The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-11-02
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
LOOKS HTER SOLDIERS
Red Cross Workers In That Section
Assist, Care For and Entertain
Men In Camps and Hospitals.


soldiers and more than 5000 invallded
soldiers and ex-servlce men in the hos
pitfalls IN the United States have been
assisted In obtaining compensation and
IN the solution Of their other problems
by the American Red Cross. according
TO l.. s Trnnsue, director OF war sery-
ice OF the Southwestern Division OF
the American Red Cross.
"Red Cross workers In the camps
and hospitals In the Southwestern Dl-
vision are rendering much-needed serv-
ice to the men who are In the army at
the present time" said Transue.
"Those service men undergoing hOspi-
and eX-seryice men who have been
hospltalized both In the army hospitals
and hospitals operated by the Vet
erans' Bureau, are some of the men
In need OF this service.
"The army camps and hospitals In
this division covered by Red Cross
workers are located at jefferson Bar
racks, st. Louis, Mo; Camp Travis,
Tex, including 1T. Sam Houston Hos
pltal; TT. Bliss, Tex, including VIM.
a. Beaumont General Hospital; TT.
Leayenworth. Kan, including the U.
S. Disciplinary barracks at that point;
Fl. Riley, Kan. Fl. sill, Okla; Fitz-
simons General Hospital, Fitzsimons,
Colo; Camp Furlong. New Mex.
Camp Harry j. Jones. Douglas, Ariz,
and the Army and Navy General Hos.
pllal at Hot Springs. Ark.
"The Veterans Bureau hospitals
served by the Southwestern Division
OF the Red Cross are U. s. Veterans
Hospital No 80, st. Louis, Mo-; Vet
erans' Hospital No. %, Logan, Tex;
L. s. Veterans Hospital No. 80, FIT.
Bayard, n. Mex. U. S. Veterans Hos
pltal No. 67, Kansas City, Mo-; U. s.
Veterans Hospital No IS, n. Little
pital No. so. Fort Lyon. Colo.
"Of the 5000 patients, approximate
ly rs per cent are undergoing treat
ment for tuberculosis and mental dis
eases. This makes the work one OF
considerable difficulty, inasmuch as 1t
proper recreation or to connect the
mans present condition with his serv-
Ice.
"There are three phases of the Red
Cross program for service and ex-
service men In the camps and hos
pitals-Home Service, Recreation and
Medical Social Service. Our regular
camp service program consists of what
Is known as home service work. This
calls for cooperation between the Red
Cross worker in the camp and govern
mental and chapter agencies In taking
care of problems OF the enlisted man
IN the army. Difficulties relating to
allotments, allowances, Insurance, com
pensation, state bonus, travel pay, etc,
are all brought to the Red Cross by
the enlisted man. The Red Cross also
contacts the families through the chap
ters In case of distress, sickness or
death.
The recreational and entertainment
program In the hospital brings movies
for the boys, amateur theutriculs,
dances, parties and those many other
things that the sick man longs for, but
which he could not have were 1t not
for the Red Cross.
"The Red Cross medical and social
service program calls for study of the
individual needs of The man, to help him
IN solving his personal aud family diff
culties to aid him by material assist
nnce when he Is without resources, to
aid the doctor In his treatment of the
patient by obtaining former medical
or social histories which may lead TO
an accurate diagnosis and to Interpret
the whole situation to the Red Cross
Chapter home service worker In the
mans home community, so that not
only Will the proper attention be given
to the family during the mans alb
sencc, but he may be free In mud and
thus derive maximum amount of
benefit from his treatment
''In carrying out our work for the
ex-service man undergoing hOspitali-
zaton the Red Cross has constantly
borne In mind that the great object
has been TO play the right part In the
period or adjustment through whlch
the ex-service man must safely pass II
he Is to continue 10 be n good citizen.
This work has required personnel who
are not only sympathetic In the deal
Ing with patients but who must have
an understanding of the social prob
lens of civil life.
Just as II has always been recog-
nized that the time spent In gov
ernment hospital is only a brief epi-
sode In the life Of IA patient, so has II
been recognized that the activities of
the hospital worker are only part of
the responsibility Of the Red Cross 10
the ex-service man; that the hospital
work can be successful only as 1t cor
relates Itself closely with the work OF
the Red Cross as whole. The hos
pital worker Is the outpost detailed
to special duty. II Is his endeavor TO