Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-11-03
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FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service of Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1897 Of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene- i,
fits U. S. Provides.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS


One field Of Red Cross service alone,
that of assisting disabled veterans IT
the World War, entails expenditures
100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call of
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in 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 $10,OO0,O0O annual.
ly for the relief Of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the as.
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $6.OO0,O00.
1t is in the $3.50 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 $2,80O,OOO, while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately 100000 represents the con
tribution of Chapters in this country
wide effort to assist the Government
in providing the aid sorely needed by
these men and their families.
An Ever Expanding Problem
That the problem Of the disabled
service man is corresponding and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, Is the assertion Of well-in.
formed Government officials and that
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard 1t
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 26,3OO disabled service men
In the 1902 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at q
rate Of 1000 month.
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation aud
vocational training from the Govern.
ment today, started their efforts to
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter, acting as the
disabled mans agent in claims against
the Goysrlment. informs the man as 70
the procedure necessary to gain Cor
him that which is provided him by
Federal statute. His applicat ions.sfpsf
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly fled with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Form. q Assistance.
II there is delay before the mans
claim is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs Of himself and
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care 1.
keeping his mind free from worry abou,
his home. Keeping the veterans fam
fly from hardship Of every kind and
Informing him Of its welfare Is an
other province of the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score, the mans re
covery and advancement usually l.
rapid.
Every month during the last year
the American Red Cross has giver
service Of one kind or another Il. al
average Of 129,215 former service mer
and their families. An indication q
the extent Of the faith reposed in tn,
Red Cross Chapter Is to be found Ii
the fact that there were 358,544 re
quests for friendly aid In the solution
Of personal problems.
44s Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to enterin,
Government care deals largely with tn
Chapter, afterward he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Nj,
tional Headquarters There are a.
Red Cross workers in the Unite,
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institution
in which these men are being care,
for, whose duty is to, provide for hi
recreation, help him with his compen
sation claims, keep him In touch wit
his family; in short. meeting his ever
need outside Of that provided by Til
Government While these are a fe,
Of the responsibilities Of the Nationa
| Organization, they are BY no mean
all Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments Cor the year are: n. n
4 It handled 7O,732 allotment and q
lowance claims. En- Is .,S III
It delivered through its. Chapter D
sanizatlon 63,855 allotment checks I
a veterans who had moved from the al