Show REPORT IS MADE OP OF THE USE OF THE RED CROSS WAR FUND the american red lied cross war council issues the fifth installment instalment of ts statement setting betting forth the use that bat Is being made ot of the red cross war fund this instalment installment deals bilth the activities of the of the lied cross croaa which covers all parts of the world outside the war zone the or insular and foreign division of the american lied cross was organized in november 1917 in ho beginning it consisted of 11 chapters era three of which in syria tur TUP key and persia were inactive the other eight have grown to a membership of adults and the finished product of their efforts brought to the red lied aroas cross storehouses represents a yearly value of to tho the first war fund drive this division gave 03 63 its quota to the second drive was its actual was the first gift came from argentina where americans americana known as the patriotic society of american women hold held a bazaar last year brought the argentine chapter in the second war fund drive sent in from valparaiso and the coast towns ot of chill chili with a total of less than americans there came a contribution of chills contribution to the second war fund drive was peru chapter donated and a monthly of 1000 in the canal zone the work Is well organized and going forward and reports from central america show anxiety to help the cause in the west indies there Js great interest in red cross work in cuba the second drive brought while the republic of cuba as aa a government sent as aa a special in porto rico a steady stream of knitted garments etc Js Is coming from the women I 1 in addition a general contribution of 0 hawaii reports per cent in III production and membership in the latter part of 1917 hawaii contributed tri buted for tho the second drive came in the farther cast china gave 1803 for the first drive and tor for th japan Is working hand in hand with the american red cross in the first drive it contributed and in the second the tiny island of guam gave 2612 67 57 to the first fund and to tho the second then there are chapters in spain sweden switzerland and of course in the philippines in the latter a bazaar tor for the benefit of the red cross attracted from thirty to forty thousand persons dally daily and netted a handsome sum |