The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-11-05
RED j,10SS GIVES
annual. BUDGET
sl5,3sl,e57 Allotted for Cur"
rent Program OF Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European GIN"
dren Will Cost $4,000
600 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. toeaiiiNs
Sl9,36l, 657 for carrying through il'
program of relief and services IA the
United States and overseas are out
lined in the budget OF the Amerlean
Red Cross for the current hscat year
This total is more than S5,00o,Ooo low
or than the expenditure during Tue
last fiscal year, when the disourses
ments reached So, 4922,741, 1t IS an
nounced at National Headquarters ia
statement calling attention to tue
necessity of continued support OF the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Can, November IL TO "a
If the vital work of the society is 10
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items or the
domestic budget is the appropriation
of SO. geo $50 fer work in behalf OF
the disabled ex-seryice man ana ms
family. This appropria ton represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only ana does
not take into consideration the nil-
lions being spent il chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran. ~
is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting thisi oon-
CATION of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested b. nS-
ures Of the fiscal year 1920-1921 when
the total was approximately $1,000
! 600, of which S2,G92.094 represented
the disbursement Of National Head
quarters while the remainder was ths
chanters' contribution TO this field 81
Red Cross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the subdivisions OF
the appropriation for work with Ves-
Grams is that which concerns ITSELF
with assistance TO disabled men ana
women in government hospitals Tns
item of S1,790,000, an increase of more
than S500,ee0 over the appropriation
for the same work in last years bud
get, will provide those personal serV-
ices for the disabled and their famiiies
which are Indispensable supplement
those provided by the government
rhe director of the Veterans Bureau
nss recently expressed his desire thai
the Red Cross should continue anG
extend these "humanizing services.
Other items Of the apprepri-tion ro'
veterans retief are proportion al 5esss AlsSs
creased. An additional appropriation
Of sos, GOO has been made for ket
Cross work in connection with regu
lar Army and Navy hospitals ana
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cros
has set aside for the current twelr'
months an appropriation Of S543,s'0
virtually doubling the appropriated
for the same purpose for the nscs
year 192o-1921.
More than 100000 is provided TO
service and assistance to the $50
Red Cross chapters by the nations
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
Other items CT the domestic bulge
include s498,546 for miscellaneous as
! tivities, including contributions re
/ stricted for special purposes and s'os
600 for management Each Of thes
items represents large reductions owe
similar appropriations Of the presiou
, year.
From fund OF s10.0Oo,0o0, $1,000
COO OF which was contributed throug
the European Relief Council campaig
and S5,0Oo,oO0 allotted by the he
, Cross for child welfare work
, Europe, there remains sS,765,1os sti
4 available, of which it is estimate
! that 100000 will be required K
: this work during the current yea
= For Red Cross participation in tn
), Joint effort to relieve famine coma
! lions in Russia, for final work IN II
:, China famine, for Junior Red Gro:
and other overseas activities includir
the closing of the OLD general reli'
program in Europe $4,9IS,0o0 is mat
, available.
e In announcing the national bulge
I the Red Cross makes 1t clear tn
7 the figures do not include chapter e
2 penditures or place any cash estina
y on the invaluable service Of volr
teers In chapters.