The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-10-10
S1o,00O,oOo AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service of Many Kinds to
Army of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits u. S. Provides.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS

100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts of the Annual Roll Call oil
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in a statement urging wide
spread increase in membership at the
Annual Roll Call, November II to "a
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain of
Chapters of the Red Cross Is spend
ing approximately $4,000, 600 annual
~ for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag-
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call We're approximately $6,000,OOO
1t is in the 2,2S9 of the 5000 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem of adjust.
Ing himself to normal civilian status
that the greater part of the cost of this
service is borne OF the total sum
spent for veterans relief last year,
National Headquarters expended a to-
tai of more than $2,6OO,O00 while the
remaining disbursement of approxi-
mately 100000 represents the con
tribution of Chapters in this country
wide effort to assist the Government
in providing the aid sorey needed by
these men and their families.
An Ever Expanding Problem
That the problem of the disabled
service man is ever-expanding and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, is the assertion of well-in-
formed Government officials and that
2,39i Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work is evil
dence that the expansion is in nowise
confined to particular section but is
on the contrary, nationwide At the |
end of the fiscal year, June 80. 1921, |
there were 26,30O disabled service men /
In the 1852 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at 8
rate of 1000 a month.
Thousands of these men receiving
medical treatment compensation and
training from the Govern
rnent today, started their efforts to
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter, acting as the
disabled mans agent in claims against
he Government, informs the man as to
he procedure necessary to gain for
lin that which is provided him by
FEDERAL statute. His applications for
medical treatment and
raining are properly filed with the aid |
# the Red Cross Chapter Il
Many Forms of Assistance /
If there is delay before the mans
lain is acted upon, the Red Cross Il
HAPPIER lends the man money to meet Il
ne imperative needs of himself and Il
is dependents. Il
Most vital to the mans gaining full L
nnefit from the Governments care is K
eeping his mind free from worry about L
IS home. Keeping the veterans fam IL
Y srota hardship of every kind and lE
forming him of It's welfare is an. IL
her province of the Chapter. Free
ON fear on this score, the mans re- IL
very and advancement usually is IL
mid. is
Every month during the last year,
e American Red Cross has given liz
rvice of enc kind or another to an IL
erage of 129,215 former service men IL
ID their families An indication of ia
e extent of the faith reposed in the liz
I'd Cross Chapter is to be found in H.
e fact that there were 356,544 re- lis
ests for friendly aid in the solution E
personal problems liz
44a Workers in Hospitals IE
While the man prior to entering IE
vernment care deals largely with the IE
apter, afterward he comes into con- lES
It with the service provided by Ma lE
nal Headquarters There are 44S lR}
d Cross workers in the United lE
ties Public Health Service and con la
ct hospitals and other institutions IEA
which these men are being cared IN
!, whose duty is to provide for his lE9
reation, help him with his compen..4 lE
ion claims, keep him in touch with lE4
family in short, meeting his every lE|
~ outoiuc VI tiittl PROVIDED Dy the iCN
rernment While these are a few E
the responsibilities of the National lE
they are by no means lES
Among other Red Cross accom- Isl
'hments for the year are: lE
handled 1892 allotment and al liz
ance claims lEN
delivered through its Chapter or Isl
ization 63,655 allotment checks to IE
Grams who had moved from the adj III
sses furnished to the Bureau OF IEN
r Risk Insurance. IE
provided q special fund Of $4,000 lE1
medical assistance to men under III
ltional training. in
made 80, 495 loans totaling S45O,OOO Isl
men taking vocational training, OF IE
CD IS per cent has been repaid ES