Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-24
THE WORK IN AMERICA.


may be summarized as follows:
l. To take such measures as are neces-
earv in co-operation with the Army and
Navy. for the protection of the health
and welfare of soldiers in camp and canton
mcnts, and Of civilians whose welfare Is
involved in war conditions.
2. To stimulate and guide the volunteer
work of women in the manufacture oil
SUPPLIES and comforts needed by troops
and civilians abroad and by men III tri'i'-
ing in this country.
3. To cooperate with the government
and with all relief agencies in caring Tor
the dependent families of men IN the mill
tary and naval service, and To relieve
suffering caused by any disaster.
4. To maintain at the lowest cost con-
sisteut with efficiency, machinery To as
Hre the uninterrupted performance OF
these duties and of the rclict work IN
Europe.
THE JUNIOR RED CROSS.
The purpose Of the Junior Red Gross IS
lovpely educational, and its activities VIII
be carried on entirely in the schools as
mart of the school work Through study
and an active participation in relief and
welfare work. its members, who are at an
age that responds Immediately and
strongly to the appeal of patriotic service,
will he permanently enlisted among the
creative forces of good citizenship.
NAVAL AUxILIARIEs.
At the request of the Secretary OF the
NAVY. the Red Cross has arranged TO nave
chapters from Naval AuNlianes at various
local points.
These societies retain their own identity
And collect funds in this country IN their
rvyn name In making war relief supplies,
.sa-s a--or, they give preference To work
has>e = +he needs renorted to the hed
Cree Is tarclgu coIgssgt7. se, snd done
:, ,ersrrlanr.. NTH the s a>.4-6e stab
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the eooas n2aayfs sged hy these socIetacs
are delivered to the Red Cross for ship
ment abroad. after which they are DIS
trihuted to the places where, IN the ludR-
ment Of the Red Cross, they will be most
useful
Among the national societies working
on this basis are the National Surgical
Dressings Committee whose efficient dis
tr,bution service IN France has become
the Surgical Dressings Service depart
n,rnt of the American Red CroSs; the
American Fund for French Wounded,
whose special service consists IN the send
inc of supplies to the French hospitals,
and which is cooperating with the ked
Cross for about ten years; the War
Service League OF the SaiVauon Army
and numerous Others.
Ir addition TO these national socIetcs,
a great ru~.ber Of local organizations have
entered into VARIOUS forms OF cooperation
with th- Red Cross. acting through Its
divisicsis and chapters.
OTHER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS.
The Red Cross Is itself cooperating
actively with many rnhef agencies, both
Arericar. and foreign, either by agree
-r---gAe fer ;oi-,t service IN specified fields,
s.rh se III tut losis campaign directed
se re RoCkefslleg Foundation and the
sesntses- erv1cv II 3he Societe de Secours
49, ..SsSses Azllst4Ires, or by direct con-
tributions to their work Among Ar
menian and Syrian refugees, for example,
the Red Cross Is represented entirely by
the American Committee for Armenian
and SYRIAN Relief, to whose work it has
contributed 81 800 600.
WORK FOR THE AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY
The work of the Red Cross IN the United
States for the American Army and Navy
NAV be defined broadly rs follows:
l. To cooperate with the medical
service Of the Army and Navy.
ta) BY recruiting organizing and equip
ping base hospital and other hospital and
ambulance units which may be called into
service at the discretion Of the Army and
Navy Medical Corps;
rbl Bv handling special problems of
health and sanitation which accompany
the establishment of numerous canton
ments, camps and naval stations;
tc) BY stimulating the regular manu-
faeture of surgical dressings and hospital
supplies Of such sort and IN such quantity
that Army and Navy hospitals wherever
located shall not be handicapped by lack
of these necessary supplies.
q To cooperate with the Army and
NAVY and with other established agencies
in peprnoting the comfort and welfare Of
men in training in this country or en- route
to camps and training stations.
WORK FOR CIVILIANS
The Red Cross program for service to
families whose welfare is jeopardlzed by
the enlistment of the bread-winner has
been announced by the War Council as
follows:
Obviously the work of providing for the
financial assistance of the families OF our
soldiers and sailors is so large the govern
ynent alone can assume 1t. In no other way
can this responsibility be discharged fairly
and as q matter Of equity rather than Of
charity. The voluntary organization, or
organizations. could adequately cope with
duty of such magnitude.
The American people Will not, Of course,
permit families to suffer want because
their bread-winners are fighting for their
country. Gases will undoubtedly arise
wherein the allowance Of the government
will not be adequate TO protect family
from financial distress. Such instances the
Red Gross will hope to provide for
through its chapters.
The Red Cross stands ready TO provide
the acceptable friendly services which
NAV be needed because of ill-health, mis-
fortunes or adverse conditions, which if
neglected, wou Id result In need and suffer
ing or disaster 10 the home.
That this work may be done with
thoroughness and uniformity, the Red
Gross has published The Manual Of Home
Service for the guidance Of chapters. This
civilian relief work is under the direction
of W. Frank Persons, director-general Of
Civilian Relief.
HOME SERVICE.
When the soldiers and sailors return
from the war the families entrusted to the
care OF the Red Cross should be found
to have maintained, as far as it is hui
manly possible, the essential standards
of home life. 1t should be the object of
the Home Service Section OF each chapter,
when help is needed, TO safeguard the
normal development Of these families in