The Robesonian., 1918-03-21
TO PUSH BUILDING OF
RED CROSS HOUSES

Home Service Work For Army Camps
Stressed In Conference At Divi-
sion Headquarters
A very important conference touch
ing the work Of the American Red
Cross In the army camps Of the South
ern Division was held in Atlanta few
days ago. There were present not
only Col. W. L. Peel, Division Manag-
er; c. B. Bidwell. Associate Manager.
and z. Bennett Phelps, Division Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Military Relief, to-
Field Directors and Assistant Field
Directors from the camps, but
also, W. Frank Persons, Director Gen
eral Of Civilian Relief; Henry S.
Thompson, National Director of the
Bureau of Camp Service, and Charles
e. Fox, Assistant Director of Camp
Service in charge of construction.
A number OF important matters
were discussed, among them being the
personnel in the training camps, the
building and manning of the Red Cross
houses for convalescents in the camps,
and the appointment Of directors for
these houses, Instructions regarding
hospital Information service, and the
relation Of the Home Service depart
ment to the Department az MuHafy
Relief and the importance OF Home
Service to the men in tie tSgtning
camps and In the trenches. Which
latter was taken up with the nasd di-
rect0u By Mr.. Persona.
T66 vubmo Of Home SarVice work
to be done naEsssitates the appoint
naen4 Of an aeSoctatp field dfrectN in
ohaRUe oZ home service who VIII work
With De regular 6eld dfu1o4oS n tho
camp. There VIII a1so be HcEue Ser
vice director "a every transport that
carries American troops to Fr2nca 80
nat every soldier vino 11veo hnmAy
Or business Worries bahfnd may have
snmeons 10 whom u tmp 11 bG1u md
advioa The ru01eo % keaptng up
the marale of ths array BY maak1ng
them undentand thai hakk famH1B
are we'll Looked after WaEffe thug arc
EvaV 81 veil - 49, a kalpfng to
naintaan Z unsraal standard ok living
in the families w4nrs the men are
away belongs to tle Home Sarvtos or
Civilian Relief Department
AT the time Of the Napoieouic
sannpaigns." said Mr.. ReraonR. @lt was
estimated that tie msFale Of the army
Eas more inlRos<ant than amman5dop
u t14 Hatto 0 to l. In TIA pee
var. Qfe of the greatsst EnRs4sh een.
ez2is f1s estjmated the ratio as To
L HUME Service is nKqe important
70 Hm United States troops than to
hose d England and Htance, beca11se
the French and English soldiers have
two weeks leave every 50 days, can
return to their huanes and look after
heir most pressing business affairs
For themselves. But the American
soidier who goes to France wiM prob
ibly stay IN France until the end OF
the war. and 1t is only through the
Home Service Department of the Red
Cross that btu mind can be relieved
from al wpR1S concerning affairs al
home so that his entire attention On
be concentrated on sUldierfng.''
Many illustrations 0 the va1B ol
HolWg 0srv1ee II the training campe
6 0hfs country vere given by til
s1e6 DRectose. aud Che duties Of thf
neu In chAkEe Of 6nk heancA o( elE
! york Outlined.
Henry S. Thompson, nathonai dtrec
:or H ths Bureau a cazp s@vioa
spo&o On the duties o4 the mil9tar,
de1d directors in he camps and theil
relation to the Home Service Directus
the same camps.
The building or the Red Cros,
/ houses In 40 army camps In THIS ,coun
| ,ry was then takeal UP by Charles E
/ Fox. assistant director of Camp Ser
vice In charge ct construction, and th,
purpose Of these houses was explain
ed to the Field Directors and assist
ants who we're present Quarters an,
place o( amusement will be provide,
in these houses for comvalesoem so,
dters who are we'll enough to leave th
hospttae and yet not well enough t.
return To active duty, as well as az
comnodat1ons for the families of me-
.] Woo sre Ill enough n m41kq q necet
sary 70 send for t$141 yela&nk It
being paaoned that q Azge r. Of tn
hlrnituTe for these houses shall b
made By the older boys in th
Junior Red Cross auxiliarbes
; The construction tn the camp
: at the Southern Division viii be =
n pervised by John R Dillon of Atlan::
of the Arm Of Morgan & Dillon, arch
h tects. who has volunteered his Sc
q vices TO the Southern division for an
& sort Ut architectural work.
!. Men trained in wozh similar to ths
. ok the Home Service department al
wanted at once fbr work in the camt
and On the transports. AL application
in this division shouId be made I
Joseph c. Adgan, Director Of Civita
q Relief.
n Field DirectoAs and Assistant Ffel
Directors present at the conferen.
). were T. + Nag1er, g A. Dasxach, D
Ia Josiah Morse, Lanpfng HarHen W.
Ia Carr. William c. Denny, H. IL Voc
S, heesl koastng Clark, H. A. Fiel
r. Wihsam >. Moore, ]. c. Wllltanns. al
Mrs. Charles A. Sheldon, Sr.
(: !: JUNIOR RED CROSS TAKES
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