Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-10-31
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
War Council Tells How Millions
Contributed by Public Were
Used For Relief
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
In Twenty Months 1854, coo,o0o was
Spent Overseas and S1,s,oooooo,
In the United etatsA

complete report Of the work Of the
American Red Cross In the war by
Chairman Henry p. Dawson, on be-
half Of the al council, the orsanixa-
ton on the eve Of it, annual enroll
ment Of members during the Third
Red Cross Roll Call, November 2 to
IL, has rendered an accounting OF the
many millions given It by the Ameri-
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement 10, in
part, az follows:
"The war council Of the American
Red Cross is now prepared to make a
complete accounting to the American
people of money contributed and ex-
pended, as well Us the work done by
the American Rcd Cross during the
period in which the war council was
In control Of Its affairs. The wal
council was appointed May 10, 1919.
and went out Of existence February
2S, 1919.
1T was the practice Of the war
council TO give complete publicity to
Its policies and finances, but 1t Is only
o that a picture Of the war period
as a whole can be presented. 1t Is
the feeling OF the war council that a
report In this summarized form should
be made directly to the public which
provided the money and gave the ef-
fort which made the American Red
Cross u success.
"A statement Of the American Red
Cross effort and finances since the
war council r%elinquished Its control
will be made to the public through
the executive committee, and 1t is i'm.
portant, therefore, that the fact that
this report covers the period only until
March /, should be carefully noted"
Following r certain round figures
covering American Red Cross partici'
patton In the war, IL revealed by the
wal councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
(material and money!. $400,OOO,0Ot
Red Cross members:
Adults, 2%U,UOO,UOU;
Children, 1900 90 -. 1000, 90,
Red Cross workers.. ..... 500, OUt
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers. 371,5T7, O0t
Families of soldiers aided
by Home Service IN us. 500,0Dt
Refreshments served by
canteen workers in US. 40,0OO,O0
Nurses enrolled Ter serv-
Ice with army, ravy or
Red cross ........... 23,S2.
Kinds of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors in U. S.. 2,70t
Knitted articles given to
soldiers and sailors in
U. 5. .............. 1O,9OO,00t
Tons Of Keller supplies
shipped overseas ...... 101,0
Foreign countries In
WHICH Red Cross oper. ~
ated ........ -. 2,
Patient days In Red Cross
hospital In France. 1,1b5,OO
French hospitals given
material aid .......... 8,7S(
Splints supplied for Amer
ican soldiers ......... 294,0Ot
Gallons Of nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
French hospitals $50. 1870 0(
Men served by Red Cross
canteens IN France. l5,876,OOt
Refugees aided in France 1,728,0O(
American cOnsalescent
soldiers attending Red
Cross movies In France 3,11O,OOt
Soldiers carried by Red
Cross ambulances In
Children cared for By ''
Red Cross In Italy,. 1855, 00C
OF the $500 900, 600 in money and
supplies. contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was In existence,
1898, 600, 900 was allotted to national
headquarters, while $1s7, 600, 600 went
to the chapters to finance their &C.
tivities. Expenditures In the twenty
months totalled $273, 10000, divided
as follows: BY national headquarters
in France, $57. 200, 900; elsewhere over
seas, $4,000 900; in the United States,
s48.0O0,OO0; by chapters in The United
States, $48, 1000; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed in
France, S25, 100000, elsewhere over
seas, $S,OOO,00O; in the United States,
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