The Nevada County picayune., 1919-11-06
srs ts 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 4,ooo, 900 Was Spent Overseas and $119 9,0oo, ,0oo, 900
 in the United States.

Washington. Special. )-Throngh complete report of the work of the American Red Cross in the war by Chairman Henry r. Davison, on be- half of the war council, the organiza- ton on the eve of It's annual enroll ment of members during the Third Red Cross Roll Call, November to II, has rendered an accounting of the many millions given 1t by the Ameri- can people to help our fighting men and our allies. The statement Is, in part, as follows:
 "The war council of the American Red Cross is now prepared to make a 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.
 Tt was the practice of the war council to give complete publicity to its policies and finances, but it is only now that q picture of the war period as whole can be presented It is the feeling of the war council that a report in this summarized form should be made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the ef- fort which made 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- portant, 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 Cross partici- patton i'll the war, as revealed by the war councils report:
 Some Outstanding Figures. Contributions received
 (material and money) $400, 600 000 Red Cross members:
 Adults, 20000,000;
 Children, 100000 -. 31,O00000 Red Cross workers .. S,1O0O00 Relief articles produced
 by volunteer workers. 371 ,577 ,000 Families of soldiers aided
 by Home Service in US 5000 Refreshments served by
 canteen workers in US 40,0OOOOO Nurses enrolled for serv-
 Ice with army, navy or
 Red Cross ......... 23,82 Kinds of comfort articles
 distributed to soldiers
 and sailors In q. s.. 17OO Knitted articles g1ven to
 soldiers and sailors In Tons C of relief sapp,ie: ''''"
 shipped ovsrseas ...... 101, 900 Foreign countries in
 which Red Cross oper- Patient days in Rcd Cros:
 hospital In France. 1,165, 900 French hospitals given
 material ald .......... 8,78O Splints supplied for Amer
 iean soldiers ......... 2o4, 900 Gallons of nitrous oxide
 and oxygen furnished
 French hospitals ... 4,S4O,000 Men served by Red Cross
 canteens in France. 15,376,0O0 Refugees aided In France 1,726,OO0 American convalescent
 soldiers attending Red
 Cross movies in France 3,110,OOO Soldiers carried by Red
 Cross ambulances In
 Italy ................. 14s.OOO Children cared for by
 Red Cross In Italy..... 155,oO0
 Of the S40O, 900 In money and supplies, contributed to the American Red Cross during the twenty months the war council was in existence,