Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-06
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War CeuDaE Tells How Millions
Contributed BY Public Were
Used For Relief
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months $4,000 900 Was
Spent Overseas ard $t19, ,0oo.o
In the United Statsa.

Washington. (Special.)-Through ii
complete report Of the work of the
American Red Cross in the war by
Chairman Henry p. Dawson, on be-
half of the war council, the organi2a-
ton on he eve Ct its annual enroll
ment Of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Gail. November to
Il, has rendered q. accounting Of the
many millions given It by the Ameri-
car people to help our fgAting men
and our allies. The statement is, In
part, as follows:
"The war council Of the American
led Cross Is nor prepared to make a
complete accounting to the American
people OF money contributed and ex-
pended, as wei as the work done by
the American Rec Cross during the
period in which The war council WAS
in control Of its affalra The waY
council was appointed May 10, 1919
and went ont OF existence February
28, 1919.
at was the practice of the wal
council to give complete publicity tC
its policies and finances, but 1t is only
now that a picture of the war periot
as whole can be presented. 1t ID
the feeling of nc var council that &
report in this summarized form should
lie made directly to the public which
provided the mone| and gave the eff
fart which made the American Rec
Cross 4 success.
"a stal emeut OF the American Rec
Cross effort and finances since the
war counca reiI' !sShg1 It's contro
viii be G9ae to he pGunc thrOugj
tie cXec-!,;yr committee, and it Is i'm
portant. therefore,. that the fact tha
this rcQuT. c0ters he period only unit
March /. should be carefully nO.ed.
Following are certain round figure.
covering American Red Cross part.cl
patton in the war, rs revealed by tn,
WAY councils report:
Some Outstanding Fioursa
Contributions received
(mstsrAsl and money!. S4O0.0Oo, 90
RSn Gross members
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and FshSTs N o. A.,. m
Ehited articles Etvva -
Tlf'Ss ,AA ''s''' IN ~s..
Ton. Of reli.t supraiss
shipped eysrsses ..... -, 80
Foreign countries IN
which Red Cross cpar-
Patient days in Red Gross
hospital in France. ..- l.1s6yoc
French hospitals Eivsn
material ala ....... ITS
Splints supplied for Amer
lean soldiers ....... -, A,0t
Gallons OF nitrous oxide
bnu Oxygen IuNiiShsu
French hospitals 900. AB<O, q
csnte.ns In France. 1aro,oC
Refugees aided In France 1.728,0t
American convalescent
soldiers attending Red
Gross novios IN France s.11o,o(
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulancss In
Children cared for by
Red Cross in italy. 1880
OF the s4OO,o0O,0Oo in money ar
supplies, contributed 10 ths Americs
Red Cross during the twenty mont
the war council WAS In ertstene
1888, 100000 was allotted to nation
Headquarters, while s137, 100000 we
to the chapters to finance their a
tivities. Expenditures in the twen
months totalled S279,000,000, divide
as follows BY national headquarte
in France. $57, 100000; elsewhere ove
seas, 84,000,000; In the UNited State
$4S,O0OO00; by chapters in the Unit
States, $43,000,000; cost of chnpte
,rOduced articles distributed
Irance, $25,000,000, elsewhere ov'
seas, SS,0OO,O00; in the United STATE
$2S,000,000, making total eXpenditur