The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-07-25

| " uic fAnnoftCdn boys IN service
The Red Cross as an organlsatioI
has been growing with the growinI
needs OF the soldiers, sailors and ma
rines since the FIRST transport starte<
overseas.
] Under the Department OF Military
Relief Of the Red Cross a plan was
formed and is being carried ont which
brings every possible comfort and
help to the fighting men-out OF lines
or in-sick. WELL convalesoent,
manned or 'whole!-
Having taken them comfortably all
the way over the Red Cross will con
tnue to provide for their welfare un.
I'll the last man steps of the gang
plank OF the last transport or leaves
the doorway Of the last hospital
Care of the returning soldier falls
into three branches: Miscellaneous
Service for the Comfort and Welfare
81 Soldiers-Home Service in the
Camp-and Recreation. II Is difficult
to say which of these Is the most i'm
portant, so greatly does each depend
on the other, weaving an all-covering
mantle of comfort and relief that
spreads over each and every soldier.
How the Red Cross Helps
The soldier is not discouraged. but
he can't help thinking, as he lies
there in the base hospital, with his
stump OF an arm or his twisted knee.
and waits for the transport that win
take him home
When the day comes at last. he Ia
carried aboard on q stretcher Be
side him are pair Of new pajamas,
Red Cross comfort Kit and plenty OF
smokes" Aboard there is Red
Cross man with his hands always
filled with extras" On the way to
the debarkation hospital. there is the
same old Red Cross smile and the sue
cession of sandwiches, pies and coffee.
At night. while the train speeds
towards the army hospital near HE
own town, there are the canteen won.
en- at the stopping places,
When the soldier reaches the con.
valescent stage, there 10 the Red
Cross house with Its home-iiha fea-
lures, easy chairs. rugs, music. games,
books, newspapers and magazines
the fireplace, the sun parlor or the
porch, according to the season. On
One days there Is the Motor Corps
that takes the soldiers for delightful
country SPINS. 1t Is by these many
small attentions. that mean 80 much.
that the Red Cross endeayors to make
getting well" easy A sick or wound
ed soldier does not get well Soon II
bis mind Is not happily attuned and
his personal troubles at rest
Sick, conyalescent or well, soldier
may have recourse to Home Service,
one phase Of Red Cross work Anxiety
over home fundamentally over
the safety and welfare OF loved ones
have done more 10 weaken che morale
Of the men than most grieyous wounds
received in battle, or even the endur-
ance of short rations, OF trying days
and nights under fire. Red Cross
Home Service endeavors TO bridge the
gap between the soldier and In home,
and to act as the Intervening agent to
whom all petitions may be trusted
and all cares consigned. Five hundred
Red Cross Home Service representa-
lives are working In the camps OF this
country and in the army hospitaiI
with their 10000 patients.
Among the latest innovations are
the banking agencies, established IN
twenty-five rehabilitation camps, un-
der the authority OF some nearby
clearing house or bank. enabling dis
charged soldier to deposit part Of hh
discharge money for transmission to
any bank he may designate. in ex.
change for a non-negotiable receipt.
At Camp Taylor alone. $152.216 was
deposited in this way within the space
Of eleven days.
Cross peace program, as II concerns
the returning soldier, is readily
appreciated. He cannot feel neglected
or forlorn as long as the Red Cross h
with him. and surely no possible com
fort no possible need has been over
looked. The three great arms work
together amicably. smoothly, jointly,
each performing the tasks that fan
within its immediate heid. yet extend
ing its activity to dovctan happily
with the other branches.
In, the field, in the camp. IN tho
home. the Red Cross is omniprSsent
wherever the soldier goes or wherever
his interests lie. II knows no armis-
tce In its fight against sickness,
worry, despair or trouble.