Show RED GROSS CROSS TAKES TAK OVER HOSPITAL 1 UNIT UNIT 1 Warehouses Are Rented Rente l land and Appropriations Made Mafle for Supplies By Charles F. F Bertelli Bertelli l. International News Service Staff Correspondent y PARIS PARtS July Tuly 28 Following Following out th the plan of the American commander ip in In chief General John J T Pershing th that tzi tr all public relief work having a direct or indirect bearing on the war should be placed under a central and on a a. military basis the ambulance a i companies in both field services comprising com com- the American ambulance corp it at Passy and the American ambulance hospital at has passed under JT the direct control of the American Red Fed Cross The American army In France rance rance already taken over the field section 9 q- q what was known as the American R ReL w Cross Norton Norton-HarJes section under direction of the French govern government govern govern-a ment and It is believed the next stepin step j in the army's action will be the as of the Lafayette comprised exclusively of American fliers who have already been on the the- front or are in training in various aviation camps in France 3 The American Red Cross under T. T charge of Major Murphy who w wasT wa fi recently a member of ot General Pershing's staff and which has beep t So In iri France since June Tune 12 has now s sa 2 far completed Its preliminary work of J. L. L T organization that it is possible to begin be be- gin the actual carrying out of the ob obJects ob- ob for which it was sent v Appropriations for specific purposeS purposed have already been made by the Amerlean Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican Red Cross committee In Washington Wash Wash- ington and the work of distribution began began began be- be be be- gan here One of the important appropriations 1 is for purchasing supplies for tor hos boa J Warehouses have been rented and andY sufficient supplies already stored to f fill f the most pressing needs of the troops in the training camps Large amounts of foodstuffs also have been warehoused warehoused ware ware- housed as well as materials for th the immediate commencement of work h hT in inthe the devastated districts The transport department of the Red Reli Cross has made pro provisions for its immediate im im- immediate im 1 mediate distributions Cars have been secured garages and so on Wherever possible the supplies have been bought almost entirely In France Itself an and an used In connection with the work undertaken undertaken un un- by the Red Cross in the hoS hoSpitals as well as for own soldiers With regard to the American ambulance amb 1 3 lance a big appropriation Is being a arranged ar ar- 5 I ranged so that there may be no Interruption interruption interruption In- In in the conduct of the work which will continue to care for French wounded until such time thus as it may be called into play for the services of the American troops on the fighting front |