The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-11-23

Auxiliary went "Over the top" being
the most complete and beautiful yet
seen. G. L. c. girls made and filled
twelve in a very generous and par
ticular spirit. Something over forty
packages were in this shipment.
The need that exists in Europe for
the various activities which the Ameri-
can Red Cross is carrying on abroad
is reflected in letter from DR.. Hugh
Birckhead, of Baltimore, Red Cross
Inspector, recently published in the
Baltimore Sun. Speaking of United
States soldiers already in France, he
said:
"The fellows now in France are
bearing the hardest burden that is to
be borne by our armies, because they
are in the first rank of the thousands
which we must send across the sea.
And as ! think of the winter that lies
before them l earnestly pray that we
may reach them with every comfort
and encouragement that we can.
eve need combination of the Am
erican business man and the Ameri-
can who has had scientific training, but
we also need those who know and love
their own kind and whose business it
must be to keep up the morale, to feed
the spiritual and mental life of the
American soldier. They need enter
tainment to help them to laugh away
some of the grimness of the present
and immediate future.
| "They need the right sort of liter
ature and place to 60 when they
want to keep quiet and they need
most of all men who understand the
American boy. who are able to win his
respect and love and who will be a
friend who has no other motive but to
bring cheer and helpfulness and good
will into the hearts of the young
Davids we have sent forth to meet the
great sinister Goliath who threatens
the peace Of the chosen people of God"
Appointment Of directors of Civil
ian Relief in all thirteen National div
isions of the American Red Cross has
just been completed. The principal
duty of these directors will be to or
ganize and supervise Home Service
work by the chapters in each division
for the benefit of the families of SOL
diers and sailors. The appointments
are part of the new decentralized sys-
tenn of the Red Cross, and the new d.
rectors now administer and manage
I Civilian Relief work in their own di-
vision, although under the supervision
of w. Frank Persons, Director General
of Civilian Relief.
Through it's home service sections Of
all chapters, the Red Cross aims to
help families of soldiers and sailors to
solve the problems confronting them
during the absence of husband or faith
er, and to help them adapt themselves
to the exigencies of war times.
The policy of the Red Cross War
Council in looking after the families Of
soldiers, as announced with the organ
ization of Home Service is:
E "Obviously the task of providing fo1
the financial assistance of the families
> of our soldiers and sailors is so large
that the government alone cannot as
sumo it. In no other way can the
burden be discharged fairly and as 6
y matter of right rather than charity
a a No voluntary organizations could ade'
" quately cope with duty of such mag
nitude."
e Whatever financial assistance is fur
e nished by the Red Cross to those fam
e lilies will be merely supplementary tt
q the payment provided for dependent
: by the government. The real pur
n pose of Home Service is not merely tt
" offset the loss of income that the alb
y sence of the head of the family in
'e wolves, but to conserve the same ideal
a of living that during his presence wer
is in force,