The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-11-07

| mauison Lake anu Eagle Lake; Rev.
o. J. Arthur, Mankato: Mrs. Peter
| Krener, Minnesota LAKE and Dan
vile; Mrs. G. " Peterson, Judson
and Cambria; Mrs. Chris Steiner,
Mankato; and Mrs. H. A. Patterson,
Mankato.
Warren G. Morse of the northern
division then addressed the meeting,
telling of the desire of the northern
division to centralize all of the funds.
He stated that the branches would
have the option of sending in their
funds to the division or of keeping
| them in the local treasury, making
reports monthly to the northern d.
vision.
The board of directors then went
into executive session to talk over
some business matter that were be-
| fore the board.
During the session of the board of
director, George Fitch of Lake Crys-
tai was elected vice chairman to sue
coed NJ. d. Fritz; and G.. w. Sug-
den of this city was re- elected treas
urer: Mrs. j. r. Brandrup was nom
mated for chairman and declined. A
chairman and secretary will be elect
ed at the next meeting of the execu-
tive board.
Mr.. Fritz, the retiring vice chair
man, has held this office practically
since the organization Of the Blue
Earth county chapter. He did not
desire a reelection and is much
pleased with the plan Of having one
of the officers of the board from out
of town, giving the county outside
of Mankato a representative.
Miss Stratton, director of the well
fare work in Mankato, was appointed
secretary of the meeting, while Miss
Helen Wise acted as secretary of the
executive meeting.
Report Home Service Committee.
The following is the report of home
service committee of Blue Earth
county: Eve often have the question
put to US: What are you doing in the
I Red Cross now?" To be sure, we are
not making surgical dressings, hos
pital garments nor are we knitting
socks-we are thankful that the cause
for the awful need of these has been
removed, but the returned boys have
needs now just as important as those
, works of our hands were then. He
must readjust himself and many need
, after-war assistance. Not every EN-
ployer has said: of course, come right
in, you have a place here Many
boys have lost their interest in their
old jobs, to some life holds more and
they want and are willing to work for
more. The old methods of life are
not stirring enough, the old ideas
have been replaced by the higher,
more mature ones of efficiency.
"A soldier has been discharged with
fifteen, twenty-five and even ninety
per cent disability. He cannot do the
work he used to or perhaps wants to,
but he must earn a living-sometimes
for family as well as for himself
How is he to go about it? DR.. Lied
loft of Mankato and DR.. Franchere of
Lake Crystal have been appointed by
the government to give any soldier a
full physical examination. A report
of this examination is sent to DIR.
Bracken and if any trouble is found
that has come to the man during the
war or in anyway traceable to his
life while n the service, he will be
given an opportunity to take up vo-
cational training. DR.. Liedloff has
sent in reports for eight men and is
waiting to hear from four more. DR..
Franchere has sent in one report and
has several cases to consider. When
a man is found, to have some per cent
of disability. we send him to w. d.
Willard who can give him informa
tion On all lines of vocational train
Mr. 10 r-6 II hnx ic
wonderful help can be obtained.
Some men lost their discharge pa
pers. How can they get them? Some
of the discharge papers need correct
ing: they have received no word of
Liberty Loan bonds paid for; they
have not received their full share of
clothing; they want to put in a claim
for money they have deyosited; on
returning home they find father, mo-
Their, or maybe wife has not received
the allotments; back pay is wanted.
We have sent these cases to Mr.. G..
M. Palmer who has settled 26I bonus
claims. and many of each of the 9th.
er kinds of claims. "
| Here is a family whose son is
still across. They feel they need him
now greater than the government
needs this-particular man. How shall
they go about this trying case? A
| soldier has lost his trunk or worse
still. bride has lost hers; package
sent home has never been received; a
man has not been heard from and
T, someone has written everywhere to
everyone he knew who might help
him, and then the cry comes to us,
I Cant you find our boy?' A mother
| is not getting an allowance from the
, government now and her boy, her on
| ly helper, has enlisted in the regular
| army. She is sick. In Iowa there are
| friends who will understand her case
| better than those here. How is this
| heart~sick mother to get to Iowa? -.
"a man has "a job but it is out of
| town and he has no money How can
| he get to this place where he has
| work? A returned soldier drops his
| nsurance-thinks some other kind
| will be best to take up, when per-
haps he has only been careless in
Faering M his part. We send him to
George E. Black, authorized to do
this part of the peace work for re-
| turned men. Mr.. Black sells some OF
the old lines but he gladly tries to
convince the soldier that the govern
ment can dof better for him than the