Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-11-11
Red Cross Wcrk in Europe
Aids Millions of People Yearly

washington Nov S.-In furnishing relief to the needy
Of Russia through commissions Siberia Western
Russia the Baltic states and Southern Russia American
Red service extended to millions according
figures taken from the forthcoming annual report of
the organization
Sanitary trains, hospitals wheels otaled 70 cars
equipped with beds with capacity of $50 patients.
There also typhus trains, the work of which was
chiefly preventive These latter Travelled 1900 miles,
hed 105 600 persons, disnfeced 100000 and issued
aO 900 clean garments
In Siberia alone thirv-three trains distributed the
@rgoes thirty ships from America and portions of the
argoes from 20 ships from other countries In this
work American Red Cross trains covered $4,000 miles,
and ambulances trucks and service covered $4,000
miles The supplies distributed by these transportation
activities amounted 5000 tons and hauled over
1000 miles of railroad In the way of civilian relief in
Siberia Of articles of clothing given
each of 5S7 500 men, 3S7 and IT'S, 900 chill
Hospitals In Siberia. s..s.s
In caring for the sick in Siberia the American Red
Cross operated IS hospitals of its own with total of
1886 beds There in these hospitals So American
eeters and "a Americans, % Russians Japanese
and u Chinese nurses.
Besides aiding and disnfectng all these Russians, the
American Red Cross rendered it's regular time
+ Ice to 1880 officers and of the American forces
Siberia alone. The cost of supplies issued to these
troops amounted to S450,34O
To handle the work of the Siberian commission
f al Of 1867 people required. sos of whom e
americans Ten thousand different articles distr
puled, ranging all the way from auto-ambulances to
sheN pms The total disbursement 81 600 900
IN Western Russia and the Baltic states work done
the American Red Cross of somewhat different
snaac'er and necesstaed less transportation In this
%chon the number of civilian poor unreeved 297,
M and the number of refugees cared for 1899.
PRISONERS aided numbered 2,523.
n Feed Prisoners of War.
Mueh OF the relief in Western Russia hospital ser
@ 1he work developed out of the commission for re-
s Oh allied prisoners of in Germany which closed
Au Ausus'' 1918 During the seven months that com
aon operated, it had charge of the feeding. health
@ sehefaf welfare of than 100000 allied soldiers
u German prison camps
IN me course OF its operations American Red Cross
~ @ me Baltic states up June 80 1920 expended over
~VVo ~ IN hospital aid. Red Cross physicians ed
qH 1900 typhus patients Nineteen frontier and in
pislnlectinE stations established with daily
tds s,p o 3Soo persons. Sixtytwo dspensarjes We're
M " cost OF nearly $4,000 and treated 43.920 per
Ha a total of 2l7 hospitals and orphanages and
nl a'' institutions We're aided with money and sup
sas, ihifV ambulances operated during the
nj III various parts of the country carried o.,
reitS over an aggregate distance of 0. $50 miles.
r Open Food Kitchens.
so iooa kitchens and 45 dry food distributing sta
9sooo we're operated with daily feeding capacity of over
pe,soTs at total cost of s405,235. The gift Of
man s452 500
The work in c, n,
crmea ~ III iisheihs Nphus anu cho' 'iEl III 'he
Cross W IN. most difficult tasks the American Red
Fsss was that accomplished in helping the people in
vic. - where there absolutely no ambulance SER
ame u very little in the way of hospitals the
tsrv is , arrived The army was in retreat. the mill
de,s @ s uisoreanized and combined force sol.
sufsrsn ians to the number of 90. 600 hungry
~ Is' rs' panic-strcken mob
Red Cros Vphus broke out and for months the
siaan WORKERS fought the dread disease the be-
The des ~ need was for cleanliness hospital
IN. s;, ad were piled the corners of the rooms with
one bor. anu no effort decent burial made. In
$50 beds -; IN Revan, consisting a single barrack with
In snifo s me room, there deaths week
American
the single handed. and in alone. with
cases T assistance of the people treated 5000
" Winf,a american Red Cross officers. Lieut. George
Vs n the work "' So ~ -