. The Red Cross in peace and war. 00 was received. These facts asgiven are intended solely to show the difficulties the committees had tocontend with in raising the amount they did. For general information it will, perhaps, not be inappropriate tostate that all relief work is governed and conducted on military lines topreclude the possibility of confusion, as the Red Cross on fields of dis-aster is the only organized body in a disorganized community. Thus, 330 THE RED CROSS. wherever the organization has control, Miss Barton has personal super-vision of all departments: the financial, receivin
. The Red Cross in peace and war. 00 was received. These facts asgiven are intended solely to show the difficulties the committees had tocontend with in raising the amount they did. For general information it will, perhaps, not be inappropriate tostate that all relief work is governed and conducted on military lines topreclude the possibility of confusion, as the Red Cross on fields of dis-aster is the only organized body in a disorganized community. Thus, 330 THE RED CROSS. wherever the organization has control, Miss Barton has personal super-vision of all departments: the financial, receiving and disposing of allfunds; the correspondence, opening all letters and directing replies; thefield, assigning workers to attend to such duties as are best suited totheir various abilities, who report daily, if possible, and receive instruc-tions for the prosecution of the work, the supplies, receiving accuratereports of all material and giving directions as to its disposition. George H. , August iy 1896.
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