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 We now have more than 300 local relief branches, and considering that all organization work was done entirely by correspondence, (in order to economize, an organizer was not sent out) the results were in all respects satisfactory. It is really remarkable how splendidly our women came forward and how harmoniously they worked together, although up to this time there had been very little cooperation care for the dependents of Czechoslovak volunteers fighting in France, in the same manner in which the families of the American soldiers are cared for.

A plan by which Red Cross Local Chapters and Local Czechoslovak Relief Committees could cooperate in the care of these families was agreed upon by national officers of the two organizations, and has been as effectively carried out as between the Czech and Slovak women in their national organizations.

Our first concern was for the families of our fighting men; they must not be allowed to bear physical privation, since they had already made a great sacrifice by giving their supporters to the Army. In this part of our task the American Red Cross, living up to its name of “The Greatest Mother,” adopted, at our request, the then “Baby Ally” and accepted the obligation to could be expected, everything being considered. Our National Office is in constant correspondence with the Home Service Sections of the American Red Cross and the Czechoslovak Committees wherever we have dependents, and has on file a complete record of each case. From the Czechoslovak Military Department dependent parents, wives, and children up to sixteen years of age receive a regular monthly allowance, and in cases where there is a need