New Britain herald., 1919-09-18
HOME SERVICE, AMERICA ICANIZATION AND AID TO SERVICE MI IN AND THEIR FAMILIES GIVEN
 THROUGH VARIOUS AGENCIES OF RED CROSS'

It is not clear in the minds of all people that the Home Service sec tion is one of the depal tmcnts of the New Britain Chapter of the Red Cross. Just as there was surgical dressing department, and a knitting department there is also the depart ment for the looking after the needs of the families of soldiers and sail ors This confusion has arisen from the fact that tho Home Service sec ton is located at the city hall in stead of at the local chapter head quarters on Court street
 Tn September, 1917, when the first draft was called number of families of men already sent to camp and those about to leave for camp be- sieged the office of the mayor for ] Information and asSistaHCe. It then became apparent that an office must l be created to assist mon seeking in formation and to assist families left &ywithout financial support. The office of the War Bureau was created for < this purpose, and Earl I<SsclbraCk was appointed as secretary in charge of the work,
 # In November, 1917, the various chapters of the Red Cross were in- structed by the division offices to es- tablish Home Service sections.
 On November 30th, 1918. w. F. Brooks, as chairman of the New Brit ain chapter of the Red Cross ap- peared before the members of the War Bureau committee and explained the purpose of the chapters in es- tablishing Home Service sections. He asked that the family and relief end of the work previously carried on by I,o T khe Home Service. He also chose the following members of the War Blu reau committees w. w. Leland, Chairman; Geo. r. Spear, treasurer; F. H, Afford, A. Gorhach, s. Arzy owich, and Earl KissclbraCk, secre- ary. The other members of the Home Eervice committee included ". r. Nangan, legal advisor pr. r. J. Mann, medical advisor, Mrs, w. r. Brooks nd Miss Mary Poase
 An office was established at the ity hall in connection with the War Bureau, and Mir. Kisselbrack was ap pointed secretary of Home Service, lso. With the aid of Miss Bartlett If the City Mission. and her two as #istants. Miss Brehovsky and Miss Campbell, who made the necessary isits to the homes, the work was arried on by Mr. kisselbrack until Hay, 1918. It became evident at that lime that more assistance was need q in the Homo Service office as the alls for help became more and nore frequent.
 Tn May a class in Home Service ork was organized and Miss Quinn f the Atlantic division was secured Is instructor Mrs. H. F. Moore was ppointed to take charge of the visit lg end of the work. She organized
 corps of volunteer workers, some If whom assisted in the office others ecame visitors in the homes. In august, 1918, Miss Lucille Benjamin |f Baltimore, Md, became a member the office staff and remained until february, when she gave up the rork on account of i'll health.
 The intensity of the work during he summer of 1918 has been well escribed by one writer who says, Tt
 fortunate that the Home Service orkers could not foresee from the eginning the size of the task they ad undertaken. If the vision was hzzling at first, later courage grew
 bit dim, and last August, when the oop movement was at it's height,
 any a tired worker set her shoulders 1d hoped only to pull through the avs as they came. AS one or them
 i'd afterward We were just able
 touch the high places. Standards Bemed lost in the stress.
 Tn February as we surveyed the
 orIz we came to the conclusion that
 fhe course of few months it would greatly diminished As the soldiers kt,rrned our obligations would end
 e thought. This has not yet proVer
 be the case. for during the montf
 May and July the number of office lis was greater than for any prev
 us months. The figures below give
 statistical record of our work since bnuary:
 bonth Total N'lmoer 7olulel :