Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-03-07
from the fact that the services of 5000

Aiohi the lact thot the services OF 5000
persons are still required.
Our American Expeditionnry Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities Of the Red Cross Commits.
SION there are naturally upon a dimin.
'shihg scale period. Active operations
are still In progress In ArcLanyel and
Siberia.
lie work In Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf Of the civilian pop-
uiation of that country. In the critical
hours OF ltaly's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross. sent
practical message OF sympathy and
refer, for which the government and
people OF Italy have never ceased to
express their gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel to Near East.
lhe occasion for such concentra.
'lon or effort In Italy, England. Bel
Gium ana even In France having natur-
ally and normally diminished, it has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel In large measure to the aid
or those people in the Near East who
nave hitherto been inaccessible to out
side assistance, but whose sufrerings
nave been upon nm appalling scale
The needs Of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet them
but the American Red Cross Is making
an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
An extensive group Of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitality needed supplies, and to work
this winter In the various Balkan coun
tries. In order to coordinate their &C.
tVitles, Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters al
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
"A conWission has just reached Pc.
land with doctors and nurses. medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and lHvallds. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
to MD in relieving the suffering OF Rus
sian. prisoners still confined in German
prison camps.
IAN important commission Is still
working In Palestine Through the
war special cooperation has been
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re
| lief Commission, which was the only
agency able to carry relief In the In
terlor Of Turkish dominions
Red Cross viii Continue.
Red Cross effort is thus far flung
1t will continue to be so. But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an Intimate place
| in the daily life of our people ut home
Phe army(of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demobilized. All our eX.
perience In the war shows clearly that
| there Is an unlimited field for service
] of the kind which can be performed
| with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
| Cross. What its future tasks may be
1t Is yet impossible to forecast. We
know that 30 long as there Is nm Amer
lean army in the field the Red Cross
will have special function to perform.
| Nothing could be of greater impor-
lance TO the American Red Cross than
| the plans just set in motion by the five
| great Red Cross societies Of the world
| to develop q program of extended &c.
tivities in the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone ef-
forts to relieve human suffering, but
to prevent It; not alone q movement
| by the people of an individual nation,
but an attempt to arouse all people to
q sense Of their responsibility for the
welfare Of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t is program both
ideal and practical. Ideal in that its
| supreme aim Is nothing less than YER
| table peace on earth good will to
men," and practical in that 1t seeks to
take means and measures which are
| actually available and make them ef-
| fcctive In meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent In the
| lives OF all peoples.
"FOr accomplishing Its mission In
the years of peace which must lie
ahead of us the Red Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership, and
must enjoy the continued support, sym
| patty, and participation in Its work
Of the whole American people. It is
particularly fortunate that such a man
as DR.. Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
OF the organization. The unstinted
fashion in which all our people gave
| Of themselves throughout the war 10
the best assurance that our Red Cross
will continue to receive that co-opera.
ton which will make Its work a source
Of pride and inspiration to every Amer.
| ican."
Mr.. Dawson, as chairman Of the In.
ternational Commission of the Ameri.
| can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep.
resent the American Red Cross In the
preparation Of the program for extend
ed Red Cross activities, and will spend
! the next several months in Europe in