The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1919-11-06
RED CROSS Gives
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions
Contributed by Public Were
Used For Relief.
BIG TASK is DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months S154,Ooo,coO Was
Spent Overseas and $4,000, 0oo, 900
in the United States.

IN Ine united SIaIe6.
Washington. Especial )-Through &
complete report Of the work of the
American Rcd Cross in the war by
Chairman Henry l.. Dawson, on he
half of the War council, the nrganiZa
j, ton on the eve of its annual enroll
menr OF members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call. November 2 to
II, has rendered an accounting of the
many millions given it by tie Ampri-
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement is, in
part, as follows:
| The war council of the American
FED Cross is now prepared to make
complete accounting to the American
| pcone OF money contributed and ex-
| nehueG, as well as the wor!, done b.,
| the American Red Cross during the
| period IN which The war council was
| in control of lis affuirs The war
! council was appointed May 10, 1919,
| and went out of existence February
%. 1919.
1T was the practice of the war
council TO give complete publicity to
its policies and finances, but it is only
row that a picture of the war period
as a whole can be presented. 1t is
the feeling of the war council that Il
report in this summarized form shoi,ld
be mace directly to the public which
provided The money and gave the eff
fort which made the American Red
Cross Il success.
"A statement of the American Red
cross effort and finances since the
war council relinquished its control
VIII De made to the public through
the executive committee, and it is i'm
portant, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
Narch L, 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!, 800. 1000 600 |
Red Cross members;
Adults, 2O,OOOUOO:
Children, 100000 -. 31.OOO 900 ,
Red Cross workers. s 1OOOOO |
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers. S71,577. 900 !
Families of soldiers aided
p by Home Service in US. 10000
refreshments served by
canteen workers In US. 10000 DDN |
Nurses enrolled for serv-
ice with army, navy or
Red Cross ....... 23Soo !
Kinds of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors in Z. S.. 2.7OO |
Knitted articles given to 80
S0ldlers and sailors in
Tons of relief supplies A0'o00''o'
r. shipped overseas ...:. 10000
Foreign countries in
which Red Cross oper-
Patient days in Red Cross
hospital in France: -. 1,155ooO
material aid ...... 3.7SO
Spllnts supplied for Amer
= lien iSen soldiers ......::. $4,000
and oxygen furnished
w. French sac!. hospitals ;.... 4,s4o,ooo
, canteens in France. 15,376,OOO
teIusees a1ded in France 1,726,OOO
American cOnvalescent
soldiers attending Red
Gross movies in France 3,11O,OOO
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances in
cared for by '''''
Red Cross In Italy. 80. 155.OOO
OF the s4OO,OOO,OoO in money and
upplies, contributed to the American
ted Cross during the twenty months
he war council was in existence.
263,O0O,0OO was allotted to national
eadquarters, while $137, 100000 went
D the chapters to finance their &C.
vities. Expenditures in the twenty
lonths totalled S273,OOO,OOO, divided
8 follows: BY national headquarters
| France, $57 100000; elsewhere over
cas-, So, 100000; in the United States,
100000; by chapters in the United
tates, S43,O0O,O0O cost of chapter
reduced articles distributed in
rance, $25,O0O,0O0, elsewhere over
'as, $S,00O,0OO: in the United States,
.S,OOO,OOO, making total expenditures
France, $S2 100000, elsewhere over
as, $72,0OO,000; in the United States.
100000.