Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-13
RED CROSS GIFTS
 { $400,000,000
War Council. on Retirement An- nounces Cash and Supplies
 Contributed.
WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON."
Five Biz Societies In World Wide Plan. H. P. Davison Heads International Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent Leader of Peace Organization.

Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent
 Leader of Peace Organization.
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 n.-(Special.) .)-Henry F. Davison as chairman issues the follow ing statement on behalf of the War Council of the American Red Cross:
 "To the American People:
 "rhe War Council of the American Red Cross appointed by President Will son on May 10, 1917, to carry on the work of the American Red Cross dur ing the war, at their request and by vote of the Central Committee, ceased at midnight, February 2S
 Immediately the armistice was signed the War Council instituted studies to determine when the strict ly war work of the organization would have been sufficiently matured to en- able the direction of affairs to be re- stunned by the permanent staff. Henry P. Davison, being in Paris when the arrnistice was signed, summoned conference there of the heads of all the Red Cross Commissions in Europe to canvass the situation. After con- sidering all the factors it was con- Gluded to make the transition on March 1. The very fortunate choice of Dr. Livingston Farrand as the new chairman of the Central Committed and thereby the permanent chief ex- ecutive of the Red Cross, makes possi- ble the consummatiOn of this plan un- der the most favorable conditions.
 Accounts Audited by War Department
 petailed reports to Congress and 6 complete audit of it's accounts by the War Department will constitute the, final record of Red Cross activity dur ing. the war. Although it has been the rule to make public all expendi- lures when authorized and to give de- tailed information relative to all work undertaken, the War Council in turn ing over it's responsibilities to Dr. Far rand and his associates desire to give brief resume of Red Cross war time activities to the American people, to whom the Red Cross belong, and whose generous contributions have made pos sible all that has been accomplished.
 | During the past nearly twenty-one months the American people have given in cash and supplies to the American Red Cross more than $400,- 100000. No value can be placed upon the contributions of service which have been given without stint and of tentimest at great sacrifice by millions of our people. j, < '"rhe effort of the American Red Cross in this war has constituted by far the largest voluntary gifts of money, of hand and heart, ever con-, tributed purely for the relief of ,hu- man suffering Through the Red Cross the heart and spirit of the whole American people have been mobillzed to take care of our own, to relieve the misery incidents to the war, and also to reveal to the world the supreme ideals of our national life. !.
 ""Everyone who has had any part in this war effort of the Red Cross is en- titled to- congratulate himself No thanks from anyone could be equal in value to the self satisfaction every one should feel for the part taken. Fully s,O0O,000 American women have exerted themselves in Red Cross serv- ice. sas Has Over 100000 Adult Members. !; ,"When we entered the war the American, Red Cross had about 800, 900 members. Today, as the result of the recent Christmas membership Roll Call. there are upwards of 100000 full paid members outside; of the mem. hers of the junior Red Cross, number- ing perhaps 5000, ,Q09% school children additional. .>
 '"rhe chief effort of the Red Cross during the war has been to care for our men in, sefvice and to aid oi,ir aGmy and, navy wherever the, Red Cross may be- called on to assist. As to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen. eral Ireland of the U. s. Army recent ly said: The Red Cross has been an enterprise as vast as the war itself. From the beginning It has done those things which the Army Medical Corps wanted done, but could not do itself.'
 '..Hhe Red Cross endeavor in France has naturally been upon an exception ally large scale where service has been rendered to the American Army and to the French Army and the French people as well, the latter par ticularly during the trying period when the Allied World was waiting for the American Army to arise in force and power. Hospital emergency service for our army in France has greatly diminished, but the Red Cross is still being called upon for service upon large scale in the great base hospitals, where thousands of Ameri- can sick and wounded are still receiv- ing attention. At these hospitals the Red Cross supplies huts and facilities for the amusement and recreation of the men as they become cOnvalescent, nun r,nu If ncounafinp ;,,