3^0 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE May, 1918 



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I "A Great Net of Mercy Draiun Through an Ocean of Unspeakable Pain'''' H 



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What Your Red Cross Dollars Do | 



All Accounting of Expenditures of the First Red Cross War Fund | 



Every one of the twenty million and more Red Cross members is entitled to this B 



statement. Your local Red Cross Chapter can give you further details. m 



First War Fund Appropriations up to g 



March 1st, 1918 ■ 



FOREIGN RELIEF: 



Relief in France $30,936,103.04 



Relief in Belgium 2.086.131.00 



Relief in Russia 1,243,845.07 



Relief in Roumania 2,616,368.76 



Relief in Italy 3,588,826.00 



Relief in Serbia 8T5,180.T6 



Relief in Great Britain. . . 1,885, 750.75 

 Relief in other foreign 



countries 3,576,300.00 



Relief for Prisoners, etc. . 343, 304.. 00 

 E(|uipment and expenses 



in U. S. of Personnel for 



Europe 113,800.00 



Total Foreign Relief . . .$47,325,609.38 

 Restricted as to use by 



Donor 2,520,409.57 



UNITED STATES RELIEF: 



U. S. Army Base Hospitals % 54,000.00 

 U. S. Navy Base Hospitals 32,000.00 

 U. S. Medical and Hospi- 

 tal Work 531,000.00 



U. S. Sanitary Service. . . 403,000.00 



U. S. Camp Service 6,451,150.86 



U. S. Miscellaneous 1.118,748.4 1 



Total U. S. Relief $ 8,589,899.27 



\\ orking capital for pur- 

 chase of supplies for re- 

 sale to Chapters or for 



shipment abroad 15,0o0,000.00 



Working cash advances 

 for France and United 

 States 4 ,286,000.00 



Total of War Fund Ap- 

 propriations $77,721,918.22 



At the close of the first year of the War the Red Cross goes to the public for the g 



raising of the Second War Fund with a record of appropriations which warrants con- M 



tinned contributions to this great relief work. As an influential citizen of your com- % 



munity. join with your local Red Cross Chapter to make this campaign successful. m 



Your Red Cross is the Army behind the Army. Give till your heart says stop. m 



Second Red Cross War Fund Week May 20-27 I 



This 'page contributed J or the Winnin^j of the War by 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, MEDINA, OHIO. 



