Red Cross Shows Work of First Year of War

Of local interest is the following report issued at Red Cross headquarters which offers a splendid idea of the war work being done by the national organization. What the American Red Cross has done with the millions of dollars intrusted to it by the people of the United States is shown in the statement. Appropriations to date amount to $79,450,727, and cover the period from the time we entered the war last April, until April 30, 1918.

For foreign relief the sum of $44,667,795 has been appropriated and much of it spent, as follows: France, $30, 519,259; Belgium, $1,999,521; Russia, $751,940; Roumania, $2,617, 298; Italy, $3, 146, 016; Serbia, 871,180; Great Britain, $1,703,642; other foreign countries, $2,536,300; for American soldiers who may be taken prisoners, $343,627.

As the government supplies nearly everything our soldiers and sailors need, the appropriation for the United States is only $2,612,532. All salaries and administrative expenses are paid out of membership dues so that every penny of the war fund goes to relief.