Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-10-01

N8 IN World war veterans
mW " in the United States
la v public health service
hospitals resembles In
many ways the daily
care Of mother for
s.sr children. 1t Is individual, 1t Is
friendly and it goes far beyond recrea-
ton and Entertainment.
For, II there is any time "when a
teller needs friend 1t is the period
when disabled soldier Is trying to
mud himself after his world has been
turned upside down. No matter how
self-sufficient and self-rellant the veter-
an has been before he went through
"Sherman's He'll" he needs help then
lin fact, the more he relied on him
self the more ne is apt to need sery-
ices. And 1t is often the case that
The veteran needs help quite as much
20 protect him from himself as from
The world In general. For many of
these fine fellows are not themselves,
IL must he remembered, and will not
be themselves for many a day.
And many of them are without ties
of any kind-literally without kin and
available friends So the service these
disabled veterans receive from the
Greatest Mother is literally without
money and without price.
Red Cross workers I'm the hospitals
are In PERSONAL touch with each man
from the time he enters the receiving
ward until he is discharged Why?
There are troubles to be Strengthened
out in connection with the compensa-
ton money the government owes him
for his disability; reading matter,
writing material and other incidentais
10 he supplied: checks TO be cashed.
and letters to be written to the people
back home. Whatever the service
buying a toothbrush or untangling a
love affair-the patients find Red
Cross workers ready for help. The
work Is not spectacular, yet it is es-
senfial TO their welfare and content.
The United States public health
service was given the responsibility
of providing hospital and sanatorlum
treatment for the sick and disabled
discharged soldiers. sailors and ma
rines year ago last March By a
recent ruling of congress additional
provision has heen made for the front
ment OF the men in soldiers homes
ana available army and navy hospitaIs.
When the public health service hos
pitals We're opened 1t was recognized
that the medical care and attention
ct the doctors and nurses was not All
that was necessary for the recover ,
of the men, They must have racrea.
ton and comforts and must he linked
up with their homes. The service
was prevented by legal limitations
rom supplying such convenlences and
me American Red Cross was asked
70 take part In the work. Through
u'is arrangement thousands of service
men We're assured that In their fght
against sickness or disability the in.
terest OF the Greatest Mother" wop,d
not wane
In May, 1919, there were twentv.fva
hospitals being operated by the aublic
health service, Today there org fiftv
with six scheduled soon 10 open. The
original bed capacity has been in
creased five times With the exnan.
sion of the work. the Red Cross has
Increased It's activities and at present
IS providing medical social service in
all hospitals OF the public health
service.
II has furnished hospital supplies.
clothing for the men and material FER
bead work, basSetry and other forms
of occupational therapy. II maintains
workers In the offices of the district
supervisors OF the public health serv-
Ice, where the men are interviewed
and examined and where they file their
claims for disability The stan Of Red
Cross workers in the supervisors otIlcp
IN Boston, for instance, comes In con.