Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-08
WOUNDED MICHIGAN
BOYS FIND FRIENDS
THOSE IN NEW YORK GIVEN
COMFORT THROUGH STATE
WAR BOARD.
HOW PEOPLE CAN HELP
Efforts Being Made to Get In Touch
With Every Michigan Man Who
Returns Sick or Wounded.

Lansing-In response to rather
urgent message from the Red Cross
asking him to come at once to one
of the government hospitals in New
York city, Col. Roy c. Vandercook.
secretary of the Michigan war pre-
paredness board, who was In New
York city last week assisting in open
ing the branch office for which relief
work among Michigan sick and
wounded will be directed, made a
flying trip across the city and was
ushered into a ward filed with wound.
ed soldiers.
One of the nurses directed Col.
Vandercook to the cot Of a young
fellow she addressed as Sergean.
Morheart and introduced Vandercook
as a representative of the Michigan
war board.
Perhaps you think I'm crazy, ask.
ing you to come way over here to see
total stranger" was Morheart' )
first statement after Vandercooks in
PRODUCTION. 81 have been in this hos
pital six weeks and although l have
received the best Of care l haven't
seen single person from the old
home state. l read in the morning pa.
por that Michigan headquarters had
opened here and l just wanted to talk
with q man from home. The Red Cross
people are wonderful, but after a fell
low has been away for months any
one from home looks like q real
friend"
Praises Boys In France.
Col. Vandercook learned Sergeant
e. ]. Morheart was a native of Ann
Arbor. The young fellow had lost one
leg and the other limb had been badly
shattered by machine gunfre, but he
was cheerful and had only words of
praise for the Michigan men In action
In France.
The Michigan bureau in New York
city is located at So West Fortieth
street, directly across from the pub
lie library. Stuart F. Perry of Adrian
Is in charge of the Office at present
Every day Perry receives a list show
ing the hospital location Of every ro-
turned Michigan soldier An effort Is
being made to get in touch with
every Michigan man who returns sick
or wounded.
Col. Vandercook suggests that any
person who wishes to locate a rela.
tive or friend In one Of the govern.
ment hospitals should write to the
New York office Of the war prepared.
ness board. Perry will find out wheth-
er the hospital authorities will permit
anyone to see the man in question
and give all information available.
This may save useless trips to New
York as sometimes men who are re-
turned in hospital ships are sent TO
points outside New York city.
The New York office, through the
efforts Of Mrs. John Bush, Mrs. NJ.
Kitsinger and Mrs. Stanley Otis,
former Michigan women, has been
fixed up In a most attractive manner.
Pictures of Michigan buildings and
scenes from various cities adorn the
walls. Every effort Is being made to
bring Michigan atmosphere to tho
New York quarters. Secretaries of the
various chambers of commerce in
Michigan have been asked to send
pictures from their localities.
Banquet Is Given.
The place has been fitted out with
3 cardroom and smoking room where
themselves in New York. Last Satur-
day night $50 men from Michigan
were banqueted in the Michigan
headquarters.
Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Otis, formerly
of Lansing, and Mrs. Kitsinger, for
merly of Marshall, have spent con.
siderable time cutting stories from
magazines and pasting them on card
board for the wounded soldiers. Many
of the men are 80 weak they cannot
hold a book or magazine, but they
can support a light piece of card.
board. Pictures from comic supple.
ments arranged in a similar manner
afford the men great amusement. As
soon as the organization is completed
In New York Michigan women will
be asked to fix up some magazine
stories and send them to New York
office. Gifts Of jellies and other deli
cacies also will be accepted.