Show how the red cross came over the hospital where wounded soldiers lie flies a big red cross the men who carry the wounded men from the field of battle wear a red cross on their arm why was a red cross chosen as the symbol of those who care for the wounded it is simply the swiss ilag hag a white cross on a red ground reversed it was a swiss henri dunant who first pointed out the great need tor for more humane treatment of those wounded in battle says pea pearsons esons london weekly he wrote a book describing how dreadfully t the h e wounded suffered in warfare with out anyone to look after them As a result representatives of the nations met in switzerland and it was a greed agreed that each country should s tart start a medical service to attend the wounded As a compliment to dunant and his country it was then agreed that the symbol of the new service should be based on the flag of switzerland |