JFK+50: Volume 7, No. 2434
RED CROSS TREATS AMERICAN & GERMAN WOUNDED EQUALLYChicago, Illinois (JFK+50) One hundred years ago, September 16, 1917, "Patriotic Day" was observed at the 15th annual convention of the Intern Lyceum and Chautaugua* Association held at the La Salle Hotel here in Chicago.
Speakers included George Creel, head of the Committee on Public Information, and Henry P. Davidson**, chairman of the war council of the Red Cross.
While Mr. Creel read "a message directly from the president," Mr. Davidson said the work of the Red Cross had never been approached in the history of the world.
Mr. Davidson said...
"The Red Cross knows no nationality. German wounded...receive (the same) humane treatment (as) American...injured."
*Chautauqua was an adult educational movement in the U.S. in the late 19th & early 20th centuries. The movement brought entertainment and culture with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers and preachers. TR once said "Chautauqua is the most American thing in America."
**Henry Pomeroy Davidson (1867-1922) born in Troy, PA became president of Liberty National Bank & in 1909 a partner at J.P. Morgan & Co. HPD received the Distinguished Service Medal for his work with the Red Cross in WWI.
SOURCE
"U.S. Red Cross Greatest Mercy Army In History", Chicago Daily Tribune, September 17, 1917.
Chautauqua
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