New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Red Gross and
Army Rush Aid
70 Coloradarls
81, 900 Fund Is Placed AT
Il lr,isposal of Stricken
psoule and Officials Are
Now on Way to Scene
8. Stores To Be Opened
r.nts. Clothing and Food
Sunplies To BE Taken
From Reserve Stocks

rks T,fbnne's Washington Bureau
| aassHINGToN, June ALL the re-
..s Of the American Red Cross and
army we're placed at the disposal
he food victims in Colorado to-
H. Immediately after word of the dis
was received here by W. Frank
,.n,ns, yice-chairman of the national
f.,souaiters, who IS in charge of the
s,.-tmens of disaster relief.
3 I.mes L. Fieser, manager of the
Sss,hwestern division of the Red Cross,
I ,d his staff at st, Louis were ordered
i en- Immediately to the stricken terri
Y,,,y and take direct charge of all re-
M work there. Division Manager Fie-
!, has authority from the national
H. Cross to place at the disposal of
j, sufferers all the facilities of the
S,~merous local chapters of the Red
Ssnss in Colorado ana neighboring
Ess.es.
Tbs division manager was authorized
! draw upon the National Disaster
had for $4,000. If by Monday this
found TO be insufficient, additional
6.,ds will be Forthcoming from ma
5s.sal headquarters, it was officially
Il jaasunced.
q Army to Cooperate
4, the same time authority was is
f,s,s by the War Department to Major
mersl Joseph Dickman, commander
The 9Th Army Corps at San Antonio.
Tss. in which Colorado is included, to
Hs0uerste with the Red Cross officials
r meeting the emergency. General
,5a.kman has authority to dispatch
l fsats, rations, sanitary engineers and
sIaedical officers to assist in the relief
! .s,ors if the Red Cross supplies prove
J -Ansdequate.
we have had only meager infor-
iasion from the stricken territory"
I1Tte-Chairman Parsons said, "hut in
Saruttions have been issued to devote
Itil the facilities of the service to the
1sief Of the food sufferers. Division
| Manager Fieser and staff. of st. Louis.
fs now en- route to Pueblo with in
Huttions to take direct charge of the
alef work, and all the local chapters
| ka Colorado snd neighboring states
fyill assist in the work
all the local chapters of the Red
/ Ertss have disaster preparedness COM
snttees, which operate under direct
instructions from the national Red
tCnss to go Immediately to the relief
pi any stricken territory, and it is as
II |Euned that all the chapters of Colo
sralo are already on the job.
Il Stores in Every State
in every state the Red Cross main
-Eains stores of emergency food and
hielter tents, which can Immediately
Ee utilized in relieving the distress.
I'LL chapters also have specially
Grained units Of doctors and nurses,
-Ssi!h adequate stores of medicines and
krsptal supplies TO meet any emer-
ktncy such as the Colorado food and
Pre-, If the catastrophe gets beyond
fts cspacity OF the local chapters, the
kstional headquarters will see that adj
itenss relief workers and supplies
Pr dispatched to the scene.
i Upon the arrival in Pueblo of Divi-
ksn Manager Fieser national head
&airters will receive from him g de.
{zlRd report of the extent of the dis
FssF and an estimate of the needs o1
as situation. Fieser and his staff are
&rpcVered to call upon national head
girters for any additional assistance
squired, -ad efforts will be immedi
tsly mads 10 supply all the wants O.
Be stricaen people. The division man
ger and his staff will remain il
Naeblo until the situation is cleared
and the needs of all the sufferer.
ave been supplied"
Major General Peter C. Harris, adiu
mt general of the army, said thai
aior General Joseph Dickman at Sar
hlonlo has complete authority to as
" the Red Cross in the work of re
eHng the flood sufferers.
Army Has No Report
Inc War Department has no repor
Pom Pueblo, but some aid might hav,
gen requested of General Dickman,
sheral Harris said. There are stand
ns orders to every corps commando
osooperate with the Red Cross in an,
esl disaster. Authority has beer
Nsn 10 all commanders to respond t
vpeais from any quarter by the dis
aRn OF competent army officers t,
'estigate the extent of the disaste
~ necessary to send army food
ms sanitary and medical officers ant
IDS N the event. that the stat,
aI's IN the territory is unable te
N with the situation. Troops ar,
y cent INTO any state, however, unit
GOVERNOR has exhausted all mill
M means at his command to NEE
emergency
saee the close Of the World Wa
It's resultant decrease in the pure
ailltsry demands on the Red Cros:
national organization has been.uex
saalng its facilities for meetin,
s.a, Hoods, windstorms and othe.
ssssefs. Special emphasis has beer
~ on the instructions of loca
gRIs In every community to i'm
sSiy respond to all calls for re
s,aa ana the national headquarter
SIIy cooperates in any emergenc,
loss said. '''a'' VI '"' Ae'
fnsb.ass assistant Postmaster Genera
,M work, whose home is at Pueblo
Ahight that reports of the los
=. s.Vsssanas of lives in the food there
= hrst issued, would, in his opin
I've found to be greatly exaggerated
n.li am satisfied there has been NJ
ss,, 'Sss a, OF life as reported" said Dr
gb. Two streams come together a
ap =, sae Arkansas and the Foun
ts aae city is thus at the conflu
rsu y ! Two rivers that drain larg
ens "a tne .springtime, when rain
sns ~ ,hd and the SHOWS in the noun
a ,selt' there are frequent floods
hisie could not be any such los
~ some of the reports indicate
ae streams, the Fountain, run
ga =, country home. Ny house i
psss " the stream, and had ther
sesja aythlng extremely serious
nave heard from there.