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care Of a mother for
her children. II is individual, 1t is
friendly and It goes far beyond recrea-
tiOn and entertainment.
For. IL there is any time when
Teller needs friend" II is the period
when a disabled soldier is trying to
ind 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 HELL" he needs help then
lin fact. the more he relied on him.
self the more he is apt TO need serv-
ices. And II 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,
II must he remembered. and will not
be themselves for many day.
And many of them are without ties
Of any klnd-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 In the hospitals
gre 10 personal touch with each man
5po6n the time he enters the receiving
ward Until he Is discharged. Whyf
There are troubles TO be Strengthened
ont In connection with the compensa-
'tlon money the government owes him
for his disability: reading matter
-wrltlng material and other lncidentais
No be supplied; checks to be cashed,
and letters to be written to the people
back home. Whatever the service
buying toothbrush or untangiing a
love affair-the patients find Red
Cross workers ready for help. The
work is not spectacular, yet II Is es-
senfIal 10 their welfare and content.
The United States public health
service was given the responsibility
of providing hospital and sanatorinm
treatment for the sick and disabled
discharged soldiers. sailors and ma
rines a year ago last March. BY a
recent ruling OF congress additional
provision has been made for the treat
ment Of the men In soldiers homes
and available army and navy hospitals.
When the public health service hos
pitfalls we're opened. II was recognized
that the medical care aud attention
of the doctors and nurses was not all
that was necessary for the recovery
Of the men. They must have recrea-
ton and comforts and must be linked
up with their homes. The service
was prevented by legal limitations
from supplying such coRveniences and
the American Red Cross was asked
70 take part In the work. Through
this arrangement thousands Of service
men were assured that IN their fixhi
against sickness or disability the In.
terest Of the Greatest Mother" would
not wane.
In May. 1910. there were twenty-five
hospitals being operated By the publis
health service. Today there are fifty
with six scheduled soon to open. Th<
original bed capacity has been n
creased Eve times. With the expan
~ion of the work. the Red Cross has
Increased its activities and at present
Il providing medical social service d
an hospItais Of the public health
service.
n mas furnished hospital supplies
clothing for the men and material fol
bead work. hasketry and ether form,
OF occupational therapy. II maintain,
workers In the oflices of the dissric
supervisors Of the public health serv
ice, where the men are interviewed
and examined and where they Ole thel
claims Cor disability. The staff Of Re,
Cross workers 10 the supervisors ofiic'
In Boston. for instance. comes In con