The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-12
RED CROSS REPORTS

Red Cross has planned to issue to the American people series of reports concerning the use of the first Red Cross war fund of $lOO,O00000. and the plans so far perfected for future work The first section of these re- ports, just issued, covers the work of caring for the families at home of America's men in the military service. Report on this subject follows:
 More than three hundred thousand families of American men in the ser vice have been relieved of money troubles, legal difficulties. household worries and depressing loneliness by Home Service This branch of Red Cross activities has now fifty thous- and men and women serving on its ten thousand local committees and is spreading the doctrine of intelligent substantial ncighborliness on behalf of fighters families and backing 1t with an expenditure Of $400,00o per month made out of money raised by the communities themselves and re- served from the amount contributed by the National Red Cross War Fund. This distribution has been directed by the local committees themselves and more than one million people have been helped.
 Money. the least valuable contri- hutton of the American Red Cross Home Service to community welfare amounted to l.5O0,OOO during the first six months of 1918 and will exceed s4,OOO ,0OO for the second half of the year By January first. 1919, the American Red Cross will have spent in this work a total Of about $6,ooo,- GOO, and will probably be carrying the burden of one million per month
 More important than money are the other kinds of help given. Prob lens in soldiers and sailors families arise from sickness, worry, backward unruly children. perpleXities in the household management of business, legal tangles. mental depression, and sometimes the mere longing for the man gone away Home Service has been successfully helping to meet them. All difficulties arising out ol the misunderstanding of the war risk insurance law-there being each week about 60,000 inquiries as to why sol dier's dependents are not receiving their money from the war risk bureau are brought to the attention Of the home service workers who undertake to get the information needed and in many cases have had allotments or allowances pushed through.
 "Whercver men are under military orders they are in touch practically all of the time with home service representatives If worried about fam lies at home, home service woSSage5 are sent to straighten matters out. Twenty or more inquiries after the flare Of soldiers families are cab led from France to near or remote American communities every day and at least one hundred more come in each days mail to national headquar- ters. An executive staff of 250 Is huLcrvising the work of the ten thou sand committees in addition two thou sand men and women, many of them volunteers, are acting as full time secretaries. Seven thousand people have attended special training lecture cCul ses to fit themselves to help in this work and one thousand have been given certificates after longer period of study indicating that they are prepared for positions as secre taries.
 There is no possible contribution 10 the welfare of fighters families that home service workers are not