Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-19

Cross not only TO see t. IL that cyor,
mcdicai resource shall be within reach
oil the young American troops coming
TO France. but to stand By with friend
ly service in every ether way tina,
offers. In line with this purpose, it Of
tered to open troop hotel in Paris
and additional recreation barracks in
the camps. After conference. however.
and on the desire OF the Y. NJ. c. A. an
understanding was reached that that
organization shouli carry on recreation
WORK In inc field and in Paris, and the
tcd Cross recreation work in the hos
pital" and convalesccnt homes
TO HELP GIVE REPORTS
OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS
The casualty service OF the Rcd Cross
army division will act as an access
sorry 10 that OF the United States Army
and Will amplify and humanizc the
snort reports which the army must of
necessity give of men killed. wounded
or missing. An inquiry searching
station will be opened in rari5, which
VIII keep card-index of every Amer
lean soldier reported as SEX, wound
co. Killed. taken prisoner. or missing.
a corps of scarchcrs will lie stationed
at all military hospitals, repost sta
tons. base camps, convaIrscent re.
sorts and shell-shock stations and with
every regiment Red Cross represcn-
tatiVcs arc stationed at the perts.
In limo with this unGcrst anding. rec
rcation nuts are about to be erected
by the Red Cross at nine base hos
pitfalls; eventually they will number
sixty. Each includes social hall.
reading. writing and game rooms. a
nurses room. kitchen and Red Cross
Offices. ana its equipment includes n
piano. cinema machine, billiard table
and basketball. baseball. football ten
mis- and handball and apparatus. Tho
rccrcational work IN these huts Will
he carried on by Y. NJ. c. a.: that in
the wards by the Rcd Cross.
The distinctive work for the French
army division las been that OF d..
veiopinG cantccn service in three
branches.
Tho first is at tho front. where roll
ing canteenH serve hot coffee. hot bouiI-
lon, chocolate. tea, lemonade, etc. Ten
cantccns arc in operation. and the
number Will be Increased until therc
rs one for each army corps. New men
are G"tnG out every week. The work
is in cooperation with the French Red
Cross. and a Frenchnian and Ameri-
can work together on each cocycycr
They operate in tho most cxpoccd re-
Eions, often hive TO wear gas nasl,s
for long periods. and must always have
abri irto which Trey can go when the
Smelling becomes severe
sJDiNG THE TROOPS
Az JUNCTION POINTS
at junction points on the French
lines Of communication, troops going
forward or back on leave oficr have
TO spend hours waiting for trains.
without any means for rest or fonJ.
occasionally slcening in the omen In
the rain. Cantccrs have been opened
by the American Red Cross at four
functions through which approximate
ly total OF $4,000 men pass a dsy
The troops on permission find onpnr-
tunity to obtain substantial hot meals
at cost price. to clean sleeping ouar-
icrs. proper washing facilities. a chance
TO change thair linen AID reading
writing and recreation rooms. They
come in from tho fighting zone tired
dirty. hungry. infected with trench
vcrmin: they take the trains out re-
freshed both in body and spirit. Nv
:hc time the cold weather sets I'm
this service will be covering rig
territory