Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-06
DUTY TO DISABLED Service MEN
MUST Be Met TO END RED CROSS
DIRECTOR Tells conference

visitors to visit the sanitariums and
gain first hand Impressions?
Miss Anne Magii
A message from the northern part
of the state was received. Miss Anne
Magill. Pressure Isle chapter. telling
OF the work covered over large area.
Presque Isle in January. 1923. was
the only chapter in northern Aroostook
doing home service. During the sum
MGR 1860 miles have been covered by
train and auto in the work. The vol
untcer auto service in that part Of
the country is very good
Col. John 4. Hadley
Il don't feel qualified to speak on
the eX-scrVicS man in the hospitals.
I'd rather speak on the eX-service man
who ought to be in the hospital. There
are Il cX-scrvice men now in the hos
pital at the Home"
Some of the history OF the National
Soldiers Home was touched upon by
Governor Hadley OF the National Sol
dicrs' Home. Tho Home was started
in 1866. the year following the war.
! Ten branches were founded in the
United States. 1t was some time be-
fore the men began coming. Five
years after 200 Civil War veterans
were received at Togus. In 1904 nearly
| $500 were there and the number has
! gradually decreased until now there
are about so mon. The Civil War and
| the Spanish War veterans are about
| equally divided and there are about
| 50 World War veterans. The number
| Of World War veterans will increase
7 gradually s did the Civil War.
The Home has one OF the finest
equipped hospitals in the State and
one of the finest operating rooms. with
with another soon to be added; nine
nurses and about 20 other employees at
the Home.
There are six tubercular patients in
the hospital The doctors do not agree
as to the fitness of the climate.
There are thousands throughout the
world who need attention. Why don't
they go to. the soldiers home" They
probably have the idea. as l did before
l went to the Home that for a man
to go to the Soldiers Home is to adj
, nit he is down and out. Tho food is
excellent, he receives free medical at
tention. and it costs him nothing to
live. He can leave when he wants to.
There is no compulsion in staying.
Miss Sally p. Moses
Miss Sally +. Moses, field repre- senta-
tive for Maine of the New England
citation of the part which Augusta has
always played in the Red Gross work.
/ Her tribute to Miss Jean Todd. execu-
! tive secretary of the Augusta chapter,
! was also we'll worded. she sincerely
| expressing the appreciation of the
| helpfulness of Miss Todd.
| The details of the Rumford fire dis
aster aid were most graphically de-
! scribed by Miss Moses, She spoke OF
| the many in which heretofore rather
quiet organization in RumfOrd sprang
| into life and did n great deal of good
Aside from the good which was done
| at the time of the fire, there will be a
great deal of good now in the social
| service work. brought into activity
| during the diSa ster days.
| At the end of the forenoon session
the party went to the Augusta House.
| where luncheon was served. The prin-
| cipal speaker of the luncheon was Mr..
| Rotch.
Charter Obligations.
Arthur C. Rotch. of Boston. Man
ager of the New England Division
of the American Red Cross, inter-
preted the charter obligations of the
Red Cross. This conference was one
of a series of eight taking place in
the New England Division territory
from October 4th to 10Th in prepare
ton for the annual nation wide Red
! Cross Roll Call which will be con-
Quoted as usual between Armistice
! Day and THANKSGIVING.
| Mr.. Rotch took for his text the
sections of the Red Cross charter
obligating the organization "to fur
nish volunteer aid to the sick and
wounded of armies in time of war;
| 20 a. tD,. .Nr TO-,
| lief and in accord with the military
! and naval authorities as q medium oil
communication between the people
of the United States OF America and
| their Army and Navy" and ito con-
! tinuc and carry on a system of ma
tional and internatioal relief in time
of peace and to apply the same in
mitigating the sufferings caused by
pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and
other great national calamities. and
tod evise and carry on measures for
preventing the same"
! He said that all Red Cross Chap
! ters are meeting their obligations to
| the disabled former service men and
| that while this is a decreasing task
the responsibility remains as Ions
men in hospitals This duty must
be met to the ultimate need" he de-
clared.
| He described the relief work under
Red Cross supervision in the recent
| fire disasters in Canaan, n. H.,
Aroostook County and Rumford, Me-.
| for which National Red Cross funds
were contributed, and emphasized
the outstanding Importance of pre-
paredness for disaster relief work by
every Red Cross organization. He
said the Chapter must have a WE'LL
organized disaster relief committee
prepared to give instant emergency
| relief, calling upon the Division for
assistance on a larger scale if neces-