The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-04
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION !
LOOKS after SOLDIERS
Red cross Workers In That Section
Assist. Care For and EntsrfAiH :
Men In Camps and Hospitals.

pIfnln In the United STATES nave D'n
assisted In obtaining compensation and
IN the solution Of their other problems
By tho American lied Cfosa. according
TO n. y. Tfansue. director OF war sers.
leu Of tho Southwestern Division OF
tho American Red Cross.
'Ted Cross workers In the camps
and hospitals In the Southwestern d.
vision are rendering much.needed scrs.
Ice 10 the men who are In tho army nt
the present time." snid Transue.
Those service men undergoing hospl-
tai treatment for one causc or another
and cx.servicc men who have been
hospitalIzed both In the army hospitals
and hospitals operated by the Vet
crnns' Bureau, nro some Of tho men
In need OF this service.
"The army camps and hospitals In
this division covered by Red Cross
workers nr located ut jefferson Bar
racks, 81. Louis, No.; Camp Travis.
Tex.. Including VI. Sam Houston Hos
pitni; IT. Bliss, Tex. including VIM.
A. Beaumont General Hospital; Fl
Leayenworth. Kan, including the u.
y. Disciplinary barracks at that point;
VI. Riley, Kan; IT. Sill. Okla; Fitz-
slmons General Hospital, Fitzsimons.
Colo; Camp Furlong, New Mex.
Camp Harry J. Jones. Douglas. Ariz..
and the Army and Navy General Hos
pilal at Hot Springs. Ark.
"The Veterans Bureau hospitals
served by the Southwestern Division
OF the Red Cross are: U. s. Veterans
Hospital No. 80, 81. Louis. Mo-; Vet
erans Hospital No. 20. Logan, Tex.
u. s. Veterans Hospital No. %, FL
Bayard, N. Mex. U. $. Veterans Hos
pltal No. 81. Kansas City, Mo-; U. s.
Veterans Hospital No. 7S. n. Little
Rock, Ark. and U. s. Veterans Hos
pital No. so. Fort Lyon. Colo.
"of the 5000 patients. approximate
ly 70 per cent are undergoing treat
ment for tuberculosis and mental dis
eases. This makes the work one OF
considerable difficulty, lnasmuch us II
Is ofttimes a real problem to provide
proper recreation or TO connect the
mans present condition with his scrv-
Ice.
"There are three phases OF the Red
Cross program for service aud ex-
service men In the camps aud hos
Htnls-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 tuking
care of problems of the enlisted man
In the army. Difficulties relating TO
allotments, allowances. insurance. com
pensution, 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 recreatlonal 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
In solving his personal and family diff
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
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 abb
sence, but he may be free In mind and
thus derive a maximum amount of ,
benefit from his treatment. F
"In carrying out our work for the
ex-service man undergoing hospitall-
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 which
the ex-service man must safely pass II
he Is to continue to be a 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 1t has always been recog-
nized that the time spent In gov
ernment hospital is only brief cpl
sode in the life of patient, SO has 1t
been recognized that the activities Of
the hospital worker are only part of
the responsibility Of the Red Cross to
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 a whole. The hos,
pital worker Is the outpost detailed
to special duty 1t Is his endeav0r to
interpret the present condition Of the
man in the hospital to the home people
and as each Of us. as individuals,
watched the men who marched away
to service, as each one Of us helped
to keep the home fires burning" while
the boys served In the front line
trenches, 50 does it become our duty
today to render very definite service