf was
- - centralized IN the EeS Cross
crxx-txS.sa1 TIE sag~st o. sseri@ce
rxs eT~<yw here tArc@gN Sut tEe cEf;H-
sry. Men a. .hs strd ues5ezs ~ ths
~--e-waNcw Res Grass r. ferS21fr s~vys
hxy~-1 r-ace T>1t a. tne Pres}Gs yit's
swimmers .sA~v ssta aside vast mi
v1sR a-aa-s teoSe& tha5- desks. and
Bumped fnts the breach a. the Ma
t4crai FED C~~exs~ ne& scuar.ers They
3c4nec the netsA}s ss-' - patriotic
c3tsHe,s who volunteered 20 serve
IA CAPACITIES WHERE they could re
most helpful 81 the tire ~ crtsss
Everybody knows rfss war story -
The American Red Cross A=S vnw
that The central coTnrs ittse % the Red
Croes hiss deemed Il proper - release
the members Of the war rourcti from
their responsibilities Il Is a prcpI'ious
time to say a word or Two about the
men who have been the uerve-center
OF the whole mighty Red Cross
organism.
BY virtue OF his position as chair
man OF the war council. Henry z.
Davidson. a partner In the banking
house Of J. 2. Morgan 4 Co, has to
. great extent personifed The spirit
Of the Red Croas war relief work,
He came in at the start and has been
on the fob every minute of the day
and night during the war coupcil Pc
Rod OF control In the beginning he
was confronted with situation in
vo1vfng liabilities aim ost beyond estt-
mate and assets consisting of the
goodwill OF the American people. Ills
drSt job was to realize on the asse g
Men accustomed to- doing big things
In big way were more or less 81 az
Sered when ne announced the pro-
gram OF the original drive for q war
fund and set the figure at 800 900
900. The appraisenent OF the Amer~
lean goodwill was justified when the
drive took place and the fund was
raised with fair margin 10 spare
A year later, when the second drive
was mde. Mr.. Davidson admitted his
inability to approximate fully the lnit
OF the goodwill which was the Red
Cross asset. for in that drive the pub
lie, appealed TO for another 500 600
600. made its own budget and almost
doubled the amount. For both OF the
war fund drives and the results OF
the wonderful membership campaigns
Of the Christmas seasons OF 1917 ant
1918 the greater part - tSs credit o.
achievement Ia accorded NY all con
cerned TO the directing genius Of the
war councils chairman On his tours
OF inspection through the war coun-
tries Of Europe Mr.. Dawson has beer
constantly honored and reted by the
rulers Of nations and decorated WITH
orders OF the highest sort Comfortable
on a man In civilian life. All these
honors, however, Mr.. Davidson has
regarded as marks OF appreciation
not for him individually but for thu
work of the American Red Cross
Repeatedly in conversations with his
Intimate friends he has expressed re-
Gret that In the nature of things l.
was necessary 20 have personal Red
Cross leadership, The honors amos
appreciated by Mr. Dawson PERSONAL,
80 throughout his war, Gnuncll, ,careel
WIRE not those bestowed by foreign
rulers and governments but those
which carried with them the esteer
OF his fellow workers OF the RED
Cross. The most cherished memories
are set OF resolutions presented tc
him by the workers of the Red Cros.
organization ia Paris and the pres
sntafion OF bronze statuet,e of tn.
Hreatest Mother In the World" the
9tft OF the Washington headquarters
star of the American Red Cross.
5 PreEdent Wilson, as president o'
g the American Red Cross. appointed
i the original war council on May 10
& 1917. about Ave weeks after the United
n 0t2iE6 entered the war. ne mem
bers were: Henry r. Dawson, OF J
r. Morgan & Co. New York, chair.
man; Charles .. Norton. vice-presi-
dent OF the First National bank. New
4 York; Major Grayson NJ. p Murphy
& West Point graduate and Vice presi.
Il dent OF the Guaranty Trust company
3 New York; Cornelius N. Bliss. Jr. o,
Bliss. Fabyan g. Co. New York: Ed
ward n. Hurley. manufacturer and
capitalist. Chicago: former President
Taft and Eliot Wadsworth. OF Boston
/ the two latter as chairman and vice
\ chairman ~ the central committee oil
the Red Cross. ex-offlcio members
II Major Murphy was entrusted with the
n tremendous task of organizing the
American Red Cross work IN France
The results he accomplished tell their
own story. Observers tourneyed 10
4 France a few months after Major
81 Murphy had established himself there
q and were dumbfounded by the mar
Y vicious accomplishdents wrought I'm
+Sthe wey If effective orga nization in 30