New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Report of Financial Opera
tions During World War
Shows That 1888, 500, 900
Was Raised in Drives
100000 Aided in Work
Amount Expended Overseas
WasS12l, 900, 900; Nurse
Enrolment Was %. 900
Special CORES pondencs


WASHINGTON. Oct 1s.-The source
and disposition of the $40O 000,0 900
fund which enabled the American Red
Cross to play the part Of the great
est mother" in the World War was
made pub ic here to-day on behalf Of
the War Council of the organization
by Henry +. DAWSON. its chairman
The report covers only the twenty
months from May 10. 1917, when the
War Council was created, until Febru-
ary %, 1919, at VIII ch time the txecu-
tive committee Of the organization
took over the work
Of the total fund of s4Oo,O00O0O in
money and materials, the war drives
nctted $283,500 900, while SAP 900 900
came from membership dues. and the
remainder from so many different
sources that specific mention was i'm
tanned from the drives which was re-
tanned by the National Headquarters
was used only for war relief purposes.
To .the actual amount collected were
added interest earnings of $2,766,-
AO3 Sd, as result of which each dollar
contributed by patriotic persons made
81 OF ava'lable for actua' relief work
$91 100000 Spent in the United Sta.cs
The War Council had complete
supervision of the war work on both
sides of the Atlantic, and while s57,-
$4,000 900 elsewhere overseas for the
benefit of the troops. sol 100000 was
spent in the United States. The cost
of articles produced b. the local chap
ters totalled S61 100000. THUS total
expenditure of S273 100000 was made
during the twenty months which are
covered in the report. The balance of
$127 100000 left on March 1 this year
is being used by the Red Cross for
continuation Of the work done by the
War Council, and at present a very
The growth in local chapters of the
organization during the war period was
IN keeping with the enormous growth
In members hip" Gays the statement
"On May I, 1917. there we're 562 chap
ters, with a membership, in round num-
bers. of 46,1S4 adults. On February
~ 1919, there were 3 724 chapters, with
IL 1856 branches. embracing member
ship of 100000 adults and 100000
children. Practically every square mile
in the continental United States is now
covered by some form of chapter or
ganlzatlon. There are fftyfour chap
ters in insular and foreign places"
Work at Home Reviewed
During the war the Red Cross had
100000 workers for it's cause. The
workers. in the twenty months referred
to, produced 371. .577 900 relief articles
Of varying description. and further
more. gave practical aid to 500 600 sol
diers' families in the United States
Actually, 2.I00 different kinds of com
fort articles were distributed to SOL
diers and sailors of the United Statee,
while the total number of knitted arti-
cles alone reached nearly 100000.
More than $4,000 nurses were en-
rolled for service with the army, navy
or Red Cross, says the report, while
the patient days" in Red Cross hos
pitale in France numbered t55 600.
The Red Cross operated in twenty-five
different foreign countries. and 10l 600
tons of relief supplies were shipped 10
them. Material aid was given to nearly
1900 French hospitals, and 1870 900
gallons of nitrous oxide and oxygen
were furnished to there institutions.
Red Cross canteens in France served
1886 600 men-many times the actual
number of American troops overseas
Material aid went to nearly 1000, 600
refugees in French territory. while the
number Of children alone cared for hy
The organization in italy totalled more
than $50 600. In the same country
l48,Oo0 soldiers were carried by Red
Cro.s s ambulances. With the same kind
OF work still continuing, these figures
mentioned in the report do not repre-
sent the true totals of the war work. as