New Britain herald., 1918-04-22

originally scheduled to speak here has just arrived in France on a Red Cross mission In explaining the Home Service department of the Red Cross Dr. Beesley said that the morale Of the American soldier and sailor depends upon his continued knowl- edge and assurance that all is well with his family at home and to this end this department is working. He said that 1t Is the most regular work of the Red Cross this side of the trenches and explained in detail what is being accomplished. To-day we have nothing else ahead of us but the winning of the war, but win it we will for our social front cannot be broken and our morale cannot be broken down. Dr. Beesley declared amid the plaudits of his audience He told of the close cooperation of the Red cross Home Service department and the army and navy departments and said that not only does this depart ment seek to help the families of sol diers in a practical way, but also it helps them in a social and spiritual manner. Tt Is simply old fashioned nelghborliness and friendliness put into concrete American terms,'' the
 
 enlisted mans family will suffer for the want of anything during his ab- sence that the nation can give.' In detail the speaker explained that among the duties of the Home Ser vice department is to keep the chill dren at school, to keep families to- gether and to help in every possible manner. 'It will be the next genera tion that tells who has won this war" pr. Beesley said, explaining that eff In Germany the next generation Is one of weddings then Germany will have lost entirely-and from infor- nation in the hands of the national intelligence department I can say that Germany is perilously close to losing the war on just these grounds To show to what an extent Germany is crippled and to what an extent her social and moral standards have been lowered he told, delicately, of let ter which General Pershing has in his pocket and of which the Amer-i- can Government has been informed. This letter was taken from a captured German, the speaker said, and was a military order for him to report on a certain day in Berlin at a certain place to meet certain people. The duS0 or HIS Or0ST was IndL the DlTL1l rate of Germany has sunk to an alarming point"
 Other bits of enlightening informa- ton concerning the Home Service of the Red Cross was explained by Dr. Beesley, among which was that up wards of 10000 families are receiv- ing help today; that visits are made by these Home Service work CTS unless they are invited by mem bers of the families of the depend ents; that none of the workers wear any distinctive insignia and that their work is friendly and Christian like. Many too, who have no legal claim on the government for help, but who have just moral claims, are also helped through this great de- partment, the speaker said Pro- vision is also being made to help the soldiers who may be crippled on their return and above all things, Dr. Beesley said, it Is the aim of this serv- ice to keep the children in school for eff the war lasts long there will be a great scarcity of trained men and women.' Dr. Beesley also said 1t is wrong economy to speed up pro duction at the expense of women and children and said this must be avoid