Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The American Red Cross, Department of Civilian Relief, Washington, D. C: Handbook of Information for Home Service Sections; January, 1918
I. Giving Information to Families of Soldiers and Sailors is a Part of Home Service as really as giving them aid when sick or in want. This information service should consti tute a prominent part of the work of the Home Service Section Of each Chapter.
The relatives of enlisted men desire information Of many kinds. Already this service is widely extended. Home Service Sections are advising how mail should be addressed to Soldiers and sailors; how information may be Obtained of those Sick, wounded, captured, or missing; what the War Risk Insurance Law means and how to take advantage Of its provisions. This work Should be more uniformly provided and its scope widened. This Hand book is published to facilitate the conduct Of this infor mation service and to assure the prompt and accurate statement of the information desired by the families of our fighting men.
Each Home Service Section has in this work a twofold opportunity.
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