The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-04-27

r ends did not let that family drOp.
b. continually broupbt new Meas
,s and interest into their lives 80
tbev came TO have tbe invigoral
sense of tbeir mart in the com
.nifv New economies took ON an
erest "a kind of dignity of patriotic
.a.aryance. tbore was something now
Il everything. an unexpected finish of
i, Gaming here and there in things that
fust been words They began to
lize now possibjlitios in living new
Il .siblties in themselves Ana ouitc .
ur,N. ,hore came to the man thc .
I ssed miracle of responso ia his own /
u form.
No tWo families are alike and ey
= homo gorvico story Il different
nm every other story The under
taking of safeguarding che homes of
oar soldiers and sailors is so vast as
s,aleev TO seem credible Yet if is
eady AZ Organized that every sol
i r's and sailors family NAV have
lrross to home service And camp /
,ervico which mts the offer of these
20 ourcos before every man in camp.
tfl hy which he can bring his priv
a'a Worries to his Red Cross field di
r..tor who forms his bridge with
h me service. has been established
ready in the majority Of our camps
4 cantonmonts. and soon Will be in
ry one This assurance is given
eyorv man as he leaves for France
i Fl to he in recreation huts. in
l. dquartcrs. in the hospital wards
YER there"
These resources which are offered
our defenders are the resources of
te American Rcd Cross. with its tire
ndous force generated by e.. .00O.0
= oDle. me co-opcration of great
ancfos of public welfare; the vol
d lary services of highly skilled pro
ssIonal mon and women. Expert
raI advice. expert medical advice
gnerf business advice these things
re back of our men In the matter
information alone. in affairs of al
atmcnts and war risk and other in
grance. details in connection with |
siness and property. home service
.as been of incalcuable help to thou
ends of people.
But its supreme service Is knowing
What 10 do when there is loneliness
IN the home where nobody come
home at night. Home service means
tiends.
This is building the strength Of an
I army that cannot be broken an army
OF men with their homes protected
IT is creating new social sense in
tho communities at home communi-
ties that are finding themselves and
rbeir possibilities, even as families
md individuals do.
one afternoon, at one of our new
cautonments, a. battalion was ordered
to pack all equipment and be ready to
entrain at night. They and their
Ulcers had expected that they would
I'VE q furlOUGh before leaving. but
lis could only mean one thing-oyer
seas. They were all new soldiers
Oh, how raggedly how awkward, how
out of step they had been just a few
months ago in those first days before
they had their uniforms! Drilled sol
diers now Some straw was
brought into their barracks, after
heir bedding rolls were packed, and
/ ney snatched few hours sleep on
that. .aa5.t
Before dawn a quiet order was
,iyen to be- at the station at such
Ime. Their barracks were on a hill
somewhat apart from the Mest; still.
it was necessary to get etaoin
It was necessary to go Quietly-their
movements were not 10 be known to
the rest Of the camp. And these new
soldiers of ours, without their fur
iough, so young in military ways, vet
o superb in spirit, started to the sta
,,on in the blackncss of the night on
tbeir way to France, to offer them
seh 35--singing as they marched