The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
Red Cross Anxious To Help
Soldiers Dependents.
Representatives Working in
Cities Near Camp.
AID TO THE STORk
Cared for Young Colorado
Mother In Dire Need.
Service viii Uphold Morale OF
Worried Soldiers.

The misfortunes of families and de-
oendents of men whose going into the
army has left them in Strengthened
circumstances form one of the cruel
est phases of the war. There are
many cases, where thru delays IN re-
ceiving allotments and allowances.
coupled with the sudden stoppage OF
regular earnings. suffering, anxiety
and actual want have resulted.
= Mr.. Hagerman, field director OF the
Red Cross, at Camp Funston, when
asked to give some information about
what the Red Cross is doing to neip
in this phase of war work, said:
THE Red Cross is anxious to get In
touch with all men whose families are
in need of assistance of any sort a
trained Red Cross representative Is
working in Manhattan, Junction CITY
and Army City. with the sole opJScl
of assisting families of soldiers. VINO
have come to these places to be near
their loved ones in the army. In nu-
nerous instances of late, men nave
gone to the Red Cross office at camp
Funston and reported conditions at
home which needed help, due Wholly
to their enforced absence
For instance, the young wife OF
Colorado soldier expected to become
a mother very soon. She was llvlnS
with his widowed mother, in a COL
orado town with almost no means or
support, other than the allotment
from her husbands pay and the al
Iewance from the government, and
this was not enough. The Red Cross
helped the boy go to his wife, and ar
ranged thru the local chapter to have
her given every care, in good nos
pital until she might become strong
enough to help support herself and
her child.
In another case, a young wife, who
also soon was to become a mother
l1xv fn I'M
that her husband had been sent over
seas before her arrival She remained
at Junction City, whre eXtoruonate
room rent and the high cost of living
were rapidly eating up her limited
funds. Wholly unable to help herself
and with no help coming from home
the situa ton was rapidly becoming
desperate, when the Red Cross came
to the rescue, made arrangements fol
her comfort and for medical assist
ance and care and will see her thru
the critical time.
A soldier, whose wife in a small
Kansas town is in a delicate health
learned that she was not receiving the
payments which were due her iron
the government, probably thru som'
mistake at Washington. Having NJ
tlther. resources. her situation had be
come serious. She was-actualiy sur
fering and the worry caused by II
was having the worst sort of effect Oh
the soldier, almost making him unfit
for his duties in the army. When tn
Red Cross heard of it they immediate
" helped out by a temporary loan
until the government payments shoul'
come in and the situation was calle'
TO the attention of the proper author
tiles in Washington, so that it Nigh
be remedied at once.
This is the kind of service whicl
the Red Cross is giving to soldiers
both at Camp Funston and at othe
camps, thru the Home Service Sec
lions of Chapters turnout the coun
try. 1t is open to any man who need
it and the Red Cross wants the sol
to speak out and let their needs b
known. The Red Cross feels that thi
character of service is as importan
in upholding the morale of the army
as is the care of sick and wounde
roIdiarS a the front