The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-22
CHURCH
IS PRAISED FOR
WORK IN FRANCE
Indiana Quakers Among
Those Lauded by Red Cross
for Aid Given War Sufferers

WASHINGTON, July 22-The Amer
lean Red Cross, in a statement issued
today. commeuds the Friends church
for the good work It has done in devas-
Gated France and other lands. A num-
Der Of Indiana Quakers have been act.
I've in the war RELIEF work Of the
church. Important among the organ
i1attons affiliated with the Red Cross"
says the statement.
The QuAkers, or Friends, made up
ct group Of enthusiastic workers,
both English and American. who, by
their conscientious devotion and indie.
fattgable efforts in relief fields-not
only in France, but in Russia, Hol-
land. through ltatson agencies in Ser
baa, Corsica. Tunis and Armenia
have earned enviable repute for their
courage and steadfastness Of purpose
and the gratitude Of thousands Of sui.
fering people.
Turned to Relief.
The Quaker faith forbads it's fol-
lowers to participate in actual war
fare, 80 the Friends chose the field Of
relief in which to discharge their OBJ
LEGATIONS to the world at war. The
English Friends were the fret to
reach the battleftelds Of France, and
Il was committee Of Friends who
welcomed the Belgian refugees that
poured into Folkestone, Kent. in Aug
ust and September, 1914
I Hearing Of the success of the Brit
stsh Friends, two delegates Of the
American sect were sent abroad in
June, 1917. to confer and investigate.
On the ship was Major Grayson, M. p
Murphy, American Red Cross, and 1t
was upon this occasion that the first
A4H Ak to
was formed.
"One hundred workers, composed of
carefully chosen men from the arts
and ofessions-carpenters farmers,
civil engineers, mechanics, architects
doctors, social workers-were trained
at Haverford. Pa. For purposes OF
cooperation. 1t was considered expe-
dent to Join hands, hearts and purs.
es' with the English Friends war vic
Tins relief committee, which had al
ready seen three years of service in
France, and the Anglo-American Com
mittee Of Friends was formed.
With Red Cross.
THE American unit became an in.
tegral part of the Red Cross organiza.
ton, while the English remained at
filiated with the French Red Cross
With these powerful national organi
cations behind them, 1t wasa a rela
lively easy matter for the two bodies
to arrive at happy cooperative plat
form. Their mutual plans embraced
the building and erecting of demount
able houses, agricultural reconstruc
ton, medical work and nursing among
the civilians, and general relief work
among the affected civilians and
refugees. The strong support shown
these willing workers by the govern
ment and other agencies already in
the field, made possible the develop
ment and realization of their broad
program and, as the needs of the war
stricken people increased. in just pro
portion was the effort made toward
. their relief.
L American Quaker women worked
=" alone in remote Russian towns al
through the winter, which on the
steppes is particularly severe; only
men and wolves remain to face 1t, al
other animal life going south. Thirty
six hundred pairs of felt boots, the
only practical footwear for the colo
season, and 10000 garments, made II
ENGLAND, were distributed