The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-27
NEAR EAST RELIEF
REPORT IS FILED
ENORMOUS EXTENT OF WORK
DONE SHOWN BY REPORT FILED
AT ,.ASHINGTON.

! Washington.-Acco for the
disbursement of $13,129,1 III in 1920
and a total of $60,000,0 900 to date in
Guiding flour, clothing and medical
supplies, the annual report of the near
east relief, incorporated by congress
August g. 1919 was filed with congress
today by Charles " Vickrey, general
secretary of the relief organization.
The report includes an auditors state
ment by firm of chartered account
ants, whose travelling auditors in the
field check on all expenditures By the
near east relief. A balance on hand
of $367,219 is reported
In regard to the business methods
and efficiency of the organization,
Admiral Mark L. Bristol, United
States high commissioner to Turkey,
is quoted:
81 have been very closely associated
with the work of the near east relief
committee for about % MONTHS Ad-
miral Bristol reports. "On the whole,
the work of this relief committee has
been such that Americans should be
proud of this great humare effort.
The near east relief here in Constan-
tinople is run more like q business
organization than any relief organf-
zation with which l have ever come
into contact"
I'll Workers Employed
AS to the accomplishments of the
organization, Mr. Vlckrey's report
shows I'll American and Canadian
relief workers, including physicians,
surgeons, nurses, mechanics, indus
trial experts, engineers, agricultur-
lists, teachers, administrators, or
phanage experts, supply, transporta-
ployed on little more than a voIun-
teer basis, while 1921 native work.
ers have been used by the near east
relief organization. According to the
report, 63 hospitals, with 6,522 beds,
l28 clinics, II rescue homes, 299 or
Dhanages accommodating $4,000 chill
lren in orphanages and 46,039 chill
1ren outside orphanages, have been
by the near east relief.
1t is reported that approximately
',790,490 Armenians are still living
tut of a pre-war population of about
100000. In parts of Cilicia alone 1t
S stated that 65 per cent of the
Armenian Christian population per-
shed from starvation during the war.
While in the whole of Syria not less
han % per cent perished from the
anne cause. 1t is estimated that had
not been for the American aid fur
fshed through the near east relief
ully half of the present Armenian
population of the near east would
ave succumbed.
Covers Big Territory
The field of operations of the near
asst relief covers European Turkey
Anatolia, Armenia, Cilicia,
-urdistan, Syria, Palestine, Mesopota-
Tia, Persia and Transcaucasia While
elief is given impartially to all needy
vithout distinction of race or re-
gion, the greater part of the work
declared to have been carried on
mong the Armenians, Greeks, Mes
)rians, Syrians and Assyrians, large
? Christian, of whom SCI $40 were
FINISHED food during a large part of
800, while 100000 garments, COM
rising 100000 pounds of clothing
nd shoes, were distributed to refu-
ees
In regard to the work among the
1lldren Mr.. Vickrey says in the re-
)rt:
"a few millions of dollars wisely
Spended at this time in the support,
lucation and molding of these young
yes will be worth vastly more to the
orld than billions of dollars that
,herwise may later be required in
lppressing warfare and strife This
stinctively humanitarian relief work
an expression Of brotherhood
lould help to mark the beginning Of
new era of peace and inter-racial
)od will in the near east"