Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-06-06
TO PUSH BUILDING Of
RED CROSS HOUSES
Home Service Work For Army Campo
Stressed In Conference At pivi.
sion Headquarters

A very important conference touch.
ing the work Of the American Rcd
cross In the army camps Of tho saHtt.
ern Division was held in Atlanta a few
Jays ago There we're present not
only Col. w. L. Peel, Division Mama.
or; z. b. Bidwell, Associate MANAGE
and z, Bennett Phelps, Division Dir-e.
TOR OF the Bureau of Military Relic To-
sether with number of the Red err T.:
FleId Directors and Assistant Field
Directors from the canps. lint
also, w. Frank Persons. Director Gg,.
eral of Civilian Relief; Henry s
thompson, National Director of iEa
bureau of Camp Service, and gbaf,ss
y, Fox, Assistant Director Ct Cana
service IN charge Of construction
A number of important matters
were discussed, among them BEING 5fe
personnel in the training eanps. fin.
building and manning of the Red Crass
houses for conValescents in the eamns
ana the appointment of directors for
these houses, instructions regarding
hospital Information service. ana the
relation of the Home Service denart
meht TO the department of Military
Relief and the Importance of Home
Service to the men in the trainina
camps and in the trenches, Which
latter was taken up with the field d.
rectors by Mr.. Persons.
The volume of Home Service work
to be done necessitates the apDoint-
meht OF an associate field director in
charge of home service who viii work
with the regular field director in tse
camp. There will also be a Home Scr.
vice director on every transport that
carries American troans to France sa
that every soldier who leaves FAMILY
or business worries behind may have
someone to whom to turn for hclD AM
advice The problem Of keening ua
the morale of the army by maxine
them understand that their families
are well looked after while they are
away as well as that Of helping 10
maintain normal standard of living
in the families where the men are
away belongs TO the Home Service or
Civilian Relief Department
TAT the time of the Nap0leonic
campaigns" said Mr.. Persons. at was
estimated that the morale of the a.my
was more important than ammunition
In the ratio OF 3 to /. In the present
war, one of the greatest English gen
erals has estimated the ratio as 0 to
!, Home Service Is 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 TO their homes and look after
their most pressing business affairs
for themselves. But the American
SOLDIER who goes 10 France will PROB
ably stay IN France until the end of
the war, and 1t Is only through the
Home Service Department of the Red
Cross that his mind can be relieved
from all worry concerning affairs 1T
home so that his entire attention can
De concentrated on soldering"
Many illustrations VI the value al
Home Service 10 the training camps
uf this country were given By the
Field Directors. and the duties Of tie
mea IN charge of this branch of the
Nors outlined,
Henry $. Thompson, national nrec-
tor OF the Bureau of Camp Service,
spoke on the duties OF the military
field directors In the camps and their
relation to the Home Service Directors
In the same camps.
The building OF the Red Cross
houses In 10 army camps in this coun
try was then taken up by Charles +.
Fox. assistant director Of Camp Ser
vice In charge of construction and the
purpose Of these houses was explain
ed TO the Field Directors and assist |
ants who We're present. Quarters and |
place OF amusement will be provided |
in these houses for convalescent sol |
oilers who are we'll enough to leave the |
hospitals and yet not well enough to |
return to active duty, as we'll as ac- |
commodations for the families OF men
who are i'll enough to make it neces- |
sary to send for their relatives. 1t is
being planned that a 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 b. su-
pervised by John R. Dillon of Atlan,a a,
OF the firm Of Morgan e. 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 thai
OF the Home Service department are
wanted at once for work In the carine
and on the transports. All application
in this division should be made n
Joseph c. Logan, Director of Civilian
Relief.
Field Directors and. Assistant Field
Directors present at the conference
were I. t. Flagler, s A. Darrach. Dr.
Josiah Morse, Lann.4s Harvey, w r
Carr, William G., Denny, H. Nj. Voor
hees, j. Loaring Clark, II. A. FEEL
William ). Moore, ]. G. Williams, ana
Mrs. rhor1a, A CHgll1r |