The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-03
GENERAL WOODS
UNBEATABLE ARMY"
AMERICAS FORCES AT THE
FRONT WILL WIN IF DE-
PENDENTS CARED FOR.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 3.-An AM
erican army that cannot be beaten
is promised by Major General
Leonard Wood, ii the civilian pop
ulaton OF the United States only
will take care Of the dependents OF
orr soldiers at the front. The pro-
mise was made to Percy Hagcr-
man. acting field director OF the
american Red Cross at Camp Fun
,tOn, Kan.
General Woods letter is Il direct
Endorsement OF the civilian relief
work OF the Red Cross done by the
home service section. The home
,crvice section in the southwest is
under the direction OF Alfred Fair
bank, director OF civilian relief. SO
far as this department has been
able to ascertain there is not
single dependent of any soldier in
the states of Missouri, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas who
Is in want But thousands OF them
would have been in need but for the
assistance Of this department.
There are 6S2 chapters OF the
Red Cross i'll the Southwestern di-
vision. Six hundred OF them have
home service sections. Each section
has from three to seven persons
doing home service work, 50 that |
there are at least 1900 persons en-
gagged daily in the work oi seeing
to ii that no dependent OF any OF |
the soldiers from this section OF
the United States is in want as a
result OF the absence OF the bread
winner.
Thus the American Red Cross
is helping to make an unbeatable
army. In his letter General Wood
said:
Army of Unbeatables.
Il have tried, and tried hard. TO
impress upon the people the neces-
sity OF organizing through the
country to look after families of
those who have gonee to the front.
! have told them TO see to it that the
family OF every soldier is looked ;
after by local committees. Some of t
these families are well provided {
TOR. Others will need practical as Z
sistance, especially families where {
here are old people or young chill 6
dren. The bread winner, the pro- t
ectoi, the man, has gone TO the I
.Iont. lie has offered everything, a
wen life itself, and, giving all him {
,elf, II is only right that those be- =
ind should sec that the people de- !
,eadent upon him are looked alter. !,
lie has thrown everything to the
,lnde i'll order to serve his country T.
nd the helpless ones who look to .
nm Tor support should be taken +,
are OF by those whose battles he II
, fighting. What are the thoughts O.
t a man standing in muddy t
-cnch, with the enemy in front and D,
ell all about him, when he receives re
letter from home telling of neg II
ct and suffering? He should at IN
asst know that the country and
lc people he is fighting for will
,ok after the helpless ones he has
fl behind Sec to it that the fam
y of every soldier is looked after. er
YOU do this we will have an army h
at cannot be beaten in
Home service work was begun or
. the Southwestern division of the
Cd Cross Immediately after the
aft law became operative. Hun co
eds OF families have been cared 10 -,
= by the Red Cross who other o'' .''
sc would have been in want. '"'
orc home service sections are
my organized daily. 1t is expect n,
that the other 50 chapters of ON,
G division will have the work un- NJ,
= way within short time. And me
rough this work will come into he,
ing the army that cannot be
aten."