Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-07-19
RED CROSS SLACK.
ERS TO BE LISTED
Several Important Matters Are
Taken Up At Meeting
Tuesday Afternoon

Mrs. Esther f. Bradford, field Sec
retary for the Central Division of the
American Red Cross visited the local
chapter Tuesday and at a meeting
with the Rusk county executive COM
mittee held at the Chamber of Com
merce rooms Tuesday afternoon, sew
eral important questions came up for
consideration.
Civilian Relief Bureau
The American Red Cross is organ
izing in every chapter in the United
States a Civilian Relief Bureau or
Home Service Committee whose duty it
is to look after the welfare of the fam
lilies Of the enlisted men. The Rusk
county chapter will have Home Ser
vice Committee. The duty of this COM
mittee is to see that the relatives of all
the boys in the service from Rusk
county are free from financial difficult
ties and otherwise properly cared for.
The boys are much better fitted for
service in France when they know that
their people are well provided for back
here.
Soldiers Provided With Kits
An important matter that came up
was the making of sweaters and other
articles for the boys. The Red Cross
is strictly opposed to the practice of
sending any clothing of any kind
direct to the soldiers. The Red Cross
+oJ hof oh iC
equipped with complete outfit when
he arrives in camp, a department for
that purpose being in every cantOnment
in the United States and also among
the soldiers in France. Whenever a
soldier. here or in France is in need of
anything in this line, he is promptly
supplied, therefore the duplication of
sweaters and such articles is a waste
of time and material To illustrate
how this practice was Overdone, Mrs
Bradford cited instances of where
some boys in France, who received
more than they needed in knitted ar
ticles sent them back to friends in this
country as presents. If the practice
is not stopped, it was intimated that
the Red Cross would ask the govern
ment to have it stopped.
No Gauze Work
The Rusk County chapter for the
present at least will have nothing to do
with gauze work This department
entails considerable expense and larger
quarters and the making of the regular
articles that are now being made will
be continued.
Red Cross Slackers
The burden of the Red Cross work
in Rusk county so far has been Shout
dered by certain ladies. Each branch,
auxiliary and working group in the
county has it's quota of workers who
are and have been doing all the work
and plans for. placing all others who
should help and do not on Stacker
list were considered and it was decided
that a suitable plan be approved. Most
women who feel that they cannot spare
a cOuple of hours at least one day each
week in some recognized work rooms OF
the Red Cross should investigate the
cases of other women who are and have
been working faithfully for the past
year All ladies doing Red Cross work
in the Ladysmith headquarters are
asked to register each day they are in
attendance for not less than two hours
of actual work. If the attendance does
not increase and if cases are found
where women are able to attend and do
not, it is thought that the matter will
be placed in the hands of the War
Finance Committee of this county with
the idea of placing the Red Cross
slackers where they belong.