Kept Open by American Generosity. The largest hospital in Sarajevo was about to close for lack of medical supplies and equipment when the American Red Cross unit arrived in the city where the excuse for the world was given by the assassination of the Austrian Archduke. The Americans came to feed the under nourished mothers and children. But they also assumed the burden of keeping the hospitals open. The Red Cross sent supplies immediately from its warehouses in France and this hospital with many others admitted more patients instead of turning out those that were already in it