Almost the entire city of Shanghai is answering the call of the Inter= national Red Cross for volunteer help, Eager to have a share in the humanl= tarian task that is being done for the war victims, men and women of, Various nationalities and in different walks of life are offering their services to various Committees of the International Red Cross. Some of these workers give their full' time, Jsome part time, while others under= take whatever' odd Jobs they car perform, Perhaps the largest group of volun: ocr workers and one that deserves special mention is the Visiting Sul committee, headed by Mr. RIB. Doodha and assisted by Mer, A. Cairneross, Mr. L. D. Cie, the Rev 11. Hudspeth, Mr, 'M. ©, Willi and Rev, Alexander Baxter. This Sul committee has inspected practically all the refugee camps in the. International Settlement "and the French Concession, and have made valuable recommendations to the Mefugees Reports of the Visiting Sub-committee are widely appreciated, Its mem [bers include: Mrs, W. R. Bassett, Mrs. IE. L. Boynton, Mr, W. B, Boone, Mr. IE. A. Crispin, Mr. Z: C, Chen, Hugh Chen, Mr. J. L. Chow, Mrs. P. Derby, Mrs. J. W. Dyson, Mr, ing. He said he teusted in the Chinese race aid its ultimate re-Juvenation." Te had enough stamina and stability to enable its people to through any exis.
40000 Cases Handled Dr. F: C. Yen, the next speaker, sold the hostilities found the Chinese Red Cross quite unprepared for the sudden "emergency. When the wounded began to come ins Atteen Red Cross hospitals an mediately volunteered to take care of them. In addition to 24. private emergency hospitals established to cope with the situation, societies and public organ factions also opened "hospitals to look afier the wounded.
Of the 40.000 wounded handled by civilians. treated) in vai the Red Cross, 10,822. including 1425,
hospitals in Shanghai. Fatal cases amounted (o 1,462. which represented thirteen per "cent, Many' wounded soldiers were sent to the Interfor. It was, however, a difficult and expensive' task. costing average of $4 per head in the trans-oration of the wounded from the front to the interior. 'The cases handled in this manner amounted to 24402. So the total of cases pass ing through the Red Cross' was 43,85.
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