Feeding the Hungry, P. C. Hiebert, 1929

Mennonite Relief Commis- sion whenever occasion for its services presents itself. At the same time the new organization should continue in its present status, dormant but not dead. Not active in larger enterprises but with a full membership quota and short notice, at the presentation of an emergency or the beckon of a larger opportunity for Mennonites to con- some reserve funds ever ready to be called into service on tribute toward the Relief of suffering people. APPENDIX I BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF RELIEF WORK IN FOR- EIGN LANDS BY THE MENNONITES OF AMERICA £599 Grains and funds collected from the several groups of Mennonites in America were sent to India. The ship- ment was accompanied by George Lambert, Elkhart, Indiana, and David Goertz, Newton, Kansas. Orgarization of the Emergency Relief Commission of the General Conference. LOTS Osh? 17, Money and clothing were contributed to the Ameri- can Relief Committee for child-feeding in Belgium and other war-stricken countries of Europe. Repeated contributions to the funds of the American Friends Service Committee and the Red Cross for dis- tribution in Europe. Organization of the Mennonite Relief Commission for War-sufferers. Funds given for Reconstruction Work in France. A number of Mennonite young men sent to France to work under the American Friends Service Committee in the reconstruction-work in the devastated regions. 1918 To 1919 Additional Mennonite young men sent to France for Reconstruction-work. Conference of Relief Workers at Clermont-en-Argonne, Meuse, France. APPENDIX 429 Committee consisting of Roy Allgyer, A. J. Miller and A. E. Hiebert sent to investigate conditions in Cen- tral Europe and Russia. First group of Mennonite workers sent to the Near East. Funds and clothing given to the Near East Relief. M. B. Fast and Wm. P. Neufeld sent to Siberia with supplies of clothing and funds, by way of China. 1920 Organization of the Emergency Relief Committee of the Mennonites of North America, January 4. Alvin J. Miller meets Studien Kommission in Berlin. Goes to South Russia with American Red Cross under ar- rangements to investigate opening Mennonite Relief. Arrival of the “Studien-Kommission” in America. Meeting of representative Mennonites in Newton with the ‘“‘Studien-Kommission,” and organization of the “Committee on Information.” July 20, 21. Joint meeting of representatives of various Mennonite Relief commissions at Elkhart, Ind. July 21. Organization of the Mennonite Central Committee. SEPTEMBER Second. First American Mennonite Relief Unit leaves for Russia, consisting of Orie O. Miller, Clayton Kratz, and Arthur Slagel. Twenty-seventh. American Mennonite Relief Unit arrived at Constantinople. OcTOBER Second. O. O. Miller and Clayton Kratz left for Sebastopol, Crimea. Twenty-first. First shipment of clothing and supplies for Russia reached Derindge, near Constantinople.