Arizona republican., 1919-01-06
Work ot Local Chapter Red
 Cross During the Past Year

rection of the chairman. Rev. J. F. Rountree, has had practically the en- tire charge of the relief work. They were instrumental in having the hos pital established and many of the ! home service workers acted as nurses as well as investigators and visitors. l The chairman has been in touch with | every family of men in service in his 1 and rendered assistance { wherever needed
 The service work in Mesa was con ducted under the very able direction of the chairman of the branch, Rev. | Francis Bloy, until September, at which | time he removed to Globe. Since that ! time MT. John Cunnard has continued ! in the same course and acted as chair man of both the branch and of tn; service section.
 Other branches which are doing ac- tive service work are Florence. Ray, | Chandler and Glendale. The Wicken- burg branch is not organized for this l work, but has given assistance to fami- lies in need The following is the statistical report Of the local chapter work of the service section l. No. of different families
 including discharged men
 receiving service .... SI7 ?. Total number of different
 families served in any
 manner ........... SIS 3. Total disbursements for
 Home service to date ..s2,44s.S5 f. No. of discharged men
 served by themselves or
 jointly with their fam
 lilies ................... 34 ,. Home Service Workers
 available ....-...-... F 6. No. cases receiving hospital
 or sanitarium care . 20
 Volun-
 Total teer Paid Executives .......... Supervisors, visitors,
 interViewerS ...... F F Clerks, Stenographers 1 .. Consultants, lawyers, physicians. etc: Members Maricopa Bar Association. Members Medical Association.
 Members Dental Association.
 There should be some explanation of the above report as you will note the amount of expenditures seem low for the amount of relief given.
 Thirty four discharged soldiers have been cared fer by this section, r of whom have been in sanitarums at the weekly rate of from Sl5 to SIS per week. Twelve of these have been cared for in St. Luke's Home at the weekly rate of SIS, but none of this amount shows in the above report. due to the fact that soon after the organization of this section, it was found that the problem of the sold.s- discharged from service on account of tuberculosis com ing to Phoenix on account of climatic conditions, entirely without funds. was going to be a serious one. Early in the spring of 1918 an officer of the section ! built cottage at St. Buke's Home and endowed it so that any soldier who was 1 found, upon physical examination, to be eligible to the home has been cared i for but the expense of this care has not come from the treasury of the Red l Cross.
 ! We have been successful in securing l government compensation and care for l the majority of the disabled men but ! this takes weeks or months and the 1 men must be cared for in the interval ! The accommodations at St. Lukes are limited and there are many cases which are ineligible for entrance. therefore the problem of the discharged tubercu lar soldier is an increasingly serious one and must be met with an increaS
  | Cross.
 By far the larger majority of these men were not inducted into service from Phoenix but have come here or ] account of favorable climatic condi- tions.
 We hear the remark often since tn, signing of the armistice that now tn, activities of the Red Cross will cease. Tn this connection may I call your at tention to a comparative report of tn, work for the twelve months, November 1917, to November. 1918, and the two months of November and December This in itself must answer every argu ment as to the need of the continued service of the workers and the amour of money which must be kept in tn treasury.
 Total amount of financial as
 sistance given by the Home
 Service section for the twelve
 months Nov. 1, 1917, to Nov. 1. 1918 .................... s2,449.S Total amount of financial as
 sistance given by the Home
 Service section for the two
 months of November and De-
 cember ........-..-....... 1,i44.9 1 Besides the disbursements given il the above report, the section expende $50, which was given by interested per sons for the purpose of sending basket Of fruit, cakes and candy to many fam lilies with word of Christmas c1<el
 Respectfully submitted , (SignedD Louis Gage Dennet, Chairman (Signed) Maie Bartlett Heard Secy. Treasurer. Canteen Department. , The Canteen department under NJ Ely, has been active during the yea , and has sent many cases of jam an , preserves to the various camp hospit als.
 , This chapter has liberally supporte the Canteen at Williams, which ha done such fine work to the soldiers c route.
 Upon the roe gnation of the secretar, MT. Harry Welch, this chapter has los one of the most efficient workers an those of us who have worked with hil f well know that largely through his et