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The American Red Cross Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1913)American National Red Cross

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The American Red Cross Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1913)

Name: The American Red Cross Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1913)
Author: American National Red Cross

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4. COMPENSATION. In some instances the Red Cross may require
    the services of physicians at a distance from their places of
    residence and for varying periods. Under these conditions the
    Red Cross will be prepared to pay traveling expenses and a
    moderate honorarium to be agreed upon between the physicians
    and the National Director of the Red Cross.

    It will be obvious to you that the arrangement here proposed
    is primarily intended to provide for emergencies which may
    suddenly arise in any community or, on the other hand, may
    happily never occur. Thus it may be that the committee which
    we are inviting you to create may never be called into action,
    while, on the other hand, it may have occasion to perform a
    very great public service. Your cooperation in the completion
    of this plan at as early a date as convenient will be
    appreciated.

    Please address all communications bearing upon the contents of
    this letter to the Chairman, Doctor George M. Kober, care The
    American Red Cross, 715 Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C.

                           Very respectfully,

                                              GEORGE M. KOBER, M.D.,
                                              _Chairman._

                                              F. A. WINTER,
                                              _Lt. Colonel, Medical
                                              Corps, U. S. Army._

                                              E. M. BLACKWELL,
                                              _Surgeon, U. S. Navy._

    At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the American
    National Red Cross held in Washington, D. C., February 14,
    1913, the foregoing plan of cooperation between the medical
    profession and the Red Cross was unanimously approved.

                                  GEORGE W. DAVIS,
                                  _Major General, U. S. A., retired,
                                  Chairman Central Committee._

    CHARLES L. MAGEE, _Secretary_.

Many replies are coming from county medical societies indicating a
cordial acceptance of the committee’s plan. It may be said, in this
connection, that the medical profession has always been generous and
responsive in the highest degree in all its relations with the Red Cross.
The purpose of the new plan is to provide a simple system by means of
which this cordial relationship may become more effective.


THE FORTY-NINTH STATE BOARD

The New Mexico State Board of the American Red Cross was appointed on
February 26, 1913, this being the forty-ninth Board organized since the
inception of the State Board form of organization.

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The American Red Cross Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1913)

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