Show red crass helps solve problems of our recruits through its directors in m camps red cross links men home 17 washington D C on the home and military fronts the american red cross is turning its focus on the man in uniform in his behalf more than nurses are beit being recruited volunteers are donating their blood tor for a huge plasma bank red cross women in chapters throughout the country are making surgical dressings and knitting sweaters tor for men in outlying posts and sailors on patrol dut but these are just fragments of the story in military and naval stations the red cross Is concerning itself with the personal problems of the service man helping him adjust himself to military life for te disabled the red cross Is on the jab in service hospitals helping to speed roco recovery lVery of the sick through a morale building program in mobilizing a man fighting force the personal problems of the able bodied man in i uniform have in turn become problems of the morale divisions red cross field directors stationed in all camps and reservations have been entrusted with the task of helping to solve these problems speaking in a nationwide nation wide broadcast recently chief of staff marshall of the army addressed the following words to red cross field directors when you help hell straighten out any of the great variety of tangles that human beings seem unable to avoid you are helping to maintain morale on the home front and on the military front you are helping us in training tor for de f tense ense the disabled man in a service hospital also can look to the red cross for help in speeding recovery ia medical ical social workers trained for their ape ciali zed assignment are on duty at army general an and d navy hospitals to ah lid service physician rs s to act as a medium of communication with the families of hospitalized men and to conduct recreational programs tor for con vale Tale scents the red cross provides recreational service tor for patients in all army and navy hospitals sixty five new hospitals are under construction by the army and their recreation b buildings idin g are being equipped quipped and staffed by th the R red ed cross as each one opens As part of the army Q and navy safety programs members of the national red cross staff aie qualifying instructors in first birst aid and water safety among the ranks of the enlisted man instructors taught by the red cross in turn conduct classes on the reservations the number of army and navy cases assisted by red cross field f directors has increased in volume per cent since selective service has leen been in operation during the past year cases involving active service men have been handled in the camps the red cross recently made available to meet an emergency need for athletic equipment lor for the army and navy this need arose when government appropriations for the purpose became exhausted in addition to providing the army and navy with an official reservoir of nurses the red cross is cataloging the nations medical technologists through this program in which approximately technicians have registered the army and navy will select such professional personnel as laboratory Jab oratory workers dietitians dental technicians pharmacists and other categories ot of trained technologists |