| Show START OF RED CROSS an international conference met la in geneva switzerland in to devise a code of hospital and ambulance rules and safeguards for use la in warfare the red cross societies are the file outgrowth of this convention A symbol and flag were needed to mark hospitals ambulances and the persons carrying on this sort of work the flag of 0 switzerland Is red with a white cross As a compliment to the nation in which the conference was being 01 1 held it was decided to adopt as tho the international relief symbol this same device with the colors reversed a red cross on a white hite held field the cross therefore Is heraldic rather than religious in orl orlin origin in and it has never had any religious significance significance so far as the red cross organizations are concerned |
