Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 7, 1919, Page 3

" §400,000,000 nounces Cash and Suppiies 135 Contributed. WORKERS WILL “CARRY ON.” Five Big Societies in Warld Wide Plan. H. P. Davison Heads International ~ .American Red Cross Commission. Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent Ludfl“ of Peace Organization. . —— Washington.—(Special.)—Henry P. Darvison as chairman Issues the follow- ing’ statement on behalf of the War Counell of the American Red Oross: *o the Americar Teople: “The War Couucil of the American Red Cross appointed-by: President Wil- son on: May 10, 1917, to carry oa-the work of the American Red Cross dur- ing the war, at their request and by ., syote of: the: Central: Committeé, ceased i et midnight, February 28. - “Immediately the armistice ~was .gigned the ‘War Councll instituted studies ‘to determine when the strict- 1y war wevk of the organization would .have; been sufficiently matured to en- able the direction of affalrs to be re- .sumed by the permanent staff. Henry :P, Davison, being in Paris_when, the - armistice was signed, summoned a conference there of .the heads of all the Red Oross Commissions in Europe . fo canvass the situation. After con- sidering all the factors it. was con- cluded to make the transition 6n March 1. The very fortunate cholce _ot Dr. Livingston Farrand es the new . ¢hairman of the:Central Committee, And thereby the permanent 'chlef ex- scutive of the Red Cross, makes possi- ble the consumination of this plan un- Jer the most favorable conditions. Accounts Audited by War Department, “Detalled reports to Congress and & somplete audit of its accounts by the 5'War-, Department will constitute the ‘Anal record of Red Cross actlvity dur- 4ng the war. Although it has been the rule to make public all expendi- ‘ureg when authoriized and to give de- tatled information relative to all work andertaken, the War Council in turn- ing over its responsibiiities to Dr. Far- rand and his associates desire to give 4 briet resume of Red Cross war time activitles to the American people, to ‘whom the Red Cross belong, and whose génerous contributions have made pos- aible all that has been accomplished. “During the past nearly twenty-one months - the American people have given In cash and supplies to the :American Red Cross more than $400,- 900,000, No value can be placed npon :“the contributions of- service ~which have been given without stint and of- tentlmmes:at great sacrifice by millions - of our people. ' “The effort of the American Red <Cross In ‘this war-has’ constituted by far the largest voluntary - gifts of inoney, of hand and heart, ever con- irlbuted purely for the relief of hu- man suffering. Through the Red Cross the heart and spirit of the whole "j Amerlcan people have been mobilized [ i0 take care of our own, to relleve the i{ * misery Incldent to the war, and also i t0 reveal to the world the supreme ideals of our national life. “Bveryone who has had any part In this war effort of the Red Cross s en- {itled to congratulate himself. Ne thanks from anyone could be equal in value to the self satisfaction “every- one should feel for the part taken. Fully 8,000,000 American women have exerted themselves in Red Cross serv- fee, Has Over 17,000,000 Aduit Members. “When we entered the war- the American Red Cross had about 500.000 members. Today, as the result of the recent Christmas membership - Rell Call, there are-upwards of 17,000.000 tull paid members outside of the mem- bers of the junior Red Cross, number- ing perhaps- 9,000,000 schoo! children additional, “Ihe chlef effort of the Red Cross during the war has been to care for our men In service and to aid our army and navy wherever the Red Cross may be called on to assist. As to this phase of the work Surgeon Gen- eral Irelund of the U. 8. Army recent- 1y said: ‘The Red Cross has been an enterprise as vast as the war itself. From the beginning it has done those things which the Army Medical Corps wanted done, but could not do itself.’ “The Red Cross endeavor in France has naturally been upon an exception- elly large scale where service has been rendered to the American Army and to the French Army and the French people as well, the latter par- ¢icularly during the IS > trylng period svhen the Allied World was walting for the American Army to arise in aaded ddd Latds Lbaia At bt bl PRRRERRRN RS force and power. Hospital emergency sefvice for our army In France has greatly diminished, but the Red Cross is still being called upon for service upon a large scale In the great base hospitals, where thousands of Ameri- can sick and wounded ure srill recely- ing-attention. At these hospitals the Red' Cross sapplies huts and facllities for: tlie. amusement and recreation of the men as they hecome convalescent. Our Army of Occupation in Germany was foliowed with Medical units pre- pnred to render the same emergency , #id and supply service which was the primary business of the Red Cross during hostllitiés, The Army Canteen service along the lines of travel bas IllIlllllllflllllllllllllllllIIIllIlllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllmlllllulllllun|m1nuwuu Hl 2Srsmeds Do actually Increased since the as “As for work ameng the French ple, now ‘that hostilities have ceaped. the: French themselves naturally pre- fer as far ans possible to provide for their own, Tt has accordingly been. de- termined that the gulding principle ot Red Cross policy in France henceforth shall be to have punctilious regard to its .every respansibllity, but to, direct its efforts primarily’ to assisting French.reltef socletles, The liberated ad devastated regions of France have been divided by the government into small districts, each officlally assigned to a designated French rellef organi: zation. “The American Red Cross work ia France was initiated by a commission of eighteen men who landed on French shores June 18, 1917. . Since then some 9,000 persons have been upon the rolls. in France;. of whom 7,000 were actively engaged when the armistice was signed. An indication of the pres- ent scale of the work will be obtained from the fact that.the services of 6,000 persons are still required. “Our American Expeditionary Force .| having largely evacuated England, the activities-of the Red Cross Commis- sjon there are naturally upon a dimin- shing scale period. Active operations are still in progress in Archangel aad Siberia. ! “The work in Italy has been almost entirely. on behalf of the civilian pop- ulation of that country. In the critical hours of Italy’s struggle the American people, through their Red Cross, sent a practical message of sympathy and rellef, for which the government and people of Italy have never ceased to express their :rgtitude. Supplies and Personnel to Near East. “The occaslon for such concentra- tion of effort in Italy, England, Bel- gium and even in France having natur- ally and normally diminished, it has been possible to divert supplies and personnel in large measure to the ald of those people In the Negr East who have hitherto been inacceskible to out- side’ assistance, but whose sufferings have been upon an, appalling scale. The needs of these peoples are 8o vast:| that government alone can meet them, but the American Red Cross Is making an “effort to relieve immediately the more acute distress. -“An extensive group of American workers has been didpatched to carry vitally- needed supplies, and to work this winter in the various Balkan coun- tries. In order to co-ordinate their ac- tivities, a Balkan’ commission has been established, with headquarters at Rome, Italy, from which point alone all the Balkan centers can be reached promptly. “A commission has just reached Po- land with doctors and nurses, medical supplles, and food for sick children and Invalids. An American Red Cross Commission has also been appointed to aid In relieving the suffering of Rus. slan prisoners still confined In German |4 prison camps. “An ifmportant commission is still working in Palestine. Through the war special co-operation has been glven to the Armenian and Syrian Re lef Commission, which was the only agency able to carry rellef in the In- terior of Turkish dominions. Red Cross Wili Continue, ~ “Red Cross effort is thus far flung. It will continue to be so. But the movement reprcsented by this work has likewise assumed an intimate place in the daily life of our people at home. The army of workers which has been recruited and trained during the war must not be demobilized. All our ex- i perlence In thie war shows ctearly that there is an unlimited fleld for service {of the kind which can be performed with peculiar effectiveness by the Red Cross. What its future tasks may be it is yet hinpossible to forecast. We know that so long as there Is an Amer- fean army in the field the Red Cross will have a speclal function to perform, “Nothing could be of greater impor- tance to the American Red Cross than the plans just set in motion by the five great Red Cross socleties of the world to develop a program of extended ac- tivities in the iInterest of humanity. The conception involves not alone ef- forts to relieve human suffering, but to prevent it; not alone & movement by the people of an individual natien, but an attempt to arouse all peopte to a sense of thelr responsibility for the welfare of thelr fellow beings through- out the world. It Is a program both idea! and practical. Ideal in that Its supreme aim is nothing less than ver- itable “Peace on earth good will to men,” and practical in that it seeks to take means and measures which are actually avallable and make them ef- fevtive In meeting without delay the crisis which is dally recurrent in the lives of all peoples. “For accomplishing 1its -mission in the years of peace which must lle ahead of us the Red Cross will require the ablest possible leadership, and must enjoy the continued support, sym- pathy, and participation in its work of the whole American people. It is particularly fortunate that such a man as Dr. Livingston Farrand should have been selected as the permanent head of the organization. The unstinted fashion {n which all our people gave of themselves throughout the war s the best assurance that onr Red Crods wlll continue to receive that co-opera- tion which will make its work a source of pride and inspiration to every Amer- fean.®” Mr. Davison, as chairman of the In- ternational Commission of the Ameri- can Red Cross, has uniertaken to rep- resent the American Red Cross in the preparation of the program for extend- ed Red Cross activities, and will spend the next several months in Europe tn consultation with other Red Cross socl- eties for that purpose. THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER- ICAN RED CROSS, Henry P. Davison, Chalrmas, , THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER LR R R EREREE RS R B NN ol STEENERSON. * I EE R R R R RS SRR LR Forty couples attended the dard times'dance at Stfatton's hall and-al enjoyed the unique affair. Tom Laughery and son, Chulea. are logging on the Charles Petm place: ~ Mr. Coleman and som, of Lee, are guulng out cedar posts for Ed. Fos. urg. Tom Laughery, Fred Gord .and Al. bert Otto went to Grygla Wednesday. William Zavorill has been sawing with his steamer the past week at William and Fred and Henry Houl- husen’s; also for John Webster. Chris Christianson has dbrought in 40,000 feet of nice logs to the Houl- husen mill, Judge Evans returned from. Good- ridge Wednesday with a load of goods for P. M. Soranson. . The mercury was 20 to 25 below zero the past week. Ole Loeberg returned Monday from a trip to Bemidji. ‘Walter Shoeberg is able to be out "after a seige of severe cold. Miss Mae Webster was a visitor at the home of Mrs. Jack Doss Sat- urday: -Mrs. William Zavorill and daugh- ter are recovering from the “fu.” The Houlhusen mill has been thoroughly overhauled and will start sawing, soon as the weather warms “P KRR KR KK RK KKK KK * LOUIS. * LE R E R R R EE R REE R RS - The Red Cross met with Mrs. Neu- man on Thursday. Joe Messner returned Saturday from International Falls. Mrs. Lone spent a few days at Kitchie this week at the home of I. Gorgonson. X% Olga Norquist left for Black- duck Saturday. Miss Margaret Arnold spent the week-end at Pimush Lake, visiting at the homes of C. A. Matheny and L, C. Kirkpatrick. B. A. Ronning, James Harkins, O. 8. Neuman and Will Neuman were visitors in Blackduck this week. Robert Norquist, who has been in France with the Tenth engineers for the past year and a half, returned home Saturday, after spending a few days in Hibbing as the guest of his sisters, Miss Hildur Norguist and Mrs. J. C. Livison. L. C. Kirkpatrick and family and the Misses Lois Matheny and- Mar. garet Arnold spent Sunday with Mrs. A. 0. Anderson. Grace and Will Neuman drove over to Nels Hanson's on Turtle River Sunday. Miss Nora Hanson returned with them and after spending a few days here went on to International Falls where she will visit her sister, returning home Buunday afternoon. l 0. Bueuver of Hill City has been a guest at the J. 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