The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-04-04
TO PUSH BUILDING OF
RED CROSS HOUSES
"ome Service Work For Army Camps
~ stressed In Conference At pivi-
sion Headquarters

- the work Of the American Red
! oss IN the army camps Of the South
; division was held in Atlanta few
oAys ago. There were present not
my Col. w. l.. Peel, Division Manax-
-; c. B. Bidwell, Associate Manager,
a. bennett Phelps. Division Direc-
OF the Bureau of Military Relief, to-
~xener with q number Of the Red Cross
lo directors and Assistant Field
e Drectors from the camps, bat
10 w. Frank Persons, Director Gen
: s l OF Civilian Relief; Henry S.
thompson. National Director of the
= oareau of Camp Service, and Charles
~ 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
"Dullolng and manning Of the Red Cross
houses Tor convalescents in the camps.
- ana the appoint ent Of directors for
tnese houses, Instructions regarding
hospital Information service. and the
RELATION OF the Home Service depart
ment to the department of Military
nehef and the Importance Of Home
service to the men in the training
latter was taken up with the field di
roctors by Mr.. Persons
Inc volume of Home Service work
10 De done necessitates the appoint
ment or an associate field director in
cnarge or home service who will 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 to France, SO
tnat every soldier who leaves family
or business worries behind may have
someone to whom to turn for help and
advice. The problem Of keeping up
the morale Of the army bv making
them understand that their families
arc well looked after while they are
away as we'll as that of helping to
maintain a normal standard of living
In the families where the men are
away belongs to the Home Service or
Civilian Relief Department
AT the time of the Napoleonic
campaigns said Mr.. Persons, 'it was
estimated that the morale of the army
was more important than ammunition
IN the ratio Of 3 to 1. In the present
war, one Of the greatest English gen.
erals has estimated the ratio as to
1. Home Service is more important
70 the United States troops than to
those OF England and France, because
the French and English soldiers have
two weeks leave every 80 days, can
return to their homes and look after
their most pressing business affairs
Tor themselves. But the American
soldier who goes to France will prob
= ably stay in France until tho end Of
the war, and it is only through the
e Home Service Department of the Red
Cross that his mind can be relieved
eeo;r
' home so that his entire attention can
be concentrated on soldering"
Many illustrations of the value of
Home Service in the training camps
b OF this country were given by the
Field Directors, and the duties Of the
men in charge of this branch of the
work outlined
Henry S. Thompson, national direc-
, tor Of the Bureau Of Camp Service,
spoke on the duties OF the military
field directors in the camps and their
In the same camps
The building Of the Red Cross
houses In 40 army camps in this coun-
try was then taken up by Charles E.
Fox, assistant director of Camp Ser
vice in charge Of construction, and the
purpose OF these houses was explain
o ed to the Field Directors and assist
ants who were present. Quarters and
z place of amusement will be provided
in these houses for convalescent sol
diers who are we'll enough to leave the
hospitals and yet not well enough to
return to active duty, as well as ac-
commodations for the families Of men
who are i'll enough to make it neces-
5ary to send for their relatives. 1t is
being planned that large part of the
furniture for these houses shall be
made by the older boys in the
Junior Red Cross auxiliaries.
The construction in the camps
Of the Southern Division will be su-
pervised by John II. Dillon of Atlanta,
Of the firm Of Morgan & Dillon. archi-
tects, who has volunteered his SER
vices to the Southern division for any
sort of architectural work
Men trained in work similar 70 that
of the Home Service department are
wanted at once for work in the CAMPS
and on the transports. All applications
In this division should be made to
JOSEPH c. Logan, Director OF Civilian
Relief
Field Dircc'""s and Assistant Field
Directors prese- ut the conference
we're T. T. Flaglei, g A. Darrach, DR..
Josiah Morse, LannirG Harvey, w. r.
Carr, William c. Denny, II. NJ Voor-
hees, ]. Loaring Clark, II. A. Field,
William 8. Moore =. c. Williams, and
Mrs. Charles A. She: ."n Sr.