AMERICAN RED CROSS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 208, 22 May 1918, Page 3

AMERICAN RED CROSS

ORGANISATION WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP Ol' , 35,000,000. "Wβ. have mobilised the entire spirit and heart of the American under the Eed Cros*, irliich. embraces in one liiijjo organisation the whole ol' the -voluntary war work of our country," *uul Mr. Henry P. Dbvison, cliiiirman of tht) AVnr Council of the American Ked Cross, to a "Daily News" representative. "Beginning with IM.UfIO lneinbers, wo linvo uow ii membership of 2;),fiO0,00fl, iind if we iiicliido Ilia children the, totnl comes to .'15.000,000. fetch member pays a dollar a year subscription, and the 1,300,000 who take our magazine pay two dollars." After dealing with the work of the society ill liiissiu, liiinumia, and Italy, Mr. Uavison proceeded:— "In France we are contributing supplies as well as money to about j<loo hospitals—not, of course, in the British zones—and wo'have, from 15 to 20 hospitals of our own. We supplement Iho work of the American medical service in many ways without crossing wires with the Y.JI.G.A. We are taking cure of some 50,000 homeless or orphan children, and arc running travelling clispcsisnries, with attendant nurses and medical specialists, to help in combating tuberculosis among the civilian population."