Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-06

How a message of ''neighborliness and social sympathy is being carried into remote districts which never be. fore took the trouble to organize theil social problems and make headway against them by proper methods, was told by Home Service workers from every region of the United States al the recent conference in Washington of the American Red Cross Division Directors of Civilian Relief. The men and women who have been directing this organizing work. Division Dir ectors of Civilian Relief, met at the call of w. Frank Persons, Director General, to perfect and extend the plans which have aldeady resulted in the formation of over 5000 chapters which already have been helping 0v- CT 100000 families of men in ser vice.
 Neither flood nor lack of transpor- tation facilities is deterring the work CTS from pushing their organization into every corner from which men have been called into the Army. Af- ter the meeting had started in Wash ington, Miss Gertrude Vaile, Division Director for the Mountain Division, with headquarters at Denver receiv- ed telegram from one of her work CTS who had hoped to report that the division was 100 per cent organized. that every chapter in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico had 8 Home Service Section. The tefe- gram, however, was not a report of success and letter following gave the reason why. The worker, a wo- man had been stopped at the Snake River by serious flodd and had been unable to reach the last two or three places in which Home Service Sections remained to be established. But men were sending mail across by rather danerous means and the worker assured her chief that she was going over on the next mail boat whether the men thought it safe enough or not and would take the horse back route into the mountains on the other side.
 We Work to Uphold Morale.
 Problems of the conference center ed chiefly about the question of morale" the difficult side of win ming the war which the Home Ser vice organization has taken as one of it's chief responsibilities. The mor- ale section of the General Staff of the Army was represented at one meeting by Captain Perkins who dis cussed with the conference some of the far reaching plans the army is making to preserve the moral ele-. ments of strength among the Ameri- can soldiers. A system of coopera- tion between army officers and Red Cross workers, whereby the work of Home Service in keeping men in touch with their families could be put directly at the service of the morale officers. was discussed.
 Direct evidence of the effect on the morale of men abroad made by their relations with and their feel- ings about their people at home was given at one of the evening meetings of the conference by Mir. Persons who recently returned from France. MT. Persons repeated the message which he had already given out to the Ann erican people that one of the great est influences upon the fighting capa- city of the men in the trenches comes from their thoughts about home. If those cheerful thoughts, supported by frequent and cheerful letters, and by the assurance that if anything happens at home requiring outside help the Home Service workers of the Red Cross are ready and anxious to be of service. then the men will fight with greater enthusiasm and persistance and will not be so suscep- tfble to shell shock or depression of spirits.
 Keeping the Home Fires Burning.
 The morale of the famaily no less than the morale of the men in service was brought before another session when plans for rehabilitation work among the disabled soldiers came up for discussion. A manual prepared by c. E. LOkeman of the headquarters staff of Civilian Relief brought up the question of after-care. which are of particular concern to Home Ser vice workers. The support of the family is counted on by all the agen- cies interested in the welfare of the partially disabled men which are to ke expected when greater numbers of American troops get into action. All who have talked of this problem In. cluding the writers in Carry On." the Sugeon Generals official maga- zine for spreading the gospel of cheerfulness and courage in dealing with the problem, have emphasized the need for the family to support the disabled man in his plans for be- coming a useful citizen. It is the be- lief of the army surgeons here, based
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