The Little River news., 1919-11-01
YHE RED GROSS GIVES
 FULL. ACCOUNTING 6
War Council Tells How MilIionS Con- tributed by Public Were Used
 For Relief.

Washington. Special )-ThrOugh a complete report of the work of the American Red Cross in the war by Chairman Henry P DayiSon, on be- ton on the eve of it's annual cpr0ll- ment of members during the Third Red Cross Roll Call. November ? 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 is, in part. us 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 as the work done by the American Red Cross during the period in which he war council was in control of it's affairs The war council vas appointed May 19. 1919, and went out of existence February 2S. 1919.
 Tt was the practice of the war council to give complete publicity to its policies and finances, but it is only now that a picture of the war period as whole can be presented Ii is the feeling of the war council that q report in this summarized form should he made directly to the public which provided the money and gave the eff fort which made the American Red Cross success.
 "A statement of the American Red Cross effort and finances since the war council felinquished it's control will be made 10 The public through the executive committee, and it is i'm portant, therefore, that the fact thai this report covers the period only until March l, should be carefully no ed. :"
 Following are certain round figures covering American Red Cross partici- patton ill the war, as revealed by the war councils report:
 Some Outstanding Figures. Contributions received
 (materitl and money) S4O0,o0O,O0O Red Cross members:
 Adults. 2U0OU, ,d0O:
 Children, I,UOuUU0 -. 31.090.0JO Red Cross workers. .... S,loJ,O0U Relief articles produced
 by volunteer WoIkers.. 3I1, ,31I, ,0O0 Families of soldiers aided
 by Home Service ill US. 30O,0D0 Refreshments served by
 canleen workers in L <. 40,e0O, 600 Nurses enrolled for selv-
 ice with army, ndNN or
 Red Cross ........=..... 23,S222 Kinds oi comfort articles
 distributed tO soldiers
 and sailors il r. S... 2,IOO hHfgted articles given Ia
 soldiers and Sailers il
 |. S. .......-....... !J.a0O0 000 Tons Of rcI-ef supplies
 shipped overseas .=..... 10l.00O Foreign countries in
 which Red Cross oper-
 ated ...=...=.-........ 25 Patient days in Red Cross
 hospital iu ilanrr..... 1,f55,0OO French hospitals given
 material aid .......... 3,7So SpIiutS supplied for Amer
 ican soldiers ......... 294,oO0 Gallons of nitrous oxide
 and oxygen furnished
 French hospitals .-.... 4.340, ,000 Men served by Red Cross
 canfeenS m France.. 1l37G GOO Refugees aided in France l.126,OOO American e0nValeSeent
 soldiers attending Red
 Cross movie, in France 311O GOO Soldiers carried by Red
 Cross ambulances in
 lta}N .........=,......... 14S,GN CNMaen cared for by
 Red Cross in ItalY.... 155.a0O
 Of the S}0o0aG00O in money and supplies. eonfr.AHeed to the American Red Cross during the twenty months inc war couucl was in existence. &253oo000o wa4 allotted "a ua eional beadQuarserS, while &137.0oooor went to chapters to finance their ac- tivitips. Expenditures in the twenty months 'otalled &473.ooo01o. divided as follows: By nA jonal headquarters in France. S57 0Oo0O0: elsewhere over seas set GOO 00O in the United States, S4S S000,000 by chapters in the United States, S43,000,000; cost of chapter produced articles distributed in France. $25. .000, 900, elsewhere over seas, SS 000, 900: in the United States. S2S,00O, ,00O. making total expenditures in France. $S2 GOO, ,OO0, elsewhere over seas, $72,0OO, GOO In the United States, O O0O 0nA