The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-03-05
RED CROSS GIFTS
S400,000,000
War Council on Retirement An
rounces Cash and Supplies
Contributed.
WORKERS WILL "CkRRY ON"
Five Big Societies in Worldwide Plan.
II. p Dawson Heads international
Americana Red Cross Commission.
Or. Livingston Farrand Permanent
Leader of PeaoS Organization.

/
! Dawson as chairman issues the follow
ing statement on behalf of the War
| Council of the American Red Cross:
ITO the American People:
."rhe War Council of the American
! Red Cross appointed by President Will
| son on May 10, 1917. to carry on the
| work of the American Red Cross dur
| ing the war, at their request and by
| vote of the Central Committee, ceased
ut midnight, February %.
Immediately the armistice was
signed the War Council instituted
studies to determine when the strict
ly war work of the organization would
have been sufficiently matured to en-
| able the direction of affairs to be re-
sumed by the permanent staff. Henry
| P. Dawson, being in Paris when the
| armistice was signed, summoned a
| conference there of the heads Of all
! the Red Cross Commissions in Europe
! to canvass the situation. After con-
sidering all the factors it was con-
| Guided to make the transition on
March l. The very fortunate choice
! Of DR.. Livingston Farrand as the new
chairman Of the Central Committee.
and thereby the permanent chief ex-
ecutive of the Red Cross, makes posi-
BILE the consummation of this plan un-
der the most favorable conditions.
! Accounts Audited by War Department
Detailed reports to Congress and
complete audit of it's accounts by the
War Department will constitute the
final record Of Red Cross activity dur
ing the war; Although it has been
the rule to make public all expendi-
lures when authorized and to give de-
tailed information relative to all work
undertaken, the War Council in turn
ing over it's responsibilities to DR.. Far
rand and his associates desire to give
brief resume of Red Cross war time
activities to the American people, to
whom the Red Cross belong, and whose
generous contributions have made pos
sible all that has been accomplished.
During the past nearly twenty-one
months the American people have
given in cash and supplies to the
D dIHeIlCdu lNeu SIOSS Z tLdu PtOO,-
100000 No value can be placed upon
the contributions Of service which
have been given without stint and of.
tentimes at great sacrifice by millions
of our people.
"The effort of the American Red
Cross in this war has constituted by
far the largest voluntary gifts Of
aF
tributed purely for the relief of hui
man suffering. Through the Red Cross
the heart and spirit of the whole
: American people have been modified
to take care Of our own, to relieve the
misery incident to the war, and also
to reveal to the world the supreme,
i ideals of our national life.
| Everyone who has had any part in
this war effort of the Red Cross Is en-
titled to congratulate himself No
thanks from anyone could be equal In
value to the self satisfaction every
one should feel for the part taken.
Fully 100000 American women have
exerted themselves in Red Cross ssrv.
ice
Has Over 100000 Adult Membsss.
"When we entered the war the
American Red Cross had about 100000
members. Today, as the result of the
recent Christmas membership Roll
Call, there are upwards of 100000
full paid members outside Of the men,
bers of the Junior Red Cross, number
ing perhaps 100000 school children
additional.
1.-THE chief effort Of the Red Cross
during the war has been to care for
our men in service and to aid our
army and navy wherever the Red
Cross may be called on to assist AS
to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen.
eral Ireland Of the U. S. Army recent
~ said: The Red Cross has been an
enterprise as vast as the war itself
From the beginning it has done those
things which the Army Medical Corps
wanted done, but could not do ITSELF
"The Red Cross endeavor in France
has naturally been upon an exception
ally large scale where service has
i been rendered to the American Army
and to the French Army and the
French people as well, the latter par
ticularly during the trying period
when the Allied World was waiting
for the American Army to arise in
force and power. Hospital emergency
service for our army in France has
greatly diminished, but the Red Cross
is still being called upon for service
| upon a large scale in the great base
hospitals. where thousands of Ameri-
can sick and wounded are still receiv.
ing attention. At these hospitals the
Red Cross supplies huts and facilities
for the amusement and recreation of
the men as they become convalescent.
Our Army of Occupation in Germany
was followed with Medical units pre-
pared to render the same emergency
aid and supply service which was the
primary business Of the Red Cross
during hostilities. The Army Canteen
service along the lines of travel has
actually increased since the armistice
''As for work among the French peo-
pie, now that hostilities have ceased,
the French themselves naturally pre-
fer rs far as possible to provide for
their own. 1t has accordingly been de-
termined that the guiding principle Of
Red Cross policy in France henceforth
shall be to have punctilious regard to
its every responsibility, but to direct
its efforts primarily to assisting
French relief societies. The liberated
and devastated regions of France have
been divided by the government into
small districts, each officially assigned
to designated French relief organi-
zation.
1.-THE American Red Cross work In
France was initiated by a commission
of eighteen men who landed on French
shores June Is, 1917. Since then
some 5000 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