The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
BY James l., Fieser,
Director, Civilian Relief. Lake Divs
sion, American Red Cross.

sion, American Red Cross.
Organizing and training 3O.oes
Home Service committeeman to aid
families of enlisted men is the most
stupendous and pretentious task b.
ing undertaken by the American Red
Cross within our own borders.
This statement is made withous
fear of contradiction.
Even were there established social
agencies in every community from
which men have been drawn for active
service, this Red Cross duty would -
hardly less difficult, because with ths
war have come new problems whssA
must be solved, and efficiently too. II
tie good name of the Red Cross Is b
be held aloft and the minds Of on
fighting folk set at ease about u
welfare Of their loved ones "baaA
home"
To school willing Home Services
workers with no previous social train
ing as well as keep professional com
munity workers abreast with new d
velopments, the Red Cross war oouA
Gil established in the Lake division
Home Service Institutes at Indianape
lis, Cincinnati, Columbus and Clevs
land, each identified with strons
university and each affiliated with
healthy social agencies.
Thirty-five counties were represenS
ed by fifty-six students at the hrs
series of Institutes, each institute last
ing six weeks. A second series has
| tust opened. In addition, chapter
courses of information are to be e.
tablished in cities Of $4,000 popula'
ton and over.
There is no guess work about Red
Cross Home Service.
Workers are being trained to help CD
liens gain all sorts of information. II
family has not heard from son n
the service, if the allotment and al
lowance check is delayed or wronl
in amount, if boy is reported missing
If any ore of hundreds of possibilities
occur, the Home Service worker mus
= be alert to his or her responsibilities.
To show that there are hundred
Of possibilities" for this service, thu
American Red Cross has prepared
for its committeeman a handbook con
tanning correct answers to 260 Queo
tons which these committeeman havs
already been asked.
Forty-nine answers to questions q
army and navy service, running from
the composition of the fighting forces
to explaining what must be done Il
assist the family of a man who has
entered the service under an assumed
name, are given in this handbook.
Eighty-six points on the soldiers and
sailors allowance compensation and
war risk insurance are explained. Thu
latter in itself is so large q task thai
a Home Service worker, anticipating
soft snap" might be driven u
cover if there were no handbook q
institute course to lessen his perplexi
ty. It is down in black and whit
how the insurance is written and fo'
whom, how premiums are paid anf
by whom. Six points Of information
are provided to cover insurance fos
crews of merchant vessels and trans
ports.
American Red Cross Home Servic'
for families of enlisted men fighting
for our allies causes Twenty-Five Quea
tons to be answered in the hand
/. book.
ALI this is supplemented by eighty
nine statements giving information q
the status of families of discharged
men, deserters, and alien enemy famd
lies and explaining relationship q
the Red Cross to other relief socistis
and the operation of the Red Croa
, bureaus of camp service and con
, munication.
Despite the fact that this handboo,
has Just been issued, new and pul
, cling questions are arising with sud
. rapidity that the bureau Of ctviliaI
y E6ll6l VI Tic ltth0 QkflS1Ous - pio3
ming an international service to kesl
l It's Home Service workers in $50 chal
{ ters in step with the fast-moving pm
cession.
War regardless of the Tuscant
: calamity and few scattering casua
/, ties)-war and Red Cross Home Ser
Ice are still in their infancy, but q
ready some 1900 families Of Ohio, Il
diana and Kentucky enlisted and y
lective service men are under n
| care of Red Cross Home Servtc
workers.
Picture the immensely OF the ~
+ when the American offensive D
gins.
Red Cross Home Service VIII =
ready. It is democracy's brothsrhse
h action