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50th Anniversary of Service to Military Families. “It isgrati fying to realize the yeoman service the Red Cross has been rendering to families of American servicemen since 1916," Pillow said. “And it is indeed sobering that now, some 50 years later, we find the lion’s share of each Red Cross dollar - about 34 cents - allocated to the assistance of men in the armed forces, their families here at home, and veterans." Pillow kicked off the organization's month-long observance in his Richmond office with a special salute to the “49,555 hard working Red Cross volunteers in Virginia who helped us to nurse every nickel we spent on military and other services." He added a bit of history by relating that, in 1916, the Director General of the U. S. Department of Civilian Relief advised
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