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Show Wfomen Cheer Sick Soldiers in Camp . Red Cross 'Musketeers' Stick to Job; Accept Discipline, Hardships For a. long time lifter tills war is over many American Boldlera who convalesced In the hospital lit Camp Young, Calif., will have kindly remembrances re-membrances of three feminine Red Cross musketeers of morale. These young women live In tents, wush their clothes in buckets, und work long hours, but the altruistic nature of their Job apparently brings them more satisfaction than a softer position. posi-tion. The "three musketeers" lire Miss Dorothy Kwlng of lterkelcy, Calif., head of the Hed Cross staff at the isolated desert training center; Miss Ann Maddox of La Julia, Calif.; and Miss Horlense White of Lindsay, Calif., who are Miss Kwlng's assistants. assist-ants. Their duties nre made up of endless end-less acts of kindness embrucing the widely varied activities which have become known as "Hed Cross work." A sick soldier Is worried about an invalid mother, an ulling wife or child. Miss Ewlng tries to contact the family. Another soldier gets word that his family has not been receiving dependency allotments. Miss White contacts the proper officials of-ficials to straighten out the errur. Medical oftlecrs need a case history on a soldier U'ho was hospitalized before entering the army. Miss Maddox contacts his family physician physi-cian and the report is on its way. Many little items which loom Into importance only when they are needed are thoughtfully kept on hand by the three morale builders. Toilet articles, money for tobacco, and plenty of Red Cross stationery are always on hand to cheer an ailing ail-ing soldier. Although their work Is Informal and tliey are not part of Hie regular army, these "three musketeers" If" " Mi h . J ' ' j s ' I Pit., ' - ,.". J J l if , ir 4 Hob Hope and Ming Crosby via celluloid film are ready to entertain this group of grinning soldier patients In the liohpital at ( amp Young on California's southwest desert. This Is one of the services arranged by the Red Cross and administered by three feminine morale, lifters who withstand the hardships of army camp life in order to administer their program. Left Inset: A model airplane set will help lighten Private Stanley J. Kowal's lung, heavy hours of convalescence. Right Inset: A bingo game plus a smile from Miss Dorothy Kwing help nuke things more pleasant for Lieut Henry J. Richards. share desert hardships and priva-tions priva-tions along with the regular army nurses. They are on the Job at reveille, usually through by taps. Their "vanity dresser" is a wooden table and a mirror clipped to a tent pole alongside their army cots. The camp laundry is usually overburdened over-burdened so the girls solve their clean clothes problem with a bucket, a washboard and elbow grease. When a uniform needs pressing, a foot locker across a couple of tent chairs with an army blanket serving serv-ing as a pad becomes their makeshift make-shift ironing board. They also share the strict army discipline of the regular nuraes. Once a week all three stand stiffly at attention while the hospital's commanding com-manding officer inspects their tents, bunks, steel helmets and gas masks. Ann Maddox is in charge of one of the biggest morale lifters among all Red Cross activities the re-creation program. Games, books, theatricals, the-atricals, musicals, and even movies straight from Hollywood are a regular regu-lar part of her constant rjrograms to keep hospitalized soldiers from getting down in the mouth, to keep them from worrying about things at home, and to ease the long heavy hours of convalescence. |