Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-15
CASH PAID OUT.


Treasurer Robinson also pre.ented a
statement fer the Ave months ending
Nov. 30. 1918. which showed $ssseA re-
ceived and $4Ss.s5 expended. leaving =
cash balance on Nov. 30. 1914 OF $4sse. g.
A further report for the month Of De-
center. 1919. showed that this balance
had been reduced as follows:
To New England Division A. r.
c. membership dues .........$ 6750o
For national quota ............ 1860
Refund to branches membership
dues) ....................... $50
December expenditures ......... Sizes 80
Cash balance on hand Dec. IL. $2Ssl. .ls.
and Of this amount s5c9ss is on the
Anti-Tuberculosis account.
A further report showed that for
the year ending June 30. 1919. $ts40s
had been expended in anti-tubercu-
losis work and for the fve months
ending Nov. 30, 1919. $212.so had been
expended in the same work.
Homo Service Report
L. W. Goodspeed gave the follow
ing Home Service report;
During the past year the Home
Service Section Of the chapter has
continued its work along the same
lines as during the war. The nature
Of the work has changed somewhat
with the coming home OF the boys
but the need of Home Service work
has not lessened to any Appreciable
extent to the boys and their fami-
lies. We have discontinued visiting
because 1t seemed unnecessary after
the boys had come home and had re-
sumed their normal life again. But
notwithstanding the fact that We
did discontinue the systematic visit
ing of all soldiers families, we have
made 240 relief calls, that is, families
visited in direct of indirect response
to calls foe assistance. We have
given information at the Office on 210
occasions, making the total number
Of families visited and advised $50.
OF course as We stated in our report
last year, this does not mean that
we relieved $50 different families but
that we responded to calls for assist
ance either at the office or at the
home in $50 cases. We advanced as
financial loans to families in need,
o480.47. Of which we have received in
refund $255.15. The miscellaneous ex-
penses Of the Home Service Section
were $38S1. We have not peen able
to keep an accurate record of the
exact number Of different problems
with which we have had to deal but
can give in q general way the ma
ture Of the work. The old question
Of allotments and allowances has al
ways been with US and we were able
to assist In securing the early release
from service Of boys who wers needed
at home! We have assisted in making
many Of the applications for COM
pensation, both to the boys them
selves and to their parents. We have
assisted in flling out the claims for
insurance for the relatives Of the.
boys who were killed or totally dis
abled in the service. We have advised
many Of the boys in regard to the
advisability Of keeping Np the pay
ments on their government insurance
and assisted them in the payments Of
the premiums and informed them as
to the method Of transferring their
government insurance into other
policies provided by the government.
We have brought several boys into
touch with the federal board for vo-
cational training ana co-operated
with this board in many instances> in
securing copies Of discharge certffi-
Gates and proper filling out Of affl-
davits and all other papers that are
necessary to the proper pressDtation
Of claim for vocational training. We
also made copies Of the discharge pa
pefs Of practically all Of the boys
within the Jurisdiction Of this chap
ter to secure for them the federal
bonus granted by Congress ana also
the bonus given by other states to
boys who happened to enlist while