The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . Belgium had been almost oneand a half million dollars. By the end of the year 1918they totaled $3,379,699. After the armistice was signed,Red Cross work was continued in Europe and at home. Thepressing needs of the Balkan people were looked after by asoecial commission sent out from way of Rome toSaloniki and Athens. Home service for the welfare of the families of soldiersand sailors was maintained. It extended sympathetic help 122 THE UNITED .
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . Belgium had been almost oneand a half million dollars. By the end of the year 1918they totaled $3,379,699. After the armistice was signed,Red Cross work was continued in Europe and at home. Thepressing needs of the Balkan people were looked after by asoecial commission sent out from way of Rome toSaloniki and Athens. Home service for the welfare of the families of soldiersand sailors was maintained. It extended sympathetic help 122 THE UNITED .STATES ENTERS THE WAR to more than 300,000 families at a cost of $6,000,000, andat an expense slightly greater than this sum it maintained700 canteens along railway lines and distributed largequantities of comfort supplies, including more than 2,000,000sweaters and 2,000,000 pairs of socks to men in camps andcantonments. The volunteer productions of women and chil-dren in chapter workrooms amounted to more than 290,000,-000 articles for hospital, camp, and refugee-station use, in-cluding more than 250,000,000 surgical dressings. During. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AT THEIR CLI5B-H0LSE lA FAEIS 1918 the Red Cross enrolled for service more than 30,000nurses and organized fifty base-hospital units. In Francewere 400 nurses serving civilian populations. The organiza-tion grew to a membership of 22,000,000 adults and 8,000,-000 school children. One fund collected for it by popularsubscription amounted to over $100,000,000; another reachedTHore than .|175,000,000. Besides these general funds, therewere raised in towns and cities special funds with which topurchase supplies for local workers who were knitting socksand sweaters and making bandages. 123 ON THE WESTERN FRONT When we entered the war, Y. JI. C. A. leaders called for$3,000,000 with which to aid enlisted men during the sum-mer of 1917; they received instead $5,000,000. Regula:work developed so rapidly among camps and eantonment>a
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