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In Russia Red Cross ^[[insertion]] was [[/insertion]] voted August 1st by the municipal council of Moscow ^[[lbs]] 1,000 000 There are 8 boards of direct administration
509 local Red Cross Committees
60 communities of nurses
90 ambulatory clinics
6 Emergency hospitals
7 convalescent Homes.

Red Cross Service does all the Army nursing. Every Russian regiment has its doctor in peace time

In war time about 25 Red Cross nurses are attached to each field hospital with 10 sanitaires (orderlies)

Russian nurses allowed much nearer firing line than in other countries

Little is known of German methods but there have been many evidences of its being bad.