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As far as making awards in America goes, the matter rests there.
The only awards which have been made to date are all for Foreign
Service. These awards total ten Silver Medals and were made upon recom-
mendation of the Commissioner to Belgium and in response to cable urging
haste (the exchange of cables covering this subject are hereto attached for
your information) .
Consent to the awards recommended by the Commissioner to Belgium
was cabled by the Vice Chairman after consultation with Mr. Douglas Stewart,
the only other members of the Committee at that time, Mrs. Draper and Mrs.
Belmont, being unavailable.
The Committee is faced with the following problems upon which
it desires specific instructions.
First: In view of the expression of opinion by certain Com-
missioners and the Division Managers, shall the awarding of Med-
als be continued or stopped?
Second: Shall the awarding of medals to workers in America be
abandoned, but the áwarding of medals to American workers over-
seas be continued?
Third: If the awarding of medals is continued, what action
is suggested that will present to the Committee on Awards
proper data upon which to act? (a) From European Commiss-
ioners. (b) From the organization in America.
Fourth: If the award of medals is to continue, will the Of-
ficers and Executive Committee suggest a plan for providing
the Committee on Awards with the necessary information upon
which recommendations for award can be made to the Executive
Committee, or, will the Executive Committee change the exist-
ing policy so that the Committee on Awards may itself carry
on a general campaign for information without definite recom-
mendations and from such information as may be obtained to
make appropriate awards?
Fifth: Is the Bronze Medal to be awarded to the families of
all Red Cross workers who have died while in Red Cross service
during the war, irrespective of the type of service then being
rendered or the cause of the death, or, is the Bronze Medal to
be awarded to only those families whose members died rendering
conspicuous service to the Red Cross during the war?
It seems to the Committee that with respect particularly to the
above outlined problems, its instructions and authority are not sufficiently
well defined in order to enable it to carry forward this very important
work in a proper manner.
Whatever may be the decision of the Executive Committee in con-
nection with the problems above mentioned as they refer specifically to
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