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Show MAJOR MURPHY TELLS ; OF REO CROSS WORK i Also Declares He Never Saw American Soldier in France Drunk. By Associated Press. AX ATLANTIC PORT. Jan. 20. Extraordinary Ex-traordinary work accomplished by the American Red Cross in .Europe, particularly particu-larly tn France, -was described by Major Grayson 31. P. Murphy, former directing head of tho organization abroad, on his arrival here today. He declared that American soldiers in France "will lack j nothing when the real lighting begins., I "We have erected a line of warehouses ! back of the front that our boys will t:ike over." ho said, "ajul they are stocked with a tremendous amount of supplies; foods, blankets, beds, tents and ii.ll kinds ot hospital supplies. Wo have transportation facilities so we ran deliver de-liver them wherever needed. We won't IO caught napping when our boys got inio the ficrht." Major Murphy, who is a West Point graduate, will soon return 1o France' lo join General Pershine's staff. He will be succeeded in Red Cross work by "Major "Ma-jor James IF. Perkins, now in Europe. Front a contingent of seventeen men which arrived in France wiih five auto-mobile?, auto-mobile?, the Red Cross force lias grown to "JoOO workers wi t h ruO motor ambii-"iances ambii-"iances in France and COO in Italy, Major Murphy said. Even form of helptnl work wa s embraced em-braced in the organisation's activities, he declared. U present plans are carried out. he j-nid. bv May i iheRed Cross will havo expended S3C.000.000 in France. Tie declared he had never seen one American soldier in France under the influence in-fluence of liquor, iheir reputation fori -od behavior being high among the French people. . i |