Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-07-26

IN WINE or beer and substitute it for
water. Give all the folks my love
and. write oftener. l will write You
again soon Your brother, TOM.
from L. L.. Bowling to his sister,
MRS. Reese Anderson, at Graham.
Praise for the Red Cross and the
Y. M. C. A.
Mr.. Charles Asbury, of Tanners
vile, has received the following in
teresting letter from his son, r. p.
Asbury at Fort Sam Houston. Tex.
Base Hospital No. /, May "a.
Dear parents:
l received your letter this after
rnoon' and was very glad to hear
from you. do not know when | will
get out OF here. l fell pretty sure
t ,aia l VIII not be discharged, that
| become able to do duty. / could do
light duty now, Blu: feIr / ann not
able to stand hard duty. The doctor
told me sometime ago that it would
take five or six months rest to nut
me right for duty again. He has re-
Gently told me that l will be held Tor
several days yet. There is hardly
chance for me to get furlouph
as they are giving me treatment, not
medical treatment, but physical treat
ment. feel like l could work. but.
l suppose the doctors know best.
never entirely got over that sick
ness l had last summer when l enlist
ed. feel as good now or better
than l did then. | am getting fatter
every day. Weighed 1874 the first OF
the week.
l may be able to get n furlough lat
err but there is no chance now, and
when l get one l want itfor several
weeks, as railroad fare would be
ABOUT Sl4O, and you see it would be
OF no benefit for me to get two or
three weeks furlough.
You wanted to know what the Red
Cross is, and whether there is anv-
ehing to it or not. l can tell Won n
lew things it does and you can Judge
Tor yourself. First of all, the Red
cross gives the soldier first aid
packages, tobacco and toilet articles
when they first enlist, and on the
way to the training camp they give
them apples, cookies, and all kinds
Oh eatables. When they reach the
training camp the Red Cross furnish
es the soldiers with several articles
OF clothing, which are not issued hv
tne government, such rs sweaters
mufiiers, socks and mittens. Thav
nave information bureaus at the can,
comments which supply the soldiers
with all the news they desire and
heips them locate friends or ANYTHING
OIL the kind; loan them money if ne.
cessary; The foremost work in the
hospitals is done by the patriotic
hed Cross nurses. For them can.
not give too high praise. There is
no organization in the world doing
n greater work than the Red Cross
nurses; They deserve more praise
than the men whom they go to nurse
for they face the same danger and
tneir work Is as hazardous as that of
the average soldier. Besides the
furnishing and assisting tie soldiers
the ladies around the environments
who are members of the Red Cross
furnish much valuable and varied
entertainment for the soldiers. Bed
time. Will finish tomorrow.
l am sending Il clipping from the
paper about our trip the Rcd Cross
ladies' gave us last Monday. We are
gong again next Monday, and after
that two or three times each week
100 much can not be said of the
Red Cross, for that organization and
the Y. M. C. A. arc both of inestima
bic value to the soldiers. They arc
the only home-like things in the an
my. They are both a soldiers club
and wartime home, which is bene.
hitting directly or indirectly every
soldier IN khaki. | feel sure that the
soldiers would as soon be deprived
OF their guns as the benefit rendered
by the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A
from moral standpoint, the REQ
Gross and Y. M. c. A. are doing a
wonderful work. No army in The
past has had the morals of it's mer
protected as well as the American
army. Everywhere around the can.
tonments, training camps and town.
near the soldiers environments mora
and religious influences are in full
bloom. All this is due to the Rec
Cross and Y. NJ C. A.
me greatest work these wonderful
organizations are doing can not b,
described in a short letter, but would
require several volumes for full
record, but | think have given yo,
enough facts about them to show
that they are very beneficial to tn,
army, and that n dollar thrown in tho
collection basket of the Red Cross OF
the Y. M. c. A. is not a seed sowr
in stony ground.
There are rumors circulated oyel
the country that the Red Cross i.
humbug and scheme to defraud
Before l enlisted l even heard the ru
NOR that Woodrow Wilson's daught
er got 80 cents out of every dollar
contributed to the Red Cross. Their,
have been hundreds of such false ru
mors circulating over the country
Such rumors are nothing more thar
favorite. pieces of German propa
ganda from their famous rumor mil
designed to interfere with and hin