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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-
fits u. S. Provides.

tnat OF assisting disabled veterans OK
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 a 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, 900 annual
" for the relief Of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the az.
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $8,OOO,OO0.
1t is in tl,e 2,2s9 Of the 5000 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem Of adjust
Ing himself to normal civilian statue
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 $4,000, 900, while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately $7,OO0,O00 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 ever-expanding 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 H.,
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June 80, 1921,
there were 28,SOO 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 0
rate Of 1000 month.
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern.
mcnt today, started their efforts to
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter, acting as tho
disabled mans agent in claims against
the Government, informs the man as to
the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly filed with the aid
of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of 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 Is
keeping his mind free from worry about
his home. Keeping the veterans fam.
lily 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 IL
rapid.
Every month during the last year
the American Red Cross has given
service of one kind or another to m
average Of l28,215 former service men
and their families. An indication Of
the extent Of the faith reposed in thl
Red Cross Chapter Is to be found In
the fact that there we're 860.544 re-
quests for friendly aid In the solution
Of personal problems.
44e Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to enterini
Government care deals largely with the
Chapter, afterward he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters. There are AZ
Red Cross workers In the United
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institution
In which these men are being caret
for, whose duty Is to provide for hii
recreation, help him with his compen
satlon claims, keep him In touch will
his family In short, meeting his ever!
need outside of that provided by th'
Government. While these are few
of the responsibilities of the Nati0na
Organization, they are by no mean
all. Among other Red Cross accom-
pllshments for the year are:
1t handled 70,732 allotment and al
lowance claims.
1t delivered through Its Chapter OF
ganization 88,855 allotment checks 4
veterans who had moved from the ad
dresses furnished to the Bureau O
War Risk Insurance.
1t provided special fund Of $1,000
for medical assistance to men unde
vocational training.
II made 81. .495 loans totaling $3.50. .00
, TO men taking vocational training, Z
which as per cent has been repaid