The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-02
Half Million Goes Into Wa! Work; South
western Division in Army Canton
menIs and Camps
Sl4O,OQO GOES INTO
BUILDING or. HOUSES
Total Does Not Include Money Put Into
Knitted Goods; Record Of
Articles is Given

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ST. Louis, May 2--Fiye hundred
thousand dollars has been spent by
the division of Military Relief of the
Southwestern Division Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross in the cantonments
and camps of that division for the re-
lief and comfort of soldiers since the
first of last December
Stanley Stoner Of st. Louis, direc-
tor Of this work, gave out this an
nouncement on the eve of his depart
ure for Washington where he was
called for consultation with high Of
ficials of the Red Cross.
This sum does not take into ac-
count the money which has been put
into knitted goods which have been
distributed to the soldiers encamped
ir this division. The total distribu-
ton of knitted goods to March 81
amounted to 629,O78 articles as fol
lows: Sweaters, 3S1,8SS; mufflers,
46,S46; wristlets, 56334 helmets, 81
449; socks, 14OOS9; wool socks, 49,
Ola.
Stoner announced also that the Red
Cross has under construction at the
seven big cantonments in this divis.
ion Red Cross center houses. They
are being erected at a cost of $140,-
600. The purpose Of the buildings is
to furnish a lounge and rest room for
ccnvalescent soldiers, an administra-
ton center for the field director of
the Red Cross; an emergency lodg'
ing, to be used in critical cases only,
for relatives of soldiers who are dan
gerously i'll, emergency housing for
Red Cross nurses, and facilities for
the entertainment Of convalescents
and the hospital and Red Cross staffs.
1t frequently is the case that pa
rents of soldiers who are dangerous
ly i'll are unable to find accommo
dations of any kind at the camps;
there is at present little or no enter
tainment for convalescents; there are
nc adequate provisions for the Red
Cross nurses and the Red Cross field
directors have no center with which
to direct their activities. The Red
Cross houses now built at Camps
Funton, Pike, Bowie, Macarthur Lo-
gan, Travsi and at Kelly Field are
expected to obviate all Of these diff
ficulties.
The center house at Camp logan.
Houston, Texas, almost is ready Tor
occupancy and will be dedicated first.
George w. Simmons, manager OF the
Southwestern Division of the Red
Cross, will make an address at the
dedication and other nora5les viii
speak. The date has been set for
May 10, the day before the beginning
OF the Red Cross campaign for $l06,-
100000.
Between 65 and Is Red Cross field
directors and their assistants con-
stantly are laboring for the good of
the soldiers in the camps in the
Southwestern Division under the di-
rection of Mr.. Stoner. The Red Cross
has taken the attitude that nothing
lauat be left undone for the soldier
which should be done for him The
activities of the Red Cross 10 this
connection vary from furnishing noe
essary medical supplies for camp hes
pitale when the goyct merr store
has run short or when shipments
have been delayed, to providing am.
balances for sick soldiers who are
too ill to be transported In wagon
ambulances; from furnishing sweat
ers, blankets, etc, to installing laur.
dries. In short, whatever can he
done for the men in the camps, who
soon are to cross the Atlantic to
fight the devastating Hun, and which
the government finds it inexpedient
to do, the Red Cross steps in and
does and does it well and promptly
Mrs. II. II. LeMaster of Oklahoma