Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1917 — IMMENSE RED CROSS DEPOTS [ARTICLE]

IMMENSE RED CROSS DEPOTS

Sixteen Large Warehouses Established In France to Serve Needs of American Troops and Hospitals. To serve the American troops and the hundreds of war hospitals behind the French firing line and to reach the thousands of French refugees the Red Cross commission to France has established a system of 16 large Warehouses throughout France. Six of the new warehouses have been located in Paris, which serves as the center of the distribution system. Ten other warehouses are located outside the capital. Approximately 15,000 tons of materials are now being distributed monthly from these warehouses by the Red Cross commission. Every kind of medical supplies, drugs and surgical Instruments is carried in stock for the use of hospital staffs. Foodstuffs, clothing, building materials, plowing implements and tools are also being imported In large quantities for the assistance of French refugees. American college men, many of whom formerly served as drivers in the .American ambulance, are directing the work, while the force of workmen is recruited from veteran French soldiers and Belgian men no longer fit for military duty.