Show RED CROSS GIFTS War Council on Retirement Announces Announces An An- Cash and Supplies Contributed Contribute l. l CARRY ON WORKERS WILL Five Big Societies In World Wide Plan H H. H P P. P Davison Heads Head International American Red Crow Cross Commission Dr Livingston Farrand Permanent Leader of or Peace Organization Special Henry Washington Special Henry P. P lson Davison as Oil chairman Issues the following following follow follow- ing statement on behalf of ot the War Council of or the American Red Cross To the tho American People The War Council of ot th the American Red fled Cross appointed by President Wilson Wilson Wil WIl- son on May 10 1017 to carry on the work of ot the American Red Red Cross dur dug during durIng ing the war var at their request and by vote ote of ot the Central C Committee ceased at midnight February 23 S Immediately the tho armistice waa was signed the War Council Instituted studies to determine when the strictly strict strict- strictly ly war work of ot the organization would have been sufficiently matured to enable enable enable en en- able the direction of ot affairs to be resumed resumed re ro- by tIle the permanent staff start Henry P. P P Davison being In Paris when the armistice was signed summoned a conference there of the heads of ot oil all the Red Hed Cross Commissions In Europe to canvass the situation After Atter considering con con- all aU the factors It was concluded concluded con con- to make tho the transition on March 1 The ery very fortunate choice of Dr Livingston Farrand as ns the new chairman n of ot the Central Committee and thereby tho the permanent chief executive executive ex ex- ex of ot the Red fled Cross makes possible po 81 ble the tile consummation of ot this plan ender un en- under der the most favorable conditions Accounts Audited by War Department Detailed reports to Congress and a complete audit of ot Its accounts by the War Department will constitute the final record of ot Red lied Cross activity dur dug durIng during ing the war Although It has been the tile rule to make public all expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures when authorized and to give alve detailed detailed de de- de- de tailed information relative to all work undertaken the War Council In turnIng turn turn- Ing lag over oer Its responsibilities to Dr Fat Far rand and his associates desire to give a n brief resume of ot Red Cross Crosa war time activities to the American people to whom the Red lied Cross belong and whose generous contributions have lune made possible possible pos pose sible sable all that has been accomplished During the past nearly twenty one months the American people have bAve given ghen In cash and supplies to the American Red Cross more than No 1 value can be placed upon anon the contributions of ot service which have been given without stint and oftentimes oftentimes oftentimes of of- at nt great grent sacrifice by mf millions of our people The rhe effort of ot the American Red ned RedCross Cross in this war has constituted by far the largest voluntary gifts gift of ot money of ot hand band and ami heart beart ever contributed con con- purely for the relief of beman human hu bo- man suffering ButTering Through the Red fled Cross rOll the heart and spirit of the whole American people have been mobilized to take care of ot our own to relieve the misery incident to the war and also alsoto alsoto alsoto to reveal renal to the world the supreme Ideals of our national life Everyone crone who has had hod any part In Inthis Inthis inthis this war effort of the Red fled Cross Is 18 entitled entitled entitled en en- titled to congratulate himself No thanks from anyone could be equal In value to the self satisfaction everyone everyone everyone every every- one should feel for the port part taken Fully American women have exerted themselves In Red fled Cross eerT- eerT ice Has Over Adult Members Member When we entered the WAr the American Red fled Cross had about members Today as ns the result of ot the recent Christmas membership Roll Ron Call there are upwards of ot full paid members outside of the members members mem memo bers of the Junior Red fled Cross numberIng numbering number number- ing lag perhaps school children additional The chief effort of ot the Red Cross during the war var has been to care for our men In service and to aid our army and ond navy naTY wherever the RedCross Red fled RedCross Cross may be called coiled on to assist As Asto Asto Asto to this phase of the work Surgeon General General Gen Oen- eral Ireland of the tM U. U S S. Army recently recent recent- ly said The Red fled Cross has hos been an enterprise as vast as the war Itself From the beginning It has done those things which the Army Anny Medical Corps wanted done but could not do Itself The Red fled Cross endeavor In France hns has naturally been upon an exceptionally exception exception- ally large scale where service has bu been rendered to the American Army and to the French Army and the French people as ns well the latter particularly par par- during the trying period when the tho Allied World was waiting taping for the American An Army 1 to arise In la laforce force and power Hospital emergency service for our array army In France his has greatly diminished but the Red fled Cross Is still being called upon for service ernce upon a large largo scale In the great Tent base hue hospitals where thousands of ot American American Ameri Amert- can cnn sick and wounded are still receiving reedy reedy- In ing attention At these theBo hospitals the theRell Red Rell Cross supplies huts hut and facilities for the amusement and recreation of ot the men as they become convalescent Our Army of Occupation In to Germany was followed with Medical MedIca units prepared prepared pre pre- prepared pared to render th the unto tame emergency aid and supply service which was wall the primary business s of the Red fled Crow Cross during hostilities The Army Canteen Cante service along o the Un lines line of 01 trav hi actually Increased since the armistice As Aa for tor work the French among people peo peo- pie now that hostilities have ceased the French themselves naturally prefer prefer pre pro fer as far tar n as possible to provide for tor their own It has accordingly been determined determined de de- de- de that the guiding principle of ot otRed Red fled Cross policy In France henceforth shall be to have punctilious regard to toIta Its Ita every responsibility but to direct Its efforts primarily to assisting French relief relict societies The liberated and devastated regions of France have haTe been divided by the government Into small districts each officially assigned to a designated French relief organisation organization The American Red Cross work in ID France Trance was WIll Initiated by a commission llon of eighteen men who landed on French shores June 13 13 1017 Since then some persons have been upon ih the rolls in France of ot whom 1000 were actively engaged when the armistice was signed An Indication of the present pros pre ent scale of the work will wilt be obtained from the fact tact that the services of ot persons are still required Our American Expeditionary Expedition Fo Fore Force having largely evacuated England the activities of ot the Red Cross Cros Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion there thero are naturally upon a n diminishing dimin scale period Active operations are still In progress in Archangel and Siberia The uThe work In Italy has haa been almost entirely on behalf of ot the civilian population population population pop pop- of ot that country In the critical hours bours of Italy's struggle the American people through their Red fled Cross sent senta a practical message of sympathy and relief relict for which the government and people of Italy have never ceased to express their gratitude Supplies and Personnel to Near East The The e occasion for tor such auch concentration tion of ot effort In Italy England Belgium Bel- Bel glum gium and even In France having baying naturally naturally ally and normally diminished it b. b has baa been possible to divert supplies and personnel In large measure to the aid alII of ot those people In the Near East who have hitherto been Inaccessible to out oat side aide assistance but whose sufferings have bave been upon an nn appalling scale The needs need of ot these peoples are Gr so BO vast Yut that government alone can meet them but the American Red fled Cross Croe II la making an effort to relieve Immediately the themore themore themore more acute distress An extensive group roup of ot American workers has bas been dispatched to carry vitally needed supplies and to work wort this winter In the various Balkan countries coun coun- tries In order to ordinate co their ac ao- a activities a Balkan commission has haa been established with headquarters at el Rome Italy from which point alone all aU the Balkan centers can caD be bo rea reached promptly A IIA commission has Just reached Poland Po land with doctors and nurses nunes medical supplies and food for sick alck children and invalids An American Red fled Cross Cron Commission has bas also been appointed to aid old In relieving the suffering Buttering of ot Rut Rus Russian sian prisoners still confined in Genua prison camps An Important commission Is b un still working in Palestine Through the tho war special operation co has hu be been a given ilven to the Armenian and Syrian Relief Relief Re Ro- RoUet lief Commission which was the only agency able to carry carrr relief in III a the interior in ID- a atenor tenor of ot Turkish dominions Red Cross Will Continue Red ned Cross effort is fa thus far fir flung ng Jc ngIt It will continue to b be so 10 Dot But the movement represented by this work ort has likewise assumed an intimate place In the dally daily life of ot our people at home bome The army of workers which has bu been re recruited and trained during the war must not be demobilised All AU our experience experience ex ex- in the war shows clearly that there Is an unlimited field for tor service of ot the kind which can cnn be performed with peculiar effectiveness by the Bed Red Cross What Its future tasks tash may be he beIt beit heIt It la is yet Impossible to forecast We W. know that so long as there la is aa an American Amer teams ican army In the field the Red fled Cross will wilt have a n special function to perform Nothing could be of ot greater Impo importance importance tance to the American Red Cross than the plans Just set in motion by the five great Red Cross societies of ot the world to develop a program of extended expended activities activities ac ae- In the Interest of humanity The conception Involves not alone efforts efforts ef et ef- ef forts torts to relieve human suffering but butto butto butto to to prevent it i not alone a movement by the people of ot an Individual nation but an attempt to arouse all people to toa toa toa a sense of ot their responsibility for tor the welfare of ot their follow fellow beings throughout through through- out the world It la is a program both Ideal and practical Ideal In that its ItI supreme aim l Is nothing less than veritable vex ver table Peace on earth good tood will tomen to tomen tomen men and practical In that It seeks seeka to take means and measures which are actually available and make mate them effective ef et effective in meeting without delay the crisis which Is dally daily recurrent IB in the lives of ot all peoples For accomplishing its Ita mission Inthe In ie Inthe the years YeAn of peace pence which mu moot mast t lie He ahead of ot us UI the Red fled Cross will wUl require tho the obI ablest est possible leadership and mu must t enjoy the continued support sympathy sym sym- sympathy pathy and participation In Ita its work wort of the whole American people It Is II particularly fortunate that such such a man manas manas as Dr Livingston ston Farrand Farnand should have han been selected elected as ns the permanent head of the organization The unstinted fashion in which ah our oar people gave raTe of ot themselves throughout the war Is lIS the best assurance that our Red fled Cross will continue to recel receive that cooperation opera co don tion which will make Its work a source of ot pride and Inspiration to every Amer lean ican Mr Ur Davison as DB chairman of the International International In In- Commission of ot the American Amert Ameri can enn Red fled Cross h hu his s undertaken to represent represent rep rep- resent the American Red Cross OroM la in the preparation of ot the pl program for tor ext extended extend extended nd ed Red Cross activities and win will upend spend the next several months In Europe in consultation with other Red fled Cross sod sod- I- I sties for tor that purpose TUB THIO WAR COUNCIL OF THE Tam AMERICAN AMER ICAN IOAN RED CROSS II Hear Bent P Chairman |