Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-23
RED CROSS ANXIOUS 10
TAKE SOLDIERS PLACES
IN HOMES or NATION

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OMcialv of the Red Gross ara high
" grntified over the large number
OF soldiers In the CAMPS and canton
ments who Mre avai5ssa themselves OF
the splendid opportunity 20 press TINS
Humanitarian organization INTO serv-
ice In their homes during their aD-
sence.
The Red Cross n auxious 90 re-
lieve every one OF the soldiers OF Al
domestic worries and eARe0 ana 20
arrange matters 90 that th9tr hearts
may Be light and tlAsfr mtnd9 ma@@
easy. The organization peOms@e9 -
soldiers that their loved ones snail
not suffer want OF even ummeee91@Ky
diac0mfurN TIA families OF Gil msM
I'm khaki WIN Do fully protested ana
even ''the girl he left behind HIM
will be visited By the Red cross
women, who win thns serve 40 nTss
aid to Cupid.
n there sickness tn the family
The RED Cross has PhyMleaans ana
remedies. ana even deaieae1e9 fUI the
invalids - they Fecupegate> DOES
the shadow Of o mortgage hang over
tina home? The Red Gross has sft-
YER lining for the cloud. 10 GOOD
wife inexDesiencod I'm handling the
family flmanees? The Bed Cross Will
try to see that the money Is not
wasted. but that 1t gets generous re-
turns. The Red Cross will help
Mother keep an eye ON the children,
and will see that letters from home
reach papa" and that his letters
reach home. The Red Cross VIII DO
;ts best to keep Papa and the family
together, though the sea may sepa-
rate them.
In short, the Red Cross proposes
to play its full part in behalf Of thou
sands Of families.
Many q man who marches upright
with q heavy rife and knapsacks
bends under the burden OF worry
about the folks back home," and
that burden the Red Cross wants TO
take of his shoulders. All he need
do to shift his troubles is to apply
to the Field Director Of Red Cross
Supplies Service in his camp. or In
the absence of such director to write
to the Home Service Bureau at the
proper one of the thirteen division
headquarters of the Red Cross In the
United States. One Of these head
quarters 10 Potomac Division, S3z
Fourteenth Street, ". w., Washing
ton, D. c., or, in case OF dOuDt a.
to the proper ONCE, q note may De
addressed to the Civilian Relief De-
partment at the Red Cross National
Headquarters in Washington, ana
line to the officials there Will set
them to work at once.
But, no matter to whom the COM
municatiOn may be addressed, word
will be forwarded to the Red Cross
Chapter wherever the family may be-
and q Home Service worker will visit
the home and report to the worried
man in due time. Letters and COM
municatfOns of this kind have already
begun to pour into the Red Cross
national, division and chapter Ofi-
GERS, and thousands Of Home Service
workers are going daily on these per-
sonal errands Of service and good
will.
No one knows better than the Red
Cross that while Uncle Sam 10 good
paymasteR and sends hie checks for
alIotments and allowances and irr
IDENTITIES and insurance, these do
not make up for the absence OF the
father OF the family-thAt nothing
can atone for his absence. But, as
far a. it can the Red Cross t. ready
to take 'Papa's" place I'm helping
the household and also 10 keep him
On close touch with the loved ones
who miss him 20 soTely.
The whole idea Of the Red Cross
- to 1erve 60 link between the man
and his home, and to do everything
possible I'm his absence % suDDly his
Of trouble and to keep the pot a-bCfE-
ing.
And 90, when Johnny Gomez
marching home again." he will AnA
hfa loved Ones healthy and happy ana
prosperous, with open arms ana
hearts fan Of lore, and Afmssaf en-
shrfned I'm their minds @ Q hero.