So it was with other details of the care of the human body,
with sewage problems, with the grave community question of pure water,
with the use of intoxicating beverages, and with other problems
inter-woven with the health and happiness of humanity.
Among the leaders in this wide-flung campaign of education was the
American Red Cross. Starting with a mere nominal membership before the
war, its roster rose to the mighty total of more than 28,000,000
American men, women and children when the war ended. More than
$300,000,000 was poured into the American Red Cross treasury. In
addition to these contributions of money, came the free services of
millions of Americans, mostly women. Red Cross workshops dotted the
land, and from these came bandages, sweaters, comfort-kits, trench
necessities, clothing for homeless refugees, and a vast quantity of
material aid in every conceivable form. American Red Cross workers
during the war knitted 14,089,000 garments for the army and navy. In
addition, the workers turned out 253,196,000 surgical dressings,
22,255,000 hospital garments and 1,464,000 refugee garments. Sewing
chapters repaired old clothing and sent it overseas to the orphaned and
the widowed, and millions of Americans learned the sublime lesson of
sacrifice through the Red Cross--a lesson that left its imprint upon
America for generations.
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