The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-15
Program Includes Much Service
to Soldiers OF L. :.
n. R. BAER IN CHARGE HERE
]. e. Spalding Heads Groups TO
Make the Canvass.
Aid Furnished to 10000 Able
Bodied Soldiers.

lOAr Ca4l Nnlcn VIII com nence TueS-
day OF next week are still aiding the
soldiers who fought the World war
m 1917. The activities of the Red
Cross. it is pointed out. include
multitude of services to the soldiers
OF tEef United states who are in the
regular army at the present time. and
TO the ex-service men who suffered
disablement injury during the
world war and are not yet healed of
their wounds This IS well as human
itarian aid in great disasters.
The roll call in Topeka is practical
" ORGANIZED at the present time. with
J. j.. Spalding has been placed in
charge of the groups of men who will
canvass the business district of the
city and Mrs Eli G. Foster, president
of the Woman's club of Topeka, with
the corporation of the members of
that club. is organizing the canvass of
the residence section. in which wonia n
workers will do the greater part Of
Aid to 10000 Soldiers.
Approximately 10000 abled-bodied
soldiers and more than 5000 invalid
soldiers and eX-service men in the
hospitals in the United States have
been assisted in obtaining COmpensa-
ton and IN the solution of their other
problems by the American Red Cross,
according to E $ Transue. director OF
war service of the southwestern di-'
vision of the American Red Cross
RED Cross workers in the camps
and hospitals in the southwestern di-
vision are rendering much needed
service to the men who are in the
army at the present time. Those SerV-
ice men undergoing hospital treatment
and ex-service men who have been
hospltalized both in the army hos
pitfalls and hospitals operated by the
Veterans 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, Missouri: Camp
Travis, Texas. including Fort Sam
Houston hospital; Fort Bliss, Texas, |
including VIM. A. Beaumont general I
hospital: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, |
including the United States disciplin-
airy barracks at that point; Fort Riley, |
Kansas; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; F'itz-
simons general hospital Fitzsim-
New Mexico; Camp Harry J. Jones,
Douglas. Arizona, and the Army and
Navy general hospital at Hot Springs,
Arkansas
served by the Southwestern division
of the Red Cross are United States |
Veterans hospital No SIS. st. LouiG, |
Missouri; United States Veterans hos |
pital No. rs, Logan, TeXas; United /
States Veterans hospital No. So, Ft. |
Bayard. n. NJ; United States Veterans
hospital No. 81, Kansas City, Mo-; |
United States Veterans hospital No. |
States Veterans hospital No. so, Fort |
Lyon Colorado
''Of the 5000 patients approximate |
" rs per cent are undergoing treat
ment for tuberculosis ana mental dis |
eases. This makes the work one of |
considerable difficulty inasmuch as it |
is Ofttimes a real problem to provide |
proper recreation or to connect the |
marns present condition with his serV-
Three Phases or Service.
f--ssFhere are three phases of the Red |
Cross program for service and eN-
service man 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 I'm the camp
and governmental and chapter
agencies in taking care of problems
of the enlisted men in the army. Diff
ficulties relating to allotments. allow |
ances, insurance, compensation. state
bonus, travel pay, etc. are all brought |
to the Red Cross by the enlisted men.
The Red Cross also looks after the |
families thru the chapters in case OF |
distress, sickness or death.
.Recreation and entertainment for |
the man in the hospital is not regard |
ed as a need in itself but is carried |
on because of its functions as a
morale agent and for its therapeutic |
value. To provide adequate recrea- |
tine. to keep the patients contented |
and give them an opportunity TO de- |
velop their own minds is a part of the |
work which devolves upon the Red |
Cross 1t further becomes the bust |
ness OF the Red Cross workers to or
ganize and develop the resources that
exist within the hospital and so inter /
est the patients that they will con-
amusement not only of themselves but |
Of others.
The Red Cross medical and social |
service program calls for a study of |
the individual needs of the man. TO /
help him in solving his personal and /
family difficulties. to aid him by ma /
terial assistance when he is without |
resources. to aid the doctor i'm his /
treatment of the patient by obtaining
FORMER medical or social histories |
which may lead to an accurate dag
nosis and to interpret the whole situa- /
ton TO the Red Cross chapter home 1
service work in the mans home COM
munity so that not only will the 1
proper attention be given to the fam
1ly during the mans absence. but he
may De Tree in mind and thus derive 4
"a maximum amount OF benefit from 1
his treatment.
Works for Ex-Scrvicc Men.
In carrying out our work for the /
ex-service man undergoing hospitali- /
zRtion, the Red Cross has constantly i
Borne in mind that the great object |
has been to play the right part IN the |
period OF adjustment thru which the |
ex-service man must safely pass if he |
81 10 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.
s'.Just as il has always been recog- /
Tized that the time spent in a govern
ment hospital is only a brief episode |
IN the life of a patient. so has it been /
rmcosnized that the activities of the
hospital worker are only part of the L
res possibility of the Red Cross to the
|ex=sery9ce man: that the hospital work