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aid and supply service which was m
primary business of the Red Cros
during hostilities The Army Cantee
service along the lines Of travel ia
actually increased since the armistice
As for work among the French PEG
pie, now that hostilities have ceased
the French themselves naturally pre-
Ter as far as possible TO provide 70,
their own. 1t has accordingly been de
termined that the guiding principle OF
lied Cross policy in France henceforth
shall be to have punctilious regard 10
lis every responsibility, but to direc'
It's efforts primarily to ASSISTING
French relief societies. The liberated
ana devastated regions of France have
been divided by the government into
small districts, each officially assigned
to designated French relief organi-
zation.
The American Red Cross work I'm
France was Initiated by commission
OF eighteen men who landed on French
shores June 10, 1917. Since then
some e,OOO persons have been upon the
rolls In France, of whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the armistice
was signed. An indication of the pres
ent scale of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services of 5000
persons are still required
Our American EXpeditlonary Force
having largely evacuated England. the
activities Of the Red Cross Commits
sion there are naturally upon a dlmin-
ishing scale period. Active operations
are still In progress in Archangel and
Siberia.
The work in Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf Of the civilian pop-
ulation Of that country. In the critical
hours of Italy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross. sent
a practical message of sympathy and
relief, for which the government and
people of Italy have never ceased to
express their gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel to Near East.
"The occasion for such concentra-
ton of effort in Italy, England, Bel
GUM and even in France having natur-
ally and normally diminished. it has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel in large measure to the aid
of those people in the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible to out
side assistance, but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale.
The needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet them,
but the American Red Cross is making
an effort to relieve Immediately the !
more acute distress.
IAN extensive group of American |
workers has been dispatched to carry |
vitality needed supplies, and to work |
his winter In the various Balkan cOun- |
-ries. In order to coordinate their &C
ivlties, Balkan commission has been
with headquarters at |
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
I'll the Balkan centers can be reached
"A commission has just reached Pc
and with doctors and nurses, medical
and food for sick children
nd invallds. An American Red Cross
has also been appointed
o aid in relieving suffering of Rus
ian prisoners still confined in German
risOn camps.
"An important commission is still
Working in Palestine Through the
var special cooperation has been
iven to the Armenian and Syrian Re-
EFF Commission, which was the only
gency able to carry relief in the in
erior of Turkish dominions.
Red Cross Will Continue.
"Red Cross effort is thus far flung. i
/ will continue to be so. But the
lovement represented by this work '
as likewise assumed an intimate place /
the daily life of our people at home. I
he army of workers which has been
ecruited and trained during the war /
ust not be demObilized. An our ex-
erlence I'm the war shows clearly that
lere is an unlimited field for service I
2 the kind which can be performed
it'll peculiar effectiveness by the Red 7
ross What its future tasks may be
is yet impossible to forecast. We
low that so long as there is an Amer
an army in the field the Red Cross /
i'll have a special function to perform. \
Nothing could be Of greater impor- 0
nee to the American Red Cross than G
e plans Just set in motion by the five o
eat Red Cross societies Of the world
develop a program of extended ac- y
vities In the interest Of humanity. u
he conception involves not alone eff d
,rts to relieve human suffering, but s
prevent 1t; not alone a movement O
, the people of an individual nation,
1t an attempt to arouse all people to
sense ofs5heir responsibility for the
elfare Of their fellow beings through
It the world. 1t is a program both
cal and practical. Ideal in that Its
preme aim is nothing less than YER Il
lble "Peace on earth good will to
en-" and practical in that 1t seeks to n,
Ike means and measures which are
tually available and make them eff
xrrif1 do1ou fhn