The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-22
Red Cross Roll Call
Mr.. L. D. Jennings Has Ac
cepted Craftsmanship For
Sumter County

ance Of the appointment as Roll
Call Chairman for Sumter Of Mr..
l.. D. Jennings has been received
at headquarters of the Southern
Division Of the American Red
! Cross. Mr.. Jennings will imme-
diately begin active work Of or
ganiZation to make the Roll Call
tho most far-reaching in the his
| tory Of Sumter
Increased and extended actvii-
ties Of the Red Cross make this
appointment one of tremendous
! importance this year.
Activities of the Red Cross are
so extensively enlarged that q max
imum membership must be obtain
ed in order that the growing de-
mands made on the organization
may be met
The work of the Red Cross for
disabled veterans Of the World
War and members of their fami-
! lies has reached absolutely stag
! gering proportions. The numbers
Of soldiers in hospitals under gov
ernmcnt care has grown from s.
300 in 1919 to 1000 in 1921 and
the new year is expected to see
this number increased in even
greater proportion.
The work that the Red Cross
has und ertaken in connection with
the eX-soldier is to furnish the con-
Meeting link between the veteran
and his family that needs aid on
the one hand and the government
that is glad to furnish this aid on
the other. The Red Cross has
realized that there must be a hu-
manizing element connecting the
man and the compensation or hos
pital treatment furnished by the
bureaus at Washington. The man
can not regain his health in a gov
ernment hos pital when he realizes
that his loved ones at home may
be suffering in the meanwhile. He
can not acquire the new usefulness
that vocational training strives to
gives him if he thinks that while
he is working to attain this useful
ness, the folks back home are feel
ing the pangs Of privation.
Finding work for these veterans,
seeing to it that in this work they
are permitted to enjoy the priv
ileges that were theirs before they
answered their country's call, are
functions that come within the
scope of endeavor of the Red
Cross.
During the current year the Red
Cross spent $40, 100000 on this SOL
der work and more money was
needed and needed desperately.
The Fifth Roll Call makes it it's
aim to see that every single case is
adequately provided for.
Hardly less important is the work
undertaken by the Public Health
Nursing Service Of the Red Cross.
y brave little army of nurses has
been widely scattered over vast
terrain in the South in the best
tactical positions to give the bene-
fit Of their services not only in q
personal way in thousands Of
homes entered by affliction but to
! extend the benefit of their expert
! ence and knowledge in teaching
the basic principles of health and
hygiene and proper care Of the sick
| in homes where such things have
been unheard of.
Everywhere this service has been
! installed there have been demands
=! from neighboring sections for a
nurse. Soon it must extend to ev-
cry neighborhood Of every county
or parish in the South. The Roll
Call response makes this service
possible.
And then these nurses form a
reserve army that can be assembl-
ed Immediately in cases Of national
stress or local calamity. There was
no flood, cyclone. or fire in the
south during the year Of 1921 that
did not find force of Red Cross
nurses, properly equipped and
ready for the most arduous SER
vice on the scene within twelve
hours after the disaster.
Should another war come. these
nurses would form the nucleus of
the same splendid Red Cross or
ganiZation that did such noble
work in It, rs and 10 and by
having this nucleus ready, the army
of nurses would be functioninS
practically on a moments notice
These are just few of the
| phases that the organization is
undertaking in its peace program.
The success of all other activities
naturally depend on the response
of communities to the Roll Call.