Weekly journal-miner., 1917-05-09
SECOND DIVISION NEEDS A NEW
 PRESIDENT
MRS. F. O. SMITH RESIGNS AND WILL ACCOMPANY HUSBAND TO SAN FRAN CISCO; TO TAKE UP RED CROSS WORK THERE.

Like the chamber of commerce, the | Second Division of the Red Cross has | lost its president, Mrs. r. o. Smith rcsigning as executive head of the womcn's organization at the meeting | hcld Friday afternoon. It was with genuine expressions of regret that the division gave up Mrs. Smith, who has devoted her timc, energy and ability 10 the cause. The opportunity, how ever, presented itself to this efficient worker to join the ranks of the San Francisco organization being trained at the Presidio, where her husband, 1 Judge r. O. Smith will spend the next three months in the ofircrs' training camp and she availed herself of it.
 l Dr. C. r.. Yount, who is at the head of the hospital service of the troops from this State, now on the border, gave an informal talk on the relation of the Red Cross and the surgeon. In part he said: The better prepared the better the service you can render. ! believed in preparedness and lived up to the belief by giving up the com forts of home and civilization to go to the border, where life is far from being attractive.
 Untold suffering comes with war, extending from the home to the iIr- ing line, inasmuch as there Is grca, sorrow when the soldier leaves home and when inc returns with the scars of battle. The trained forces, or the regular army of the United States, arc inadequate when war comes, there fore WIG take advantage of the volun- tecr organizations.
 The folks at home can do quite as noble work as the men on the front Any individual effort is commcndablc and should be encouraged.
 What is the Rcd Cross? A meet ing of communication which connects the people of the United States and their army. Various societies have offered their services but the Red Cross is the only one accepted by the United States government as part of the regular government forces. II There arc great possibilities in a well organized Red Cross. It places itself on military basis by working in a definite, orderly way. The or ganization is divided into several classes. Class \ serves when called and stays within five or six miles ol the firing line IL has 10 do with the care of the patients on the filters, tho [ ambulance, at rest, food stations and in transportation on train and ship
 It's personnel is made up mostly oi young ladies and men who arc trained nurses. Class E serves in the interior in inc home country, where there IS little or no danger of capture, starva- ton or stray shells. Class C arc those who render service in their home city or county and they arc indeed noble workers for they are able to help look after the families of the soldiers or the firing line and thus relieve them of great amount of worry.
 First aid on the firing line is crude. Every soldier has d packet containing two pieces of gauge and solution of bichloridc of mercury. Be fore he goes to the firing line he is taught how to keep q wound and the bandagc clean and sterile, that Inc
 himself. in time of need, may apply the bandagc if no one else is present to render aid. The medical personnel which must be kept with the combat . ant troops have a more complete lpackct which contains bandagc, io- dine. opiatcs and sterilization solu- , tons. Before the man goes into bat .lc he is tagged, by tag fastened around the neck containing his name
 r;r'k and corps to which he belongs
 If man is hurt diagnosis tag gives 1ll information to the next station . Tho seriously wounded man goes to , the rcgimcutal station from whence Inc i, taken by the ambulance corps to the field hospital. where beds arc
 made mostly of hay or straw. \ ! duplicate record of the tags is made and sent 10 the surgcon-ecnerals of- |. ice at Washington, D. (. It is very essential to keep these tags correctly ] even 10 the spelling of the names and
 correct initials, in order that every n soldier may be accounted for. There ! fore the Red Cross is under an army ! officer. Some of the Red Cross arc
 captured but t k presumed they arc
 10 be returned promptly and not be - I-.,;,rJ .- ,risou,rs of ,,-,r The