The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-19
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
$19,361 ,657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren viii Cost $6,O00r
600 This Year.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. totalling
S19,361, ,657 for carrying through it's
program Of relief and services in the
United States and overseas are out
lined In the budget of the American
Red Gross for the current fiscal year.
This total is more than $5,O0O,O00 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached So, 1924, it is an
nounced at National Headquarters In
a statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November IL to "a,
if the vital work of the society is to
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
Of $S,669,25 for work in behalf of
the disabled ex-service man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only and does
not take into consideration the mil
ions being spent in chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran. It
is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this oblI-
cation of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by fig
Ires of the fiscal year 192O-1921 when
he total was approximately S9OO0,-
30, of which $2,692,094 represented
,he disbursement of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this field of
Red Cross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the subdivisions of
;he appropriation for work with vet
Grams is that which concerns itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women in government hospitals. This
item of $1,790,000, an increase of more
than S50O,O00 over the appropriation
Tor the same work in last years bud
get, will provide those personal serv-
ices for the disabled and their families
which are indispensable to supplement
those provided by the government.
The director Of the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his desire that
The Red Cross should continue and
extend these "humanizing services"
Other items of the appropriation for
veterans relief are propOrtionately in
creased. An additional appropriation
of S469,600 has been made for Red
Cross work in connection with regu-
lar Army and Navy hospitals and
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cross
has set aside for the current twelve
months All appropriation of $543,976,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-1921
More than 100000 Is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
ptJO,DtO LOE uu1SSCuduCOuS az
tivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
600 for management. Each of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previou:
year.
! From a fund Of S10O00,000, $4,000,
) 600 of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and $5,O0O,0O0 allotted by the Re'
Cross for child welfare work il
: Europe, there remains SS,765, ,1O8 still
available, of which 1t is estimate
! that S6,000,O00 will be required 70
this work during the current year
For Red Cross participation in tn
joint effort to relieve famine cond
+ tions in Russia, for final work in tn
e China famine, for Junior Red CrOs
and other overseas activities includin
the closing of the old general relic
program in Europe S4,978,000 Is mad
/ available.
Ill In announcing the national bulge
, the Red Cross makes 1t clear this
- the figures do not include chapter e,
penditures or place any cash estimai
on the invaluable service of polul
"a teers sn chapters. a
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