The Red Cross : in peace and war . >^--4:^.. „>*ri HOME CAMPS AND AMERICAN WATERS. 383 The American National Red Cross is, consequently, the recognizedsource from which is derived all civil authority to use the officialinsignia and to work under the Red Cross as auxiliary to the army andnavy. The national Red Cross, in each country, is responsible to itsown government and, through the International Committee, to all thenations of the treaty, for the integrity of its branches. Auxiliaries ofthe Red Cross must therefore receive their charters or certificates ofauthority from the pare
The Red Cross : in peace and war . >^--4:^.. „>*ri HOME CAMPS AND AMERICAN WATERS. 383 The American National Red Cross is, consequently, the recognizedsource from which is derived all civil authority to use the officialinsignia and to work under the Red Cross as auxiliary to the army andnavy. The national Red Cross, in each country, is responsible to itsown government and, through the International Committee, to all thenations of the treaty, for the integrity of its branches. Auxiliaries ofthe Red Cross must therefore receive their charters or certificates ofauthority from the parent organization, which, in turn, is held to astrict observance of all its treaty obligations. Hence the use of thename or of the insignia of the Red Cross by civil societies, in reliefwork, without the sanction of the national organization, is an impositionand a violation of the treaty. Without such official permission orcharter, no auxiliary can have any rightful existence, as a branch ofthe American National Red Cross. After having secured
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