The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 7, 1927, Page 8

Red Cross Backed by Nation’s Will to Help, Restoring Mississippi Valley—Flood Sufferers on Home Actes. i Dpeetiny relief on a gigantic scale never, before wit- nessed in this country was the outstanding accom- plishment of the American Red Cross in the past year. Surpassing in its destructiveness was the Mississippi flood. Sweeping a thousand miles through the great valley, inun- dating 20,000 square miles of the richest farming land, submerging vast areas in eight states, rendering nearly three-quarters of a million people dependent, it challeng- ed the resourcefulness of the great relief agency. Yet the challenge was met. Confident of the support of the whole people, the ‘American Red Cross mustered its trained forces, drew to itself the proffered resources of the Federal Government and the services of hundreds of its members in the stricken States, and threw this practical army of mercy against the common enemy. The whole nation was alive to the danger and of the needs of the people in the danger zone. With a prompt- ness that was unprecedent- ed every part of the country responded to the appeal for relief funds—placing in the hands of the Red Cross near- ly seventeen million dollars. Indicating the immensity of the task was the fact that nearly 1,000 large river boats, and an untold number of small auxiliary craft were required to insure the safety ‘of the populations in the flood zone. Collaborating in this rescue work were airplanes from the Army and Navy, radio crews and apparatus, Navy and Coast Guard craft of vari- ous sorts, all working under the Red Cross. Aircraft searched over the unnatural lakes and submerged miles of trees and housetops, lo- cating marooned refugees, guiding WAITING FOR TH NEXT FEED INA REFUGEE CAMP on fas rescué boats, watching the crum- ‘bling levees for new breaks; the {latter being the signal for radio ‘crews to summon contingents of rescue crews to the threatened point, ready to take off new popu- lations for the concentration camps. Concentration camps were ordered set up, food was requisitioned, and appeals for help were sent by ra- dio; airplanes rushed food, sand- bags, medical supplies, doctors, and relief workers when other transpor- tation failed. It was relief work in @ peace-time catastrophe, but it re- sembled. war in the mingling of science and rough-and-ready meas- ‘ures with which it was carried on. Approximately 149 camps’ and Concentration points sheltered the refugees brought out of overflowed farms, swamped towns, out of tree tops and off of levee remnants. In these camps the Red Cross cared for 330,000 refugees, and for other thousands in the uppér stories of houses, and similar refuge points, bringing the total assisted by the organization to 607,236 people. Be- sides this vast army of sufferers, the Red Cross found itself with ; 200,000 head of stock to shelter and feed until their owners could re- ‘claim them. Disease Prevention Campaign Simultaneously with this vast ef- fort, the Red Cross,\in conjuncti ‘with State and Federal health of- ificers, undertook the greatest dis- jease prevention campaign of peace- ;time, designed to protect not alone :flood refugees but the whole coun- itry, from the menace of epidemic {diseases which might quickly re- sult, from fleod conditions. This campaign accomplished the com- | Dlete inoculation against typhoid of 4296842 people and vaccination of 121,705, besides those partially 1n- oculated;. it undertook malarial the health experts of the Red Cross and co-operating agencies super- vised a “clean-up” of the areas new- ly emerged from the flood. In the latter work, houses were scrubbed with soap and water to rid them of disease-bearing refuse left by the flood; water supplies were disin- fected, animal carcasses destroyed, and wreckage cleared. Inoculations were completed, and incipient epi- demics watched for. RED CROSS CAMP IN GREEN MISS. WHERE HUNDREDS OF REFUGEES LIVED *h With the passing of the emergen-_ RESUEEE RESC E WAFER BF HODS Sele. mg. DISABLED_ EX-SERVICE MEN FIND A FRIEND_IN THE RED CROSS WORKER cy stage of the disaster, the Red, lumbus, Ky., which was moved bod- Cross launched its rehabilitation] ily to a new site half a mile from work, an invariable part of the dis-| where it has stood for more than a aster relief service of the organiza-| century; Arkansas City, Ark., which tion. The great migration of thou-| was simply strewn about by the sands started once more, this time} swirling flood; and Melville, La., homeward. As each family left a} which had to be excavated from un- camp, the Red Cross supplied ra-| der heavy deposits of mud left by tions for the readjustment period | the current. which would follow until the family] ‘Throughout the past summer, could become self-supporting again.| veteran Red Cross administrators They were given simple household] remained in the flood zone, direct- effects to replace similar necessi-| ing the work of the State and coun- ties destroyed in the flood; feed for|/ty Red Cross committees which Flying field at Marshfield, the livestock was donated. Where the family was dependent on such animals, farm stock lost in the flood was replaced by the Red Cross, All families, farm animals, household goods and supplies, were transport- ed by the Red Cross to the home acres, In many cases the migration was by boat, just as the people had traveled to camp, because in many areas the water drained off very slowly, leaving roads impassible or non-existent for miles. Many refugees had no homes left to return to, others had only the remnants of homes and farm build- ings. The Red Cross supplied ap- Proximately 5,000 homes of moder- ate dimensions, to meet this need, the houses being delivered in the flood zone in sections, so that they could be erected by the new owner if necessary. Regularly organized Red Cross caravans, cOnsisting of crews, motor trucks, derricks and repair apparatus, traversed the devastated regions, assisting to set up houses, repairing or hauling others across fields back to their original foundations from which they were swept, and assisting the returned flood victims to clear their surroundings for normal work once more, Whole Towne Reconstructed were extending rehabilitation aid to the stricken States. In some sec- tions this assistance must be car- ried into the winter, so completely devastated are they. ‘Tremendous as this one task has Proven, it was only one of 91 disas- ters in the United States during the past fiscal year in which the Red Cross extended relief. These dis- asters were scattered through 25 States, Hard as it is to grasp, while the Red Cross was matching every resource at its command against the Mississipp! flood, 12 other ca- lJamities occurred at the same time in other parts of the country, and the organization was still able to furnish relief to these also. In the same year 21 foreign disasters claimed assistance from the Red- Cross. Altogether it makes a rec- ord of disaster relieved by a single organization unparalleled in Red Cross history. Z , All told, nearly a million persons, victims of 112 disasters, have re- ceived assistance from the Ameri- can Red Cross during the organiza- tion’s past fiscal year. « © ‘This service extended throughout the civilized world, though the se- ries of disasters in the United States claimed a major share of Red Cross assistance, Sloods currences marked the year. In} fact reports to date indicate that more people have required assist- ance the past year from the Red Cross than in any similar period of the country’s history. Destructive as the Mississippi flood proved, the reco@™® shows that tornadoes headed the list of disas- ters numerically, 26 being listed, with 24 floods coming second, and fires in 23 communities, 9 hurri- canes; and a miscellaneous series of thine explosions, hail storms, train wrecks, and disease epidem-| ics making up the total, The Mississippi fiood and the Florida hurricane of September, 1926, are the ontstanding disaster relief operations which the Red Cross conducted the past fiscal year. In Florida the organization expended nearly $4,500,000 for the relief of approximately 40,000 vic- tims during a relief and rehabilita- tion period covering five months. To date the Red Cross has given rehabilitation assistance to more than 90,000 families in the Missis- sippi disaster. \ More than $12,000,000 had been expended or committed at the close of the organization’s fiscal year from the relief fund. An extensive rehabilitation program {s still ip progress in that disaster area, © One of the other floods in which the Red Cross served was in the Jackson Hole cougtry of Wyoming, where the flood occurred at 6,500 feet altitude, and the workers had to reach the scene by sleigh through mountain passes deep with snow. u ‘Three towns in their entirety| spread over thousands of miles} Red Cross Nurees Share Hazards prevention throughout the flood|were reconstructed by the Red| while fires, tornadoes, through and as @ post-flood effort,| Cross; the famous old town of Co-| hurricanes and similar violent oc-! relief work, eapecially in the, Mis- Calif. LIGHT PLANT BURNS the record of THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE sissipp! flood, is the service of Red Cross nurses. For the whole disas- ter operation, a total of 329 nurses served in the flood zone, working in camp hospitals, traversing the dev- astated area by boat, on foot, on horseback, or over flooded country where they shared the hazards of the men relief workers. No major disaster of recent years has struck the country that they have not been ready, and have rendered service. It was the same in Florida, the sec- ond great disaster the past fiscal year. Enrolled under the Red Cross more than 44,000 qualified nurses are constantly at the country’s call, though they. may be quietly fol- lowing their regular duties. On ac- tive duty, throughout the past year, 806 Red Cross Public Health nurses were on duty in every part of the country, assisting to main- tain community health, working un- der local Red Cross chapters. Re- lated to this work is Red Cross in- struction in Home Hygiene and Care pf the Sick, received by 67,000 women and girls the past year. Headed by American Legion posts and auxiliaries, and the or- Dths Rises Pe One of the striking features about the flood was the world-wide sympathy engendered by the flood sufferers, as attested by messages of condolence and of- fers of material aid which poured into ‘Na tional Headquarters, of the Red Cross from nearly every part of the world. A partial list of these sympathiz- ers would show that tiey ranged from Can- ALL BUT TREE @ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 192, the Red Cross maintains contact) with the men still in the armed | forces, whether at home or on fore | eign posts. E pert ‘ First, Ald Taught Through ite First Ald and Life’ Saving Service, the Red Cross is . developing a potent force. against the annual accident toll in Amer- ica, whether in industrial life, or the recreations at the beach. In the past year, 19,000 completed the Red Cross course in First Aid, ( while 31,000 were qualified in water , safety and ie saving, ee ee pong ge pervision, Many: others were taught in both sciences | and are on the road to qualificaticn.; Requests for First Ald instruc.” tion are received by the Red Cross. from factories, gas and electric J companies, State police and munici- . 1 fire and police departments, aiid various other industrial grodps, where its value is decidedly prac- tical. Many of these establishments now maintain trained crews and supervisors in First Aid, this per- sonnel being distributed at sttate- « gic points in the shops and offices; certain ones being detailed with - each shift, so that no matter when an accident might occur, an expert will be ready at the scene. Each year sees new thousands of trained men and women added to this valu- able group whose members are to be found everywhere in the coum try. Railroads are eatbusiastic dev- otees of First Aid training, and & feature of the #71'3' § program each year is the railed “'r;; Ald Car, with Jts Red Cross iustruction forco aboard, wh-® eovers thet-. sands of miles, vir“‘ng hes and plants aloug the way; “se stop being instrumental ia «= groups becoming interested in the “exefits Annually appifed their knowledge at some crucial moment. . Many similar tokens go to those who have qualified in the Red Cross course in Lite Séving and water safcty. ‘The annual toll of drown- ings is a standing challenge to the country, which the Red Cross en- deavors to meet ‘by training new thousands cack year in. scientific water rescue methods. The fact that “graduates” of this system of training perform volunteer service at beaches, swimming pools, and IN THIS MISS166)P) ada to Cubs, in- cluding Great Britain, Japan, China, Chile, Peru, Panama, Guatemala, Haitl, Santo Domingo, Colombia, Ger- many, France and ‘ many others. 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