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restricted use of facilities at Fort Wm. McKinley for the shel-

ter and care of evacuees until other quarters could be provided.

Under this arrangement the personnel and facilities of the U. S.

Army were used in the debarkation of Hong Kong evacuees arriving

on the "Empress of Japan" on July 3, and the "Empress of Asia"

Passengers and baggage were

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and "Empress of Japan' on July 7.

transported to Fort Wm. McKinley.

describes in detail the cooperation between the U. S. Army and

the Red Cross under this plan.

Under this plan the American Red Cross agreed, through its

branch in Manila, to assume full responsibility for all expenses

incurred by the U. S. Government incident to the assistance given

by the U. S. Army in the Philippine Department to the American

Red Cross in caring for evacuees from Hong Kong and agreed to

reimburse the War Department for all such expenses when accounts

would be rendered. The responsibilities assumed by the American

Red Cross covered:

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

Property loaned direct to the Red Cross;

Gasoline and oil used in transporting evacuees and

their baggage in Government motor vehicles;

Expenses incident to the hospitalization and medical

care of evacuees;

Expenses incident to the quartering and feeding of

evacuees on military posts such as Fort McKinley and other posts that might be used later;

Supplies such as essential toilet articles and clothing

that might be issued from Government stocks or Post Exchanges for the use of evacuees;

Transportation costs of shipment by commercial carrier

of supplies shipped at its request;

Any other expenses incident to the receiving, process-

ing, care and final disposition of evacuees to which the Army might be put.

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