have been devastated by the actual passage of war is necessarily conducted across the ocean in Belgium, Serbia, and France. Again, the making of sweaters and wearing apparel for the soldiers and sailors, the rolling of bandages, the manufacture of hospital material, the mobilizing of doctors, nurses, and supplies, is all intended for, and directed to, the actual battlefront. Home Service, however, whose intimate effect upon the result of the war is shown by its influence upon the morale of the troops, is the one activity of the Red Cross that is concentrated in the United States and that works primarily for the people on this side the trenches.
Review of Chapter II
1. What are the four things which every soldier and sailor would like to leave with his family?
2. Which is the first and most important of these? Which three does Home Service provide?
3. (a) In what sense is 'friends' here used? (b) In what sense is 'credit' used?
4. What is the basis of the credit of the Red Cross?
5. How does the Red Cross provide friends for the families of soldiers and sailors?
6. Whose is the chief financial responsibility, after that of the men in the service themselves, for the families of soldiers and sailors?
7. Where does the financial phase of Home Service begin?
8. (a) Define Home Service. (b) Describe the membership of a Home Service Section. (c) Is there a Home Service Section in your town? Where is its headquarters?
9. To what families does Home Service apply?
10. How does Home Service differ from the other activities of the Red Cross?
