Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1922-11-09
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
LOOKS AFTER SOLDIERS
Red Cross Workers In That Section
Assist, Care For and Entertain
Men In Camps and Hospitals.

soldiers aud ey service men In the hes
pitfalls in the United States have he't
assisted In Obtaining compensation ant
In the solution of their other pr hlems
by the American Red Cross. according
to +. \. rransue. director NJ wal serr'
icc OF the Southwestern Division oi
the American Red Cross.
Red Cross workers In the camps
aud hospitals In The Southwestern III
vision are rendering much. needed serv
lee 10 the men who are In the army n
tie present time" said Transuc
''Those service men undergoing hosp
ia, treatment for one cause or another
and ex-service men who have been
hospitalized both In The army hospitals
and hospitals operated hy the Vet
Grams Bureau. are some The men
IN need Of this service.
The army camps and hospitals Il,
this division covered by Red eros
workers are located AT Jefferson Bal
racks. ST. Louis. Mo; Camp Travis
Tex. including Fl. Sam Houston Hos
pital: Fl. Bliss, Tex. including YIN.
A. Beaumont Genera! Hospital: Fl
LeavenwOrth, Kan. including the [.
s. Disciplinary barracks AT that point
Fl. Riley. Kan; f.. Sill, Okla; Fitz,
simOns General Hospital. Fitzsim"ns.
Colo: Camp Furlong, New Mex.
Camp Harry j. Jones. Douglas, Ariz.
and the Army and Navy General Hos
piial At Hot Springs. Ark.
The Veterans Bureau hospital
served by the Southwest ri Divisir!
of the Red Cross are: L. 5. Veteran.
Hospital No. 81, 81. Louis. Mo-; N,i
Grams Hospital No. -, Logan, Tex,
u. 5. Veterans Hospital No. ~, IT
fayard. y. Mex. L. $. Veterans Hos
i.llal No. 81. Kansas City, Mo; e. 5.
Veterans Hospital No. IS, \. Littl,
Rock, Ark. and L. S. Veterans Hos
pNnl No. 80. Fort Lyon. Colo.
"Of the 5000 patients, approximate
~ - per cent are undergoing trea,
nrnt for tuberculosis and u.ental dis
eases. This makes the work u ot
'''-t' Wv -"
Is ofitines II real problem to provide
proper recreation or to connect til,
mans present condition with his serv
i've.
There are three phases of the Re-
Cross program for service and eN
service men In The camps and hos
pitais-HOme Service. Recreation an
Medical Social Service. Our regulnl
camp service program consists of wha
Is known as home service work. Til
calls for cooperation between the i..t
Cross worker In the camp and govern
mental and chapter agencies in iakin.
care of problems of the enlisted maj
In the army. Difficulties relating To
allotments, allowances. insurance. com
ptnsation. state bonus, travel pay, etc.
are all brought 10 the Red Cross bN
the enlisted man. The Red Cross als'
contacts the families through the chap
death.
The r%ecreational and entertainment
program in the hospital brings movies
for the boys. amateur theatricals
dances, parties and those many othe:
things that the sick man longs for. hut
which he could not have We're 1t not
for the Red Cross.
THE Red Cross medical and social
program calls for Il study of the
individual needs of the man. to help him
In solving his personal and family did,
culties. to aid him by material assist
ance when he is without resources. Ia
aid the doctor in his treatment OF the
patient by obtaining former medical
or social histories which may lead I -
an accurate diagnosis and 10 interpret
the whole situation to the Red Cross
mans home community, 50 that no;
only will the proper attention be given
to the family during the mans alb
sence. but he may he free In mind aud
thus derive a maximum of
benefit from his treatment.
I'm carrying out u work for the
ex-service II undergoing hospitali-
cation the Red Cross has constantly
borne in mind that the great object
has been to play the right part IN the
period of adjustment through wlIic''
the ~ex-service man must safely pass If
he Is to continue I" be a good citizen.
This work has required personnel whn
are not only sympathetic in the deal
l,n. ,.,ttt nattnnto Inf min, t,,,tSt lo az,
III understanding Of the social prob
lens Uf civil life.
Just as 1t has always been recOg
nized that the time spent In a gov
ernment hospital Is only a brief cpl.
sode in The life OF u patient, so has it
been recognized that the activities of
the hospital worker are only a part of
the responsibility Of the Red Cross to
the ex-service man thSt the hospital
work can be successful only as 1t cor
relates itself closely with the work of
the Red Gross ms u whole. The hos
pi.ai worker Is the outpost detailed
to special duty. II Is his endeavOr tn
interpret the present condition of the
man In the hospital to the home people
and as each OF US, as individuals,
watched the mel who marched away
to service, rs each M Of us helped
to keep the home fires burning" while
the boys served In the front line
trenches. so does II become our duty
today TO render a very definite service
to these men, who are still fighting
the great battle Of humanity, begun
Ia 1911. and In which to date no
armlstlc has been declared. Through
the Red Cross you are helping them
u hold the line"