Michigan Red Cross drive tops state war relief effort
Michigan enlists include leaders from business, law, and ministry as Red Cross drives citizens to raise 3 million for national campaign. Gov Sleeper urges participation. Brig. Gen. Covell pledges National Guard aid and school children urged to fly flags. Detailed disaster work in Washtenaw and nearby counties showcases Red Cross relief after tornadoes with swift organization and plans for shelter, care, and rebuilding.
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Red Cross
Detroit
Michigan
Frederick W. Stevens
Mark T. McKee
Emory W. Clark
Paul H. King
Sleeper
Lewis C. Covell
Michigan National Guard
Fred L. Keeler
Red Cross Night at the Front in France Described
A vivid letter from Philip O Mills to Eliot Norton chronicles Red Cross surgeons and stretcher bearers in a French front cellar as they tend wounded men through a brutal night. The account details calm nurses, brancardiers, and an infirmier caring for French, German, and American servicemen amid death and burial preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
America
Philip O. Mills
Eliot Norton
Mills
Brancardiers
Belleville
Brancardier
Haidly
Ashk
Alice
Red Cross War Council outlines $100 million fund use
Henry P. Davison explains through a Red Cross letter that the bulk of the $100,000,000 fund will buy supplies and support relief. He notes only a small percentage is needed for administration as volunteers with medical, sanitation, transportation, and welfare expertise handle implementation. Base hospitals will join army service in France and facilities for camps and hospital ships will be created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Council
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross
Davison
France
Michigan Ambulance Corps Forms In World War I
The American Red Cross has organized twenty seven ambulance units for service on European battlefields. Michigan is represented by four units: No. 8 Detroit under Dr. Chas. Barton, No. 11 Battle Creek under Dr. James T. Case, No. 15 Grand Rapids under Dr. Thomas D. Gordon, and No. 21 Flint under Dr. Walter H. Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Michigan
Detroit
Chas. Barton
Battle Creek
James T. Case
Grand Rapids
Thomas D. Gordon
Flint
Walter H. Winchester
Red Cross aid stays with Allies not Germany
Americans are assured the Red Cross will not send food medicines or hospital units to Germany. General Pershing’s troops will be cared for by the Red Cross, but no aid goes to Germany. Taft and the Red Cross leadership emphasize aiding American and allied wounded only, treating Germans if captured like our own, but no treasonous aid to the enemy.
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Red Cross
Red Croce
Germany
Vranes
Belgium
Serbia
United States
General Pershing
Europe
Sam
Red Cross War Council
Washington
Charles D. Norien
Ned Cros
Taft
Red Cross Trench War and Front Line Sanitation
Red Cross surgeons provide first aid in underground trench stations under harsh conditions. In wet cold spaces major operations like amputations occur. War records in France show many Red Cross workers killed by enemy fire alongside infantry. Soldiers gain courage from fighting and giving and receiving blows.
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Red Cross
France
Red Cross Drives to Raise War Fund Across States
A national Red Cross war fund drive opens led by director O. Foxve with nine states in the central division. New York pledges a portion of needed sums, Chicago seeks 6 to 10 million, and aims to reach a national goal of 109 million over local chapter raises. Funds finance base hospital supplies, equipment, and relief work amid war.
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Mattoon
Central Division
Miss Ahrens
Chicago United Charities
Eastland
Red Cross
O'Connor
Chicago
Sun
Anete
Ita
New York City
Chicaro
Foxve
Washiorton
Caopsisn
Towne
Japan
Yankee Ingenuity in Red Cross Hospital Devices
In American Red Cross hospitals at Wrake stations, ingenious devices aid wounded soldiers. One leg brace uses weights and pulleys to prevent improper bone growth after shell fragments shatter the limbs. Another setup suspends rubber bands over a bag to irrigate deep infected wounds, needing constant drainage and antiseptic cleaning to save lives.
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American National Red Cross
Nasust
Metz
Presque Isie County
Au Scoble
Oscoda
Iosco County
Washtenaw
Jackson
Calhoun
Ingham
Washignaw County
Charles Lee Bryson
The
Bryson
Walter Davidson
Division
Davidson
Charleston
John W. Champion
Mr. O'Connor
Is P. Hall
Aun Fbor
Northfield
Henry W. Douglas
W Citenaw County
Delhi
Ann Arbor
Illinois
Enomos
F .Ee Ees
Michigan Ambulance Corps
Red Cross Society
Bees Fund
New York
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