Connecticut western news., 1921-10-06
PED PED CROSS G!vES
 ANNUAL BUDGET
$19,361, ,657 Allotted for Cur rent Program of Relief
 and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European CaiI- dren VIII Cost G8,00G,-
 900 This fear.

WaShingtOn.-EXp totalling $19,361, ,657 for carrying through its program of relief and services in the United States and overseas are out lined in the budget of the American Red Cross for the current fiscal year. This total is more than $5,00OC00 low CT than the expenditure during the last fiscal year, when the disburse- ments reached $24, ,402, ,741, 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 nuaI Roll Call, November Il to 24, 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 $3G69,256 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 lions 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- gation of the Red Cross, the announce ment continues, as manifested by fig ures of the fiscal year 1920-1921 when the total was approximately $90O0,- GOO, of which $2,692,O9 represented the 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 the appropriation for work with vet erans is that which concerns itself with assistance to disabled men and women in government hospitals. This item of $1,790,0OO, an increase of more than $500,O0O over the appropriation for 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 approximately in- creased. An additional appropriation of $469,600 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 an appropriation of S543,976, , virtually doubling the appropriation for the same purpose for the fiscal year 192O-1921.
 More than $2,OOO,OOO Is provided for service and assistance to the $500 !, Red Cross chapters by the national 1 organization.
 Helping Destitute Children
 Other items of the domestic budget | include $498,546 for miscellaneous ac- tivities, including contributions re- stricted for special purposes and $768,- | 600 for management. Each of these | items represents large reductions over similar appropriations of the previous year.
 From a fund of $1O,OOO,OOO, $5,OOO,- 900 of which was contributed through | the European Relief Council campaign and $5,OOOO0O allotted by the Red Cross for child welfare work in Europe, there remains $8,765, ,108 still available, of which it is estimated ! that $6,O0O,OO0 will be required for this work during the current year. For Red Cross participation in the joint effort to relieve famine condi- tions in Russia, for final work in the China famine, for Junior Red Cross and other overseas activities including the closing of the old general relief program in Europe S4,97S,OOO Is made available.
 In announcing the national budget, the Red Cross makes it clear that the figures do not include chapter ex- penditures or place any cash estimate on the invaluable service of volun- teers in chapters.