Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-18
A. R. c. REPORTS
ON WORK ABROAD
FOR LAST YEAR
Helpless Hordes of Refugees
Aided and a Chain of Child
Health Units Established,
n Report Shows.
(By The Associated Press.)

Washington, oct, l1.-American
Red Cross relief operations in. Eu-
rope during the last fiscal yea:
were concerned almost entirely in
aiding otherwise helpless hordes of
refugees and establishing a chain
of child health units that are rescu-
ing thousands of children from the
misery war has visited upon them,
says the annual report of the Red
Cross made public here.
In Austria the American Red
Cross program resulted in the dis
tribution OF food, clothing and med
lear supplies to 100000 persons,
mostly children; gave employment
in garment making to 10000 native
women; provided 25,000,000 francs
worth of medical and other supplies
to 235 hospitals; $500 beds to in
stitutions caring for n, 1000 children
and assisted orga mutations reach
Ing 100000 persons.
In South Russia and CONSTANT
nople the organization was called
upon to suddenly care for 10000
refugees, who were forced to leave
the Crimea when Wrangel s army
collapsed. 1t distributed all the
supplies originally placed at its dis
posal in the near east, 100000 sent
blythe Russian embassy in the Unit
ed States and an additional $780,
900 worth of supplies from its own
reserve fund.
In Poland, 10000 refugees who
had fled before the Russian soviet
invasion were cared for, 50O,0O
children were assisted with food
and clothing. Permanent relief
work was established in many hos
pitals for children, more than 1000
surgical cases were cared for
weekly and a maximum of 100000
persons were fed in single month.
In Italy, the chief work of the
American Red Cross last year wa;
assistance given in the Mugello
and Tuscany earthquakes, when it
had 215 tents with all relief sup
plies erected and in operation
within forty-eight hours.
In Hungary, the outstanding
feature of the work for the year
was the distribution to needy chill
dren and refugees of 100000 arti-
cles of clothing and the mobiliza-
ton of $4,000 native women in a
nation wide knitting campaign.
of the Red Cross in Hungary for
the year averaged ten tons a day
In Greece, $4,000 Greek refugees
from the Caucasus were assisted
with food and clothing and later
were given such supplies that a
large number Of them were able
to colonize in fifty-two deserted
villages and resume their normal
occupations A complete child
health program was also inaugu-
rated among 10000 children.
In -Slovakis, the work oil
the year Included medical survey
OF $4,000 children; enrolment Of
$4,000 children into a Junior Rec
- Cross; mobilization of 72,O0t
children into health crusade, thu
distribution of large quantities o
medical supplies and clothing ant
the establishment of the first two
OF twenty-one medical centers FOL
child health work.
In Montenegro, the work of the
American Red Cross was devoted
to assisting war orphans. Child
feeding kitchens served during thu
L year total of over 100000
meals, while the health centeri
supervised and aided 10000 child
rem with medical supplies and sur
gical treatment.
In Serbia, relief work was es
tablished among the 10000 wa
orphans.
+ The work in Rumania was en-
tirely among the children and con
sisted of financial assistance giver
to Rumanian organizations.
In western Russia and the Ra.
tic states, 1872 child-health center
were opened and $4,000 children
were treated monthly during thu
last two months of the year. WheI
the program is complete, medica
supervision will be maintained
over 100000 children. In addition
to medical care. $1,000 childrel
were furnished clothing, an cpl
demic of dysentery was overcom
in Iatvia and a still more threat
ening epidemic of typhus was de
stroyed in Lithuania. Two hun
bred and forty hospitals were ais