The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-18
TO PUSH BUILDING OF
RED CROSS HOUSES
come Service Work For Army csmps
stressed In Conference At Divi-
sion Headquarters

1
sross IN The army camps OF the Soutt
srn Division Was held IN Atlanta a feS
DAYS ago. There were present no
oniy Col. w. l.. Peel. Division Menae
or; {. y. Bidwell, Associate Manager
ana n. Bennett Phelps. Division Direc
or OF the Bureau OF Military Relies. 10
gether with number Of the Red Gross
Eleid Directors and Assistant Field
DIRECTORS from. the camps. but
also. w. Frank Persons, Director Gen
sIai OF Civilian Relief; Henry $
thompson. National Director OF the
bureau OF Camp Service. and Charles
T. Fox. Assistant Director OF Camp
Service Ia charge OF. construction.
A number OF important matters
were discussed. among them being the
personnel In the training camps, the
uuiiding and manning OF the Rod Cross
lonhes Tor convaiescents In the camps,
ana the appointment OF directors for
utse houses, instructions regarding
hospital information service, and the
relation OF the Home Service depart
ment 10 the department OF Military
belief and the Importance of Home
Service TO the men in the training
camps and In the trenches, which
latter was taken I'D with the field iii.
rectors by Mr.. Persons.
The volume OF Home Service work
tD be done neecsstates the appoint.
nent OF an. associate field director in
charge OF home service who viii work
With the regular field director in the
camp There will also be'a Home Ser
vice director ON every transport that
carries American troops 10 France, 30
that every soldier who leaves family
ar !buainesS worries behind may have
someone To whom 10 turn for help and
advice. The problem OF Keeping up
the morale of the army by making
them understand that their families
arc well looked after while they are
away M well as that OF helping 10
aaintain normal standard OF living |
IN the families where the men are |
away belongs 70 the Home Service or |
Civilian Relief Department.
AT the time OF he Napoleonie |
oainpaigna." said Mr. Persons. 1T was
estimated that the morale OF the army |
was more important than ammunition
in the ratio OF 3 to J. In the present |
war. one OF the greatest English gen.
erals has estimated THE ratio as q 10
!. Home Service IL more important
TO the United States troops than TO
those OF England and France because
the French and English soldiers have
two weeks leave every 90 days. can
return Ia their homrs and look after
their most pressing business affairs
for themselves. But the American
soldier who goes TO France will prob.
ably stay In France until the end of
the war. and II is only through the
Home Service Dcpa-tnene of the Red
Gross that his mind can be- relieved
nom ell worry concerning affairs al
home so that his entire attention, can
be concentrated on soldering"
Many Illustrations OF the value OF
Home Service In the training camps
OF this country were given by the
Field Directors. and, the duties OF the
men In charge of Tho Dranch OF the
work outlined.
Henry :. Thompson. national direo
tor OF the Bureau OF Camp Service,
spoke on tho duties of tho military
ncld directors in tho camps and their
relation To The Home Service Directors
In the same camps.
The building OF the Rid eros.
houses IN ~ army camps In this coun.
try was then taken up BY Charles T.
Fox. assistant director of Camp Scr
vice In charge OF construction. and the
purpose OF these houses was explain
ed 10 the Nsld Directors and assist
ants who we're present Quarters anc
q place OF amusement WIN be provided
in these houses for conyalesoent sol
diers vi mo are well enough 10 leave the
hospitals snd yet not well enough &c
return TO active duty. as well as &C
for the families OF meg
who are ia enough to make Il neces
sary 90 send for their relatives. n II
being planned that large part of the
furniture for these houses shall be
made by the older boys In the
Junior Red Cross auxiliarics.
The construction In the camps
N the Southern Division will be- ru
pervised by John n. Dillon Of Atlanta
N tho firm of Morgan = Dillon. archi
tects. who has volunteered his ser.
vicos 10 the Southern division for any
,ort of architectural work
Men trained in work similar 20 that
" the Home Service denartmcnt arc
wanted 81 once for work In the CAMPS
md on the transports. Al applications
n this division ahoald BE- made Co
Ioseph {. Logan. Director OF Civilian
relief
Field Directors and Assistant Fieii
Directors prCseni az tie conference,
we're 7. T. F1arlcr. S. 4. Darrach. DT
Josiah Morse. IanninE Harvey. ". Il
'arr William =. Denny. n. NJ Vocr
Ices. J. DoaTinr clark. II. A. Field
William Y Nnnra 1 q Williams md