The sun., 1919-10-19

$4OO,OOO,OOO GIVEN
TO RED CROSS WORK
War Council Reports Raising
and Dispersal Of Big Sum
Among 25 Nations.
MILLIONS OF WORKERS
Graphic Summary Of Relief
\ Operations Is Given by
! II. P. DAWSON.
MILLIONS OF WORKERS
spseiai Despatch 90 Tns Sun.

Special Despatch 90 TIE Sun.
WASHINGTON, Oct. is.-The war
Council Of the American Req Cross
through Henry p. Dawson made It's re-
port yesterday to the American people
The report shows in graphic form how
a great organization grew overnight
raised and disbursed s4oo.oooooo ana
served the suffering people in twenty
i've nations scattered over the face OF
che globe.
The report by no means marks the
close of the Red Cross work. az MI
Dawson points out. But with the sign
ing q the armistice the War Council
turnes over its tasks as rapidly as pos
sible to the ordinary peace time or
ganization of the American Red Cross
enlarged to meet the greater needs. BY
March the war Council had Invested
itself of responsibility and the report
made public to-day covers the activities
OF the organization only up to that date.
The complete report Of the war work OF
the Red Cross is yot to be made.
As an indication of the size OF the
task Of merely making the report, much
less carrying on the work, the report
cites that there are now 2o,o00,000 adults
and 1900, 900 children members of the
Red Cross gathered in $500 chapters and
17,1S6 branches covering practically
every square mile of territory in the
United States. There were 100000
Red Cross workers during the twenty
months the War Council was In control
23,S22 nurses were enrolled for the army.
10000 tons of relief supplies re
shipped overseas, more than 100000
days were spent by patients In Red
Cross hospitals, more than 100000
men were served in the overseas can
teens 40000900 refreshments were
served by workers in the United States
AL ,0000 900 articles were produced by
volunteer workers and the organization
worked not only with the American army
but with the suffering persons among
the civil refugees throughout Europe
starving Millions Relieved.
1t was this care of refugees that
extended the work of the Red Cross
way beyond the armistice. 1t was the
Red Cross alone that was In position to
rush help Immediately to the literally
starving peoples Of southeastern Europe,
over whom the war wave had swept
back and forth again and again. A
million and three-quarters Of refug4s
were cared for in France alone. In Italy
the Red Cross cared for $4,000 chill
dren. 1t supplied 'the merciful nitrous
oxide and the life giving oxygen to the
busy operating hospitals of the French
to the amount of 2,340,0o0 gallons.
The enormous funds of this world
wide operation were supplied by the
people OF the United States to such a
universal extent that II is estimated that
more than 100000 people contributed
TO the second war drive. All OF the
money raised In these war drives the
report shows. went directly for relief
work. OF the total sb7.so7.ooo was spent
Cor war relief In France and $63,s40, 900
elsewhere overseas. while 100
was spent in the United States.
While the report shows that there
was on hand a balance OF $4,000, 900
when the War Council ceased work. 1T
tie of this is left. Most of 1t was in
the hands of local chapters or the actual
disbursing officers here and overseas and
was pledged in undertakings already
under way.
There was s41 ,o00, 900 inappropriate
cash then in the hands Of the national
headquarters, and this represented prac-
tically the only sums available for new
or continued work at that time. There
was about s53, 100000 in supplies also In
the hands Of the Red Cross, according to
the inventory of the reports date. or
this amount 100000 was in port
warehouses and s17.000.ooo in division
warehouses In the United States. while
$21. 100000 was overseaa
Cost of Collection Small.
Despite the huge machinery which was
erected and operated in the collection
of funds for the war drives, through the
attribution Of interest and other funds
to this work there was actually shown
s1.o1 available for war relief for every
dollar collected. In the first drive the
oversubscription above the 500, O0O. 900
goal set was II per cent, and in the
second drive, for which all the contribu-
lions have not yet been paid, II IL esti-
mated that the oversubscription will be
70 per cent The expense OF collection
for the first drive was seven -tenths of
i per cent OF the amount collected and
but six-tenths OF per cent for the Sec
ond drive
The $500, 900. 900 of total funds avail
able was divided between the national
headquarters for work overseas and ma
tionally and the local chapters for their
local work. In this way $263, 900, 900
went to the national headquarters I'd
$1S7000,000 TO the local chapters.
The organization which handled the
war drives was an entirely separate
'AFs ~ Nuc HloHcy III HOIc
than $500 banks throughout tho coun-
try and In a score of foreign lands
where surprising contributions were
made to this largest single agency OF
mercy In the world war. Gradually
thsse sums wee gathered to the CEN
trail headquarters In Washington and
there made available.
Indicating the world wide interest in
the work OF the American Red Cross
the report shows that over 100000 was
collected In Argentina, the one big ma
ton Of South America that remained
neutral throughout the war and was
suspected Of being pro-German. Brasil
contributed 100000, Chile $l72,000,
China $4,000, Cuba $4,000. but the
little Hawaii proved the greatest giver
OF them all. contributing in all a half
million dollars. The Philippines gave
less than half OF that amount. Mexico
gave se2,0oo-more than Japan. In all
more than two million and a quarter
was collected abroad.