| Show RED CROSS GIFTS war council on re retirement ti rement announces cash and supplies it IF contributed WORKERS WILL ON F div IV big 1310 societies in wei woid id wide plan P davisen kede heads international african red cross co m dr livingston farrand permanent lader af f peace organization I 1 washington special Henry P cleoa ao 10 AS chairman issues the follow ing statement on behalf pt of the 1 war ar 9 of the anto rican red cross to vo the american people the rho war counci of the lite american lied cross appointed by president 11 son on on slay may 10 1017 to carry on the vork work of the Amerl Ameri cun cuts cited dur ing the war nar at their request aud and b vote of the tire central committee ceased at t midnight february 28 immediately the artal armistice stIce was signed the war liar council instituted studies to determine alien lien the strict ly war ar work of the would have been sufficiently matured tu to en able the direction of affairs to I 1 0 re burned liy by lie the penna permanent tient staff henry 1 I davison being in fail when the armistice was wits signed summoned a confer conference euce there of the lie heads of all the red lied cross it in europe to canvass the situation after con sideling si I all the facto factors it was con elude to make the transition lUon on march earch 1 the very fortunate choice of lr dr arrand 1 as n the new chairman of the Cen tr committee and the permanent calet executive of the lied crasa makes possible to the tile consummation of this plan under the most favorable conditions account accounts audited by war department Def alitt reports to congress Con gres and arid a complete audit of its nc ac coun couns by tir tile war department will constitute the final record of ofa red crois acal ity dur du ing the war although it hag has been the rule to make inake public all expends lures tures when and to elve give detailed information relative to all crl ind the var council in turn nt nc over its responsibilities to dr farrand and his associates desire to s a brief resume of lied red cros cro s war imp time activities to the american people to whom the tile red cross belong and v whose bose generous ce nerous contributions have made possible all that has beep during the past nearly oni one months the tile american people have glyen in cash and anti supplies to the american red cross more than ne no value cen can be he placed upon the contributions of service which dalre been given without It hout stint and of ten times at great sat sacrifice by millions at of our peoples people the tits 7 effort of the lie american red cross in tills this war has constituted by far the bargelt voluntary gifts of money of hand and heart ever con tributes tri buted purely for the relief of liu hu man suffering the red cros cross the heart and spirit of he be whole american people have been to take ci re of our own to relieve the misery incident to the war nar and also to reveal to the world the supreme 1 ideals deals of our riat national ional life lie everyone who has had lied any part in athla war effort ot of the red cros cross la Is en titled tv t congratulate himself no thanks from anyone could be equal in value to tho the self satisfaction faction every one should feel for ilio ilia part taken felly american women baie c themselves in red cross tee ice has hiss over adult members aatu wo we entered the war the angieri At neri a i red cros cross had about in members embers today as the result of the recent christmas membership roll call thre there are tire upwards of full paid members outside of the mem bers her of the junior ite rei itei i cross number ing 1 perhaps chool school children additional the chief effort of the ilia red croe cross the wac lias lies been to care for our mei met in serille and to aid id rt u army abd aal navy wherever uhe rever the red lied cross may be railed culled on to assist 11 AP to this phase of the tire N ork surgeon an oral eral ireland of the tile U S 8 army recent ly 11 said uld the red lied cross has beon nr at enterprise enter priM pris as an vast last as the war itself from the beginning it has done those things which the army medical corp wanted done but could oot not dd itself the cross endeavor in franc haa ratu naturally rally been upon an exception ally large cale is whore bat tie been rendered to the tire american army and to the fanch army amy and the people RS at wal he the latter par per ticul arly during luring the tile trying period atod when tb the allied world ws as waiting tor th the american army to arlee arise iti in force and ADA power hospital emergency arvice for our army andy in france eri itly diminished but the ditc itc red d cros Is ts stilt still being called d upon for service unoo a barat scale in n the ilia crest base here thousands of amerl CIA o 0 and wounded are still ing in attention at these ho he the red lied cro c supple huts buts and facilities fac tic fy the h in item I 1 en t ft and n d r re r r R 1 1 0 n 0 of t IX anas they tetora be F 0 m 0 e on y a 1 3 n t our at army I 1 of OM occupation PAtIOn in oi germany many was followed with It edical unite units pre to render the some emergency aid and supply service sei which was ras it I 1 primary business basta ess of the red lied crogg during hostilities the ali array amy carbeen lew loo th the hoc ulm ot of travel t actually increase increased sin since I 1 tie he armistice aa As for work among the t rench I 1 people now slow abes that A hostilities Oes have hae ceased the french them themselves nelves naturally pre f fir r aa its far as po possible able to provide pro ide for their own it I 1 as accordingly been determined ter mined that the tire ludding principle of lied cross polky polity in artince I 1 ranee henceforth hall be to have punctilious regard to if its every responsibility but to direct its effort efforts primarily to assisting french relief societies the liberated and devastated regions of france tune hae been by tho the government goern go eminent ment into null districts each offic lully to a designated french frenck kellec the tile american lied cro cros 1 worl in france was initial initiated it by n don of elliteen men who ian landed tied on oil trench shores june 11 1917 since bince then vita tome some per persons zons lime hav e been upon the rolls in france of eliom VW were actively engaged when lie the armistice ce was signed an indention of the tire pre pres ent scale of the worl will III he be from the fact that the sen ser ices of 0 per ons are still required our american lorce I 1 orce having largely eaf england ingland the lie activities of the lied bed cross commis Cormir ls elon slon there are naturally upon a diminishing scale period active operations are tire still in in archangel and siberia the tile work in italy has been almot entirely on oil behalf of the cl chilian illan population of that country countr in the critical hours holum of italy a struggle the american people through their red cross sent a practical message of sni sympathy pathy and relief for which the lie goern government ment and people e of italy have baie never neier ceased to express their gratitude supplies and personnel to near eat east hie rhe occasion for euch such concentration of effort in ital england bel glum and even een in france lim having ing ally and normally diminished it has been possible 1 R sibia to divert dhert supplies and personnel pero pem onnel in ili large measure to the aid ald of af pf olle in lit the tile near east who ho have hitherto been inaccessible elble to out side assi tance but whose suffering lime been upon an appalling ecale scale rhe net need d i of thee i copies ore are so vast that government alone can meet them but the american itce cross Is maung in effort to relieve immediately the more nute distress an extensive exten she group of american workers lips been dispatched to carev vitally needed and anti to worl this inter in the lie balkan conn cotin atle 1 in ili order to ordinate coordinate co their tic a balkan has been alth ft ath headquarters a at 1 floine italy hilly from front mitch point alon alone alt all the balkan can be reached promptly li commission has just reached po land with lilt doctors anil nurses medical supplies up lIes and food fop children anil nil Ins Inin llda allda an american ked red cros commission has also been appointed to aid in relies relle in 0 the suffering of rus bus ilan i 1 1 still con confined tined in german prison camps an important Import int commas commission ion Is 18 still working in Vak vasstine stine ahro th ill war special operation cooperation co hns has been given glen to the armenian and syrian re 01 on V hach was the agency able lo 10 carry in the in herfor of dominions red cross will continue red cross effort Is thus far flung it will continue to be so dut but tin tilt movement represented by this worl has likewise assumed an intimate ilici in lie the dally daily life of our people at home the army of corkers which lias fiats beet recruited and trained during jie to wat must not be demobilized all our aft k per lence in the war clearly tha itin there Is an unlimited field for servio of tho ilia kind which can bo b per perforce forme with peculiar effectiveness by the re rel cross lint its future tasks may b ill it Is yet impossible to fo forc cost wl know that so long as there Is an amer lean ican army in the field the red cros will h te a special function to Per perform forIn nothing could be of greater imbor lance to the american red cross t thai lint the plans jua jus set ott la in in motion by the 04 Q great red lied crusa of the he borit lo 10 0 o d delop celop a program of ot ac in the tie interest of hurn anit the conception lies not alone ef artis frt to relieve human buffering bu to prevent hf 1 not nione alone rs hy tile ho people of an individual bailon but at attempt to arouse all nil people ti to a of for th wi elfa beings o 0 out al bortl it Is a pro program crans boll wit wt k 4 Icat ideal in that it supreme alin Is 1 nothing less than ver er table liable on eldith gi will ti men and practical al in that it seeks tf t take tal vielus and which en an actually fival lWe ind and make them ef in ine meeting eting without delay th crisis which 14 1 dally recurrent in th lives of alt all peoples pe opla for shing its allon 11 lu ili the years of peso poe e which aich pluet lie head of us tile wa crots cro ts will require the ablest possible leadership and must enjoy the continued support syll sympathy and in its work of the whole american people it Is particularly fortunate that such a man rean as it dr livingston fairand should have been selected ns As the tile permanent head of the organization the unstinted fashion in which all our people gave of themselves throughout the war li 1 the beat b as ammirante uronie that our red cl cross closs oss win continue to 10 receive that apera co opera lion which will innia 8 its work a source I 1 of pride ami and inspiration to acry amir amer lean sir mr dahlson KS as chairman chalman ot 0 the ile la in of 0 the american red cross baa has undertaken to rep berit the amerlois Amer loin red id cross la tb P of the program lor for 41 extend ed ell red cross activities and will md the neit ne it 1 la ir A a ta IA consultation with red brolis a a eoal etie olles for ahr purpose pose M ak WAR COUNCIL or TIM 1 ICAN RED choss bleary 13 DaTlo oo mahmad Chat naaB |
