Show recreation building for army posts 4 r zy X v 0 va I 1 V MU S M architects drawing of hospital recreation building under construction at 65 army hospitals the buildings will be furnished and operated by american red cross which will provide motion pictures and other entertainments and through its own staff carry on social service and recreation program each building will contain a theater recreation room small kitchen and guest rooms for relatives summoned to bed sides of soldiers living and office quarters for red cross staff also will be included in the building washington the hospital nurse smiled as she held the t telegram te before the eyes of the woman on the bed it said red cross and my commanding officer say 0 k for m me e to come will arrive hospital twelve hours red cross lending train fare keep your chin up mom it was signed pete the nurse tried to describe the effect of that telegram on the anxious mother sort of like a blood transfusion she said telegrams like petes are making people realize more and more these days just how much the red cross manages to do for un uncle c le sams army and navy amer american ican mothers are learning that the red cross will give their sons in camp definite practical help in time of trouble back in 1905 congress named the red cross the official link between the men in the american am eri armed forces and their families at home since that day the red cross has been the trouble shooter or worry buster of every soldier if there is illness at home the red cross through its local chapters and its field directors in each camp will keep the boy posted with up to the minute news it will verify home ome conditions and as in the case of pete help him obtain emergency furlough or perhaps a dependency discharge it will keep him well supplied with reading matter enter tain ment and comfort articles while hes sick in the hospital it will help him find employment when he returns to civilian life and it will give assistance to his family when they are in trouble there is little that the red cross will not do for a serviceman recently a soldier wash was brought into a military hospital with both eyes totally and permanently blinded in an accident A volunteer red cross worker there spent half a year teaching the boy to read braille another army camp reports the case of a veterans widow who was refused government compensation because officials lacked evidence of her husbands disability during the next few months a busy red cross field director wrote more than letters on her behalf finally unearthing earth ear thing ing the evidence which meant her livelihood right now the red cross is busy constructing headquarters buildings for its staff at 62 army camps and has undertaken to furnish and operate hospital recreation buildings in 65 army stations and general hospitals furnishings for the latter will include a theater and motion picture equipment as well as offices and a lounge thanks to the red cross american mothers can be perfectly sure that their convalescent vale scent sons will have plenty of medically approved entertainment while they are laid up red cross service to the armed forces covers a lot of ground the army and navy recruit their nurses from the nursing reserve of the red cross the present drive to collect units of human blood plasma for the armed forces is another red cross assignment and just to top things off the women of this country as volunteers in the ranks of the red cross this year handed over to the united states army and navy over surgical dressings and are now starting upon a batch of sweaters As one soldier put it uncle sams our commanding officer and he looks out for us the best he can but the red cross well the red cross Is is mrs sam |