The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-10-20
TO ORGANIZE FOR
RED CROSS DRIVE
Mr.. w. w. BODDIE WILL AGAIN
HAVE CHARGE OF THIS I'M
PORTANT WORK HERE.

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 18.-The accept
ance of the appointment as Roll Call
Chairman for Kingstree of Mr.. W..
w. Boddie has been received at head
quarters of thc Southern Division of
the American Red Cross, Atlanta, Ga.
Mr.. Boddie will Immediately begin
work of organization to make the
Roll Call the most far-reaching in the
history of Kingstrce.
Increased and extended activities of
the Red Cross make this appointment
one of tremendous Importance this
year.
Activities of the Red Cross are so
extensively enlarged that maximum
membership must be obtained in order
that the growing demands made on
the organization may be met.
The work Of the Red Cross for dis
abled veterans of the World War and
members of their families has reached
absolutely staggering proportions.
The numbers of soldiers in hospitals
under government care has grown
from $500 in 1919 to $4,000 in 1921
and the new year is expected to see
this number increased even greater
proportion,
The work that the Red Cross has
undertaken in connection with the ex-
soldier is to furnish the connecting
link between the veteran and his fam
lily 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 humanizing element con-
Meeting the man and the compensa-
tion or hospital treatment furnished
by the bureaus Of Washington. The
man can not regain his health in
government hospital 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 give
him if he thinks that while he is work.
ing to attain this usefulness, the folks
back home are feeling the pangs of
privation.
Finding work for these veterans,
seeing to it that in this work they
are permitted to enjoy the privileges
that were theirs before they answer
ed their country's call, are functions
that come within The scope OF endeav-
or of the Red Cross.
During the current year the Red
Cross spent $1O,OOO,OOO on this soldier
work and more money was needed and
needed desperately. The fifth Roll
Call makes it its 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.
A brave little army of nurses has
been widely scattered over vast ter
rain in the services not only in a
personal way in thousands of homes
entered by afliction, but to extend the
benefit of their experience and know
ledge 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 has been demands from
neighboring sections for a nurse.
Soon it must extend to every neigh
borhood of every country or parish in
the South. The Roll Call response
makes this service possible.
And then, these nurses from a re-
serve army that can be assembled
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 a
force of Red Cross nurses, properly
equipped and ready for the most
arduous service, 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 organiza-
ton that did such noble work in 1917
1919 and by having this nucleus
ready, the army of nurses would be
functioning practically on 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.