The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-02-27

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Offts / sthss first VA orders. given i
nsWaygenrolled members 81 the Junior
Red sQsrossssa III Is help furnish, that il,
design furniture and supply the little
articles thatswiil 90 to make up the
COMFORT and nominees Of the place, for
Red Gross houses to be erected at ev-
cry arnay-eamipSiin this country. .s
Each house, Is intended primarily to
he = lounge and rest haven for con-
valescent soldiers. II will also Be an
administration center for the field d..
rector q the Red Cross, an emergency:
lodging Tor summoned relatives Of
those soldiers who are dangerously
ill and, . home for Red Cross nurses
and medical STATS. @ ssE &
A new headquarters for all Red
Cross activities in the camp hospital.
will be provided by the Red Cross.
housesand it will also serve to develop
to>full efficiency the RedsCross COM
1nunication service through which the
families and and friends can obtain
prompt accurate and detailed informa-
ton as to their welfare.
For conyalescents, many new COM
forts will be provided by the Red Cross
house. These will include a sun par
lor, 9 glassed in porch and stage up
on which movies and other entertain
ments can be given. A billiard room,
kitchen, reading, reception and COM
mittee rooms, in addition to q large as
sembly hall will be features Of the new
structures. Each house will be 100
feet square.
At . meeting Of the Kanaranzi
Deutsche Untracht Verein, a social or
ganization at Kanaranzi, Mimi, nearly
$185 was realized for the Red Cross
from The sale Of basket lunches.
Bonilla, s. d., claims a 100 per cent
record as to Liberty bond holders and
Red Cross members. "A home guard
company in the town has Is men en-
rolled.
Men are being enrolled slowly for
service in ship building and will be
called into active service when needed.
Transportation from their homes to
the shipyards where they are needed
will be paid by the government.
Statistical reports on the activity
OF the Nelson county, North Dakota,
chapter Of the Red Cross show that
the county has enrolled 1866 men,
bers, has raised funds amounting to
$12,135 and has made and shipped to
Minneapolis 9,24s Red Cross articles.
Renville Red Cross supporters rails
ed more chan $500 during two meet
ings in that city addressed by Father
Paul Perigord, Red Cross speaker who
spent several months in France.
For re-education of crippled and
mutilated French soldiers, a five hun
dred acre farm near Tours has been
obtained by the Red Cross, according
TO a telegram from Washington re-
ceived this morning by Northern Di-
vision headquarters.
The use of farm machinery and the
care OF farm animals will be *aupht,
IN $500 sA .h In.
Clare Arnett, former professor Of
animal husbandry at Montana State
Agricultural college will be director Of
the farm. M. Marchand, French far
mer who was held prisoner by the
Germans for thirty-seven months, will
be chief of agriculture.
Another work for the manned Poliu
done by the Red Cross is the installa-
ton of model electrical training work.
shops at the National Professional in
stltute for war cripples at St. Maur-
ice. Other plans for training them
IN skilled work are being developed,
The expansion of this re-education-
al system is shown in a report to ma.
tional headquarters by Miss Grace
Harper, of Boston chief of the Red
Cross bureau for re-education Of mu-
tlated soldiers, who has just com.
pleted-an inspection Of French schools
Of this type.
a cablegram from Perkins, at Paris
gives the following extract from Miss
Harper's report: "Mutilated soldiers
should and must be returned to ordi-
nary community life, and should re-
enter industry on the basis of compe-
tition with able bodied workmen.
: Cripples who have lost an arm or leg
and at first seem hopelessly disabled
can be taught many processes of in
dustry such as running a lathe, operat:
ing a motor tractor, controlling a drill
and other skilled operations.