Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1919-10-31
RED CROSS GIVES
FULL ACCOUNTING
war Council Tells How Millions
Contributed by Public Were
Used For Relief.
BIG TASK IS DESCRIBED
n Twenty Months e164, ooo, 900 Was
Spent Overseas and $4,000. 900,
In the United oNateA


complete report of the work Of the
American Red Cross In the war by
Chairman Henry p. Dawson, on be-
half Of the war council, the organiza-
ton on the eve of Its annual enroll
ment Of members during the Third
Red Gross Roll Call, November 2 to
IL, has rendered an accounting Of the
many millions given 1t by the Ameri
can people to help our fighting men
and our allies. The statement Is, In
part, az follows:
~The war council Of the American
Red Cross Is now prepared to make
complete accounting to the American
people Of money contributed and ex-
pended, az well as the work done by
the American Red Cross during the
period In which the war council was
In control Of Its AFFAIRS. The war
council was appointed May 10, 1919,
and went out of existence February
%, 1919.
lit was the practice of the war
council to give complete publicity to
Its policies and finances, but II Is only
now that a picture of the war period
as a whole can be presented. 1t is
the feeling of the war council that
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 q success.
/ ata for NJ ha pad
Cross effort and finances since the
war council relinQuished 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 are certain round figures
covering American Red Gross partici
patton In the war, as revealed by the
war councils report:
Some Outstanding Figures.
Contributions received
(material and money!. 100000, 900
Red Cross members:
Adults, 20,000,000;
Children, 100000 80. 81,OOO,OOO
Red Cross workers. 800. 100000
Relief articles produced
by volunteer workers. 971,677, 900
Families Of soldiers aided
by Home Service In U.S.. 100000
Refreshments served by
canteen workers In U.s.. 10000, 900
Nurses enrolled for serv-
Ice with army, navy or
Red Cross .......... 23S22
Kinds Of comfort articles
distributed to soldiers
and sailors In U. S.. 2,7OO
Knitted articles given to
q. 8. .....:.:......... 100000
shipped overseas $50. 101, 900
Foreign countries In
which Red Cross oper-
Patient days in Red eros: 80
hospital In France. 1,165,OOO
French hospitals given
Splints supplied for Amer
lean soldiers ......... 294, 900
Gallons Of nitrous oxide
and oxygen furnished
French hospitals -. 100000
Men served by Red Cross
canteens in France. 15,876,OOO
Refugees aided In France 1,726,000
American convalescent
/ soldiers attending Red
Gross movies In France 8,110,OOO
Soldiers carried by Red
Gross ambulances In
children cared for by '''V0
Red Gross In Italy,. $4,000
OF the s4OO.OOO,OO0 in money and
supplies, contributed to the American
Red Cross during the twenty months
the war council was In existence,
$3.50 100000 was allotted to national
headquarters, while S137, 600, 900 went
to the chapters to finance their ac-
tivities Expenditures In the twenty
months totalled $273,OO0,0O0, divided
as follows: BY national headquarters
In France, $57, 600, 900; elsewhere over
seas, $64, 0O0, 900; In the United States,
s4S,0OO0OO; by chapters In the United
States, S43,0O0,000; cost Of chapter
produced articles distributed In
France, S25,0OO,00 elsewhere over
seas, 100000; In the United States,
S2S,0OO,000, making total expenditures
In France, So, 600, 900, elsewhere over
seas, 1900, 900; In the United States,
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