The Washington times., 1920-11-03
MILLIONS IN RUSSIA
AIDED BY RED CROSS
American Organization Did
Noble. Work Through Com
missions in Siberia.

Sipeii@' "estefn NusSia' thc. D~iSS
states and Southern Russia. Ameri-
can Red Cross service was extended
to millions. according to figures TAX
en- from the forthcoming annual re-
port or the organization.
Sanitary trains or hdepitals on
wheels totalled seventy-five cars.
equipped with $50 beds. with a ca
pacity OF 1850 patients. There were
also typhus trains. the work OF which
was chiefly preventive. These lat
ter travelled $1,000 miles. bathed
1O5. 900 persons. disinfected 10000
and issued 100000 clean garments.
In Siberia alone thirty-thfee trains
distributed the cargoes OF thirty
ships from America and portions of
the cargoes from ninety-two ships
from other countries. In this work
American Red Cross trains covered
800 900 miles and ambulances. trucks
and service cars covered 333 900 miies,
The supplies distributed by thes,
transportation activities amounted to
5000 tons and were hauled over 5000
miles of railroad. In the way OF
civilian relief in Siberia an average
OF seven articles of clothing was Civ
en- to each of 5s7, 800 men. 3s7,50O
women and $4,000 children(
HOSPITALS IN SIbEHiA.
In caring for the sick in siberia
the American Red Cross operated
eighteen hospitals of it's own with a
total of 6.59U beds. There were In
these hospitals fifty-six American
doctors and thirty-four non-Ameri-
can: IS2 American Red Cross nurses.
twenty-five Russian, fifteen Japanese
and thirteen Chinese nurses.
MI AiainfertinH all
these Russians, the American Red
Cross rendered its regular wartime
service to 1880 officers and men OF
the American forces in Siberia alone.
The cost of supplies issued to these
troops amounted to S450,34O.
To handle the work of the Siberian
Commission total of 2.G61 people
was. required. 503 OF whom were
Americans. Ten thousand different
articles were distributed, ranging all
the way from to-ambu'ances to
safety pins. The total disbursement
was S14.0OO,0O0.
In Western Russia and the Baltic
States the work. done by the Ameri-
can Red Cross was OF a somewhat
different character and necessitated
less transportation. In this section
the number of civilian poor relieved
gees cared for was 1880. Prisoners
aided numbered 2,523.
FEED PRISONERS or WAR.
Much OF the relief in Western Rus
STA was hospital service. The work
developed out of the commission for
relief OF Allied prisoners of war in
Germany. which closed in August,
1919. During the seven months that
10 oh .,f
the feeding. health and general well
fare OF more than 100000 Allied sol.
diers in German prison camps.
In the course OF it's operations the
American Red Cross in the Baltic
states. up to June 30. 1920, expended
over $500 900 in hospital aid. Rcd
Cross physicians treated nearly co.
900 typhus patients. Nineteen from
tier and interior disinfecting stations
were established with a daily capac-
ity OF 1900 persons. Sixty-two dis
pensaries were added at a cost of
nearly $4,000 and treated 1890 per-
sons. A total of 217 hospitals and
40 orphanages and similar insutu-
tions were aided with money and sup
plies. Thirty ambulances were oper-
ated during the fightingS In various
parts of the country and carried TO-
tance of IO.36O miles.
OPEN FOOD KITCHENS.
Ten food kitchens and forty-five
dry food distributing stations were
operated with a daily feeding capac-
ity of over 10000 persons at a total
cost Of S4O5,235. The gift of clothing
distributed in general civilian relief
was more than 1852. 900.
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largely of caring for refugees and in
fighting typhus and cholera in the
Crimea-
One Of the most difficult tasks o
the American Red Cross was that &C
complished in helping the people in
Esthonia. where there was absolutely
no ambulance service and very little
in the way of hospitals when the
Americans arrived. The army was in
retreat. the military was disorgan-
lied and the combined force of SOL
diers and civilians to the number of
10000 was a hungry. suffering, panic
stricken mob.
In December typhus broke out and
for months the Red Cross workers
fought the dread disease. In the be-
ginning the need was for cleanliness
and hospital care. The dead were
piled in the corners OF the rooms with
the sick and no effort at a decent
burial was made. In one hospital in
Revan, consisting of a single bar
rack with 400 beds in one room. there
were 900 deaths in one week. In
spite of all this the American Red
Cross stopped the epidemic almost
single-handed and in Narva alone.
with the unframed assistance of the
people, treated 1000 cases. Two
American Red Cross officers. Lieut..
George W. Winfield and Lieut.. Cliff
ford Blanton, gave up their lives In
the work.
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