The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-12
RED CROSS GIVES l FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells Nov Millions Contributed by Public WeTa
 Used For ReIiai,
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $154 4,ooo,ooo Was Spent Overseas and s11s,ooo,eo9
 In the United States.

Washington Especial }-Through g complete report of the work of the American Red Cross In the war by Chairman Henry P. Davison, on be- half of the war council, the organIza- tion on the eve of its annual enroll ruent of members during the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 to Il, has rendered an accounting of the many millions given it by the Ameri- can people to help our fighting men end our allies. The statement Is, Iii part, ax follows:
 "The war council ef the American Fed Cross is now prepared to make 3 complete accounting to the American people Of money contributed and ex- pended, as well as 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 19, 1919 and went out of existence February 2S, 1919.
 "It was the practice of the war council to give complete publicity to It's policies and finances, but 1t Is only now that picture of the war period as whole can be presented. It Is the feeling Of the war council that 8 report in this summarized form should be made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the ef- fort which mada the American Red Cross a success.
 "A statement of the American Red Cross effort and finances since the war council relinquished its control will be made to the public through the executive committee, and It is im- poTtant, therefore, that the fact that this report covers the period only until March l, should be carefully noted. |"
 Following are certain round figures covering American Red Gross parrici- patton in the war, as revealed by the wss councils report:
 secae Outstanding Figures. IoDsriDAa4Rs received
 (materdal and money). S400,oOO, 900 Red Cross ne1nhers:
 Adults, 26, ,oOO, 500;
 Children, 100000 ... S1,OOO. GOO Red Cross workers. ... Sl0O, GOO Relief articles produced
 by volunteer workers: s71,577, ,ooo Families of soldiers aided
 by Home Service in US. 100000
 canteen workers in U.s. 10000, 900 Nurses enrolled for serv-
 ice with army, navy or
 Red Cross ......... 23 3,S22 Kinds of comfort articles
 distributed to soldiers
 and sailors in U. S... 2,7oO Knitted articles given to
 soldiers and RaflAro In
 U. 8. ....;.:......:.. 1o,eoo. 900
 shipped overseas ...:. 1o1, 1,Ooo Foreign countries in
 which Red Cross oper-
 Patient days in Red Cross
 hospital in France. .... 1.155,ooo French hospitals given
 material aid .;.... .... s,7so Splints supplied for Amer
 ican soldiers ......... 294, 4,0O0 Gallons of nitrous oxide
 French Hospitals -. 4,s4o, 900
 canteens in Franee. ... t5,s7eooo Refugees aided in France 1,726, 900 American conyalescent
 Cross movies in France s,11oooo Soldiers carried by Red
 Italy ................. 14s,ooo
 Red Cross in Italy. .... 155. 1000
 Of the s400ooo,0o0 in money and supplies, contributed to the American Red Cross during the twenty months the war council was in existence, $263. 100000 was allotted to national headquarters. while s137, 900 900 went to the chapters to finance their ac- tivities. Expenditures in the twenty months totalled s27S, ,o00 900, divided as follows: By national headquarters in France, s57. 900, 900; elsewhere over seas, $64, 900 900; in the United States, s4S, 100000: by chapters in the United States, s4S,ooo. 900; cost of chapter produced articles distributed In France, s25. 100000, elsewhere over seas, SS,ooO.000; in the United States, BPS, ,O00 900, making total expenditures in France, ss2 900, ,0o0. elsewhere over seas, SIP, 100000 in the United States, S119 900, 900.