The Nevada County picayune., 1922-11-09
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
 LOOKS AFTER SOLDIERS
Rcd Cross Workers in That Section Assist, Care For and Entertain
 Men In Camps and Hospitals.

Approximately 30,000 able-bodied soldiers and more than 5000 invalided soldiers and ex service men In the hos pitals 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 E. s. Transue, director of war serv- Ice of the Southwestern Division of the American Red Cross.
 Red Cross workers In the camps and hospitals in the Southwestern Di- vision are rendering mueh-needed serV- ice to the men who are In the army at the present time" said Transue. "Those service men undergoing hospf- tai treatment for one cause or another and ex-servlce men who have been hospitalized 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 Ft. sam Houston Hos pital; Ft. Bliss, Tex, including Wm. A. Beaumont General Hospital Ft. Leavenworth, Kan, including the |. b. Disciplinary barracks al that point ; Ft Riley. Kan. Et. Sill Okla; Fitz- simons General Hospital, Fltzsimons, Colo. Camp Furlong, New Mex. Camp Harry J.. Jones, Douglas, Ariz., and the Army and Navy General Hos pital at Hot Springs. Ark.
 The Veterans Bureau hospitals served by the Southwestern Division of the Red Cross are: |. $. Veterans Hospital No. 8, St. Louis Mo. Vet L. S Veterans Hospital No. 55. ft. Bayard, N. Mex; |. $. Veterans Hos pital No 67. Kansas City. Mo. |. S. Veterans Hospital No. 1s, \, Little Rock, Ark. and |. <. Veterans Hos pital No. s0, Fort Lyon. Colo.
 "Ot the 5,tDo patients. approximate ly - per cent are undergoing treat ment for tuberculosis and mental dis eases This makes the work one of considerable difficulty. inasmuch as IL Is ofttimes real problem 10 provide proper recreation OF to connect the mans present condition with his sery- lee
 .'.I here are three phases Of the Red Cross program for service and ex- service men in the camps and hos pilals Home Service Recreation and Me dical Social Service Our regular camp service program consists of what k known as home service work This calls for cooperation between the Red Cross worker in the cump 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 broughI 10 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 theatricals, 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 fin solving his personal and family diffi- culties, to aid him by material assist ance 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