Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-10-30
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions.
Contributed BY Public We're
Used For Relief.
BIa TASK IS DEscRIBED
IN Twenty Months StS4,Coo,Ooo wac
Spent Overseas and sits,OOO,oOo =
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Washington. Especial Through .
complete report Of the work Of the
American BED Gross In the war By
Chairman Henry p. Dawson, on be-
half Of the was council. the 6reAnisa-
ton on the eve Of les annual enroll
sment Of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 70
IL, has rendered an accounting Of the
many millions given It by the Amer1-
can people to help our fighting men
end our allies. The statement e, in
part. az follows:
The war council OF the American
Red Cross IS now prepared to make q
complete accounting to the American
people Of money contributed and az
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 10, 1919,
and went out OF existence February
Is, 1919.
!, 1T was the practice Of the war
council to give complete publicity to
its policies and finances, but It Is only
now that picture Of the war period
as a whole can be presented. It Il
the feeling Of the war council that a
report In this summarized form should
ibe made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the eff
fort which made the American Red
Cross success.
"A statement of the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relinquished Its control
win be made to the public through
the executive committee. and 1t is i'm
lportant, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
March 1, should be carefully noted"
Following are certain round figures
covering American Red Cross partici-
patton in the war, as revealed by the
war councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
(material and money!. 500. OOO,OOO
Red Cross members:
Adults, 10000 900:
Children. 100000 =. s1,OOO,OOO
Red Cross workers. 49,. 100000
RELIEF articles produced
By v0luRtees workers. ST1577. O00
81 "a Of soldiers aided
Refreshments served by
canteen workers Ia Us. 40n00 on
Nurses enrolled for SEW.
Ice with army, navy or
Red Cross ... 12 600
Kinds Of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors Ia q, S.. 2 no
Knitted articles given TO
soldiers and sailors In
IONS Of relief s. supplies loeOO'OOO
pd shipped overseas .:..;. 10000
which Red Cross oper-
Patient days in Red Cross =
hospital In France. -. l.1hkOO0
French hospitals given
material aid ....... a7Rn
Spllnts supplied for Amer
s lean can. soldiers .:...,:. $4,000
p French sscIisS hospitals :... 100000
canteens in France. I5g78 0On
refugees aided in France 1.726'O0
american convalescent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies In France S.I1OAO0
soldiers carried by Red
Gross ambulaNces In
1Ialy ..s.s.s....... $4,000 4
children cared for By
Red Cross In italy. I55o9D
OF the $500, 0o0, 600 in money and
npplies, contributed to the American
ed Cross during the twenty months
ie war council was In existence.
26S,000,000 was allotted to national l
eadquarters, while $197, 600, 900 went
the chapters to finance their ac-
vities. Expenditures il the twenty
onths tota1led $27S,0OO, 900. divided
follows: BY national headquarters
France, $57,e00OOO; elsewhere over
as, $o4,000.000; ia the United States.
S,000,0O0; By chapters In the United
ates, $48.000.000; cost Of chapter II
'oduced articles distributed In
rance, $25000,00O, elsewhere over
as, SsO0O,00O; tx the United States. II
100000, making total expenditures II
France, $82,000,O00. elsewhere over
as, S72,OoO,O0O; In the United states. Il
IL, COO 900. II