The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-12-06
RED CROSS PLANS
FOR RURAL WORK
SUCCESS OF ROLL CALL GIVES 1T
FUNDS FOR THE SMALL
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
THINGS TO BE UNDERTAKEN
Lectures, Laboratories and co-opera-
ton With Various Kinds of Com
munity SerVice-Prof. {. L. Morgan
Is the Director of This Bureau.
BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.

WaShHgtOn.-The Red Cross roll
call just completed WAS a success.
With such a generous response 10 its
appeal tor members and money the or
-aUization will now be able 10 20 for
ward with tn small town AMI rural .
work it has planned. II will stand .
ready 10 cooperate heIpfully wherever .
and whenever its services are desired. /.
| Here are some Of the things that civil |.
ian relief directors within divisions
may undertake the national organiZa-
! ton says:
l. Get few lectures in every train
Ing institute 10 show the principle and
methods Of the development Of the
small town.
:. Create a Small-tOwn laboratory
near every training institute center,
where prospective Red Cross workers
! can get experience in doing work in
| small community.
). Give assistance and advice 70
! field workers and others who have not
had the opportunity TO know the small
town and solve its problems.
1. Help develop chapter courses 50
they will result in community action.
D. Conduct community studies which
may be made the basis of peace-time
program work.
6. Help the Red Cross chapter TO
get together with other agencies in the
county for an exchange Of plans and
projects and a thorOugh-gOing survey
of the county which will show prob
lens that need to be gotten AT.
4. Help the division office 10 get to-
gether with the organizations. boards
and institutions Of the various states
in the division, interested in the small
er communities. for an exchange of
plans and projects and a cOnsidera-
ton Of ways and means Of co-opera'
tive work.
s. Create friendly contacts with
other agencies working in the same
field by attending such meetings as
farmers week at the agricultural col
leges. the state grange, state teachers
associations. ministers associations
state health conferences, state meet
ings of the farm bureau agents an(
others.
Prof. (. L. Morgan Is Director.
THE Red Cross must be so equipped
" that il can approach this small tow
y and rural field in a straightforward
). intelligent manner" asserts natiOna
i headquarters. I'VE should get tang
q BILE worthwhile results and at tn
n same time develop in the people
2 sense of local interest and responsible
Ia ity without vitiating the fine spirit
D. LOYALTY that now exists among theI
y toward the Red Cross as a movement
Some time ago we felt that stai
to should be made, and provided in tn
Sc department of civilian relief here
HEADQUARTERS for a bureau of rur;
organization, with Prof. E. l.. Morga
of the extension service of the Mass;
chusetts agricultural college as q
rector"
Professor Morgan was brought I
on n farm in the middle west and live
eA also in the south, is graduate or q
re University of Wisconsin, man of m
CD ture Judgment and has a distinct re
ord of achievement. he has just 7
IS turned from visiting number of q
W. divisions. and is of the opinion that &
~. Red Cross will experience little dill
-, Guilty in extending its work in {
~ towns of 5000 and under, provided {
methods are adapted TO the posslO
tiles of these localities, and the pl
a gram worked out with the people AFT
n careful study of local cOnditlo
which will show actual work tn
moods TO be done. He advises that
division staffs be equipped so as
- give definite attention to the field
work that is associated with the lOcf
ties of 5000 and under.
Our Dead in France to Remain.
re- It appears reasonably certain n
II that the bodies of the Americ
soldiers who died in France d
cio ing the world war, either from
SUI case or in battle, will remain in
field of honor" cemeteries that M
heen established in that country. !
rm- government from the first has d
OF disnosed TO adopt policy which wo
iers satisfy the greatest number OF n
na' of kin here at home. Through varl'
en, methods the war department has
cts. dertaken to ascertain the sentiment
ant fathers and mothers and other n
relatives of the men who fell
ties while. of course, it has not been
sibIe TO reach even large per cent
iber The persons most interested, the
and rs bean successful in gett
expressions from great many OF
next of kin and very generally the
sing nress!on is one of desire to have
! = ~ bodies of the heroes remain In
ived "faId of honor" cemeteries.
ledy Work Of Graves Commission.
mp - moro than n wear 81
size IL II ho" ,.r,,,,
this tho graves commission, an organ
ron established by General Perst
after the signing of the armistice,
\ qon IFS work of collecting the IL
j making sure of Identification and
sembling the bodies in the "heid
bo,or' cemeteries. This work Is OA