The total American Red Cross war appro priations in France up to 15 Oct. 1917 was a little over $15,000,000, and in other European countries nearly $4,000,000, while the United States work had cost nearly $8,000,000. Of this Russia got $323,000, Roumania $247,000, Italy $210,000, Serbia $223,000, England $17,000, Armenia $638,000, Belgium about $300,000. The sums appropriated to these countries by the close of 1917 were about double these amounts. By arrangement with Germany the Red Cross shipped food supplies regularly to Allied prisoners in German territory and 95 per cent of these are properly receipted for by the prisoners of war themselves. It is believed that the principal dependence of many of these prisoners for food, as well as small change, was on the ((every fifth day)) shipments of the Red Cross.
In the training camps for soldiers in the United States the Red Cross has also been active, maintaining a bureau of sanitary service, and looking after their comfort and welfare in a hundred minor ways. Ambu lance corps were provided as fast as called for, and the hospital work was efficient There is a great corps of home workers in the Red Cross, and a part of their activities consisted in looking after soldiers' families, who for any reason were improperly provided for. At the
personal request of President Wilson, the Red Cross entered into co-operative arrangements with various other relief societies, to avoid duplications and omissions of service. Among these were the National Surgical Dressing Committee, the Needlework Guild of Amer ica, the War Service League of the Salvation Army, the American Fund for French Wounded, the American Committee for the Relief of French War Orphans, and in France the Ameri can War Relief Clearing House, American Distribution Service and Les Tuberculeux de la Guerre.
Consult 'Red Cross Society in Foreign Countries,) Senate document No. 178 (1903 04) ; Du Camp, (La Croix-Rouge de Criegen, Das Rothe Kreutze in Barton, C., 'The Red (1898) ; Board man, 'Under the Red Cross Flag (1915) ; Bill' n, M. F., 'The Red Cross in War) (1914), quarterely bulletin published by the In ternational Committee of Geneva, 'Bulletin In ternational des Socidtes de la Croix-Rouge); 'Memorial des Vingt-cinq premieres annees de la Croix-Rouge,) and American Red Cross Relief Reports (New York).