Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-10-20
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
S1S,36l,657 Allotted for Cur.
rent Program OF Relief
and Services.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren win Cest S6,oeo,-
600 This Year.

MISREPRESENTATION totalling
$ls.SSl.s51 fer carrying through its
program Of relief and services in tho
United states and overseas are out
ined In the budget Of the American
Red Cross fer the current fiscal year.
This total Is mere than S5,0oo, 900 low.
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year. when the disburss-
naents reached 81. <s9,S4l, Il Ia An.
nsunced at Fstiesal Headquarters in
a statement calling attention to the
necessity Of esAtinued support OF the
organization BY response to the An
nual Rsll Call. November IL to ~.
II the vital wsrk Of the society 10 to
be effectively carried On.
Outstanding among the items Of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
Of $s.eo9.2ss for work In behalf Of
the disabled e1-serviee man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work frou,
National Headquarters only and does
not lake into consideration the mil
liens being spent in chapters for re-
lief Of the Wsrld War veteran. II
Is in the chapter that the greater
amount 10 spent IN meeting this obn-
CATION Of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, ~ manifested by fis-
ures Of the fiscal year 1920 1921 when
the total was approximately $1,000.
600, Of which s2yt92, O9i represented
the disbursement Of National Head
quarters while tho remainder was the
chapters contribution to this aeld Of
Red Crsss service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the ssb- AivisisAs Of
the appropriated for work with vet
Grams II that which ssncerns itself
with assistance to disabled mon and
women In government hospltalA This
item Of sl.70o,e00, an Increase Of more
than $4,000 over the appropriation
fer the same work In last years bud
get Will provide those Psrssnsl seEv-
fees Tor the disabled and tAeir families
which are Indispensable - supplement
those provided by the OsvanAaAt-
The director Of the vetersAS Bureau
has recently expressed HIS Sssirs that
the Red Crsss should ceatAsue and
extend these "hunaniEing services"
Other items Of the appropriation for
veterans relief are prsportisAatsly In
creased. An additional appreciation
Of $469yoO has been made isr Red
Cross work In connection WIN regu-
lar Army and Navy hospitals and
with the regular Army and Nav.
Fer disaster relief, the Red Crsss
has set aside for the current twelve
months an appropriation Of 48,s1G,
virtually doubling uhe Appropriation
fer the same purpose for tie nscal
year 1S2o-isel.
Mere than $1,000, 900 IL provided for
service and assistance to the 1900
Red Cross chapters BY the national
organization.
Helping Destitute chIidrsn
Other items Of the domestic budget
include e4e8,546 for miscellaneous &C
tivities. including centrfbuusns re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
600 for management. Each Of these
items represents large reductions ever
similar appropriations Of the previous
year.
From a fund Of sc, oOo. 900, $5,eeo,-
600 Of which was contributed thpss8h
the European Relief Council campaign
and $4,000 900 allotted by the BED
Cross for child welfare work In
Europe. there remains $S.7eo,iee SIN
available, Of which 1t Is estimated
that 100000 will be required fer
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participated In the
Joint effort to relieve fanias csndi-
lions In Russia, for final work in the
China famine, for Junisr Red Crsss
ana other overseas activities including
the closing Of the old general rslef
program in Europe $4,97s.0oo Is made
available.
In announcing the national budget.
the Red Cross makes It clear that
the figures Do not include chapter s1-
penditures or place any cash sshAAts
on the invaluable service q velun-
teers In chapters.