Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-25

! from London. The liner was LofpeuOe' was in the British transport service. for violation of any rule Scores of these fellows have become hysterical on missing trains. They have outlln- ed to the Red Cross workers that an an infraction of the army code in war time means death.
 The Red Cross workers sometimes find it difficult to convince these men that although they have commit ted a grave offense that Uncle Sam is the big, kind generous father. Once convinced they obey the instructions of the Red Cross worker and again are back with the regiment with as good fighting qualities as ever.
 Caring for Sick En Route
 Sometimes a soldier is taken ser iously ill on train. The Red Cross is informed and an ambulance is wait 1 ing at Union Station to take the sol dier to the hospital. On arrival of the train the first through the station gates or to meet the train in the yards is the Red Cross squad assign ed to care for the stricken soldier.
 While in the hospital he is visited daily by the Red Cross and ftters are written for him to his relatives and friends, and advice and encourage ment offered. When he is we'll the Red Cross acts as committee to see ! that he gets aboard his train and Nhat he is safely on his way to join his comrades. | Some of the men cannot write the kind of letter they desire. Probably ; the train will remain at Union Station for twenty minutes. The Red Cross workers are ready and willing to as- sist the soldier and hundreds of them take advantage of the offer.
 Gee this is like having private secretary" is the way many soldiers have expressed themselves after Red Cross corkers have written letters for them.
 Then there is the boy who is not
 enthusiastic. He was drafted and he still feels that there is something wrong. These are the men the can
 teen workers are always on the alert for. The big, brave, willing soldiers know this, and many secret confer ence takes place in the canteen. ' "That's the fellow, there. He's heart
 broken. Can't you cheer him up?" says the informant.
 strange task undertaken by the Am erican Red Cross to make all soldiers happy, content and satisfied. "What's the matter young man?
 You seem worried" begins the Red Cross worker.
 ,: Tells His Story
 No I'm not worried, I'm just feel
 inCr had y cOroaC fho roSnotco "Well, come on over to the stand and get real big glass of circus lem- ; onade and I'll bet you'll feel happy. , I've got boy in France and he's the happiest man in the world. He said he wouldn't have missed the oppor- !, tunity of going across for the world |. And this is some little world to have. |, Where do you come from?"
 The worried boy tells his story, the story of that fine job he had out in l Denver, and the friends, and the nice . home, and the girl that he was going
 to marry.
 And the Red Cross worker tells him of his opportunity to save that home, that job those friends and that l little girl by driving the Germans
 back to their own land. He points out
 the glory of fighting and the reason. He pictures to him the ruin and wreck of America if the Germans is not halted.
 Say, I'll take another of those col ored drinks and you have to take one , with me. I'm not feeling half as bad as when 1 came into this place. Who , told you l was sick? Gee! I could lick the guy that tipped you. but I guess . you won't snitch on him, anyway" } Simple, was it not?
 We'll, the Red Cross is doing that sort of work every minute of the day some place along the rights of way of the great railroads.
 But there's kick to the thing. It's like big mirror when the sun hits it..
 The reflection lights up the civilian and shows him also waiting for a kind word.
 Il What is true of the soldier is true
 of this individual. He or she wants
 encouragement, and the Red Cross knows that morale in case of the men
 at home Is as much needed as morale
 on the firing line.
 T The GoOd-By of Mothers There isn't man or woman in the United States who has not witnessed the sad scenes when troops trains pull
 out. There is the crowd of happy and cheering individuals and the big gath ering of friends "just to see them off,"
 :. But mother is there. too. So is lit- tie sister and young John, who be- fcomes "man of sthes house., as that train departs. And probably there is a little girl next door" in that crowd who is just as much interested in Private Brown as his relatives. It's mothers privilege to weep when her son leaves to fight for her
 and his country, and the others can- not 6e condemned for axnrAssin.