Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1921-11-10
SlO,OOO,O0O AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds TO
Army of Disabled.
BULK or WORK BY CHAPTERS
2,397 OF These Ere Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bsne-
fits U, S. Provides.

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One field of Red Cross service alone
that of assisting disabled veterans II
the World War, entails expenditures
Sa0o0,GC0 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
AnnualSRoll Call, November IL to "a.
At the present time National Head
quarters amt the nationwide chain of
Chapters of the Red Cross Is spend
ing approximately $100O0,00O annual
~ for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag-
gregate, receipts from last years Roll
Cali were approximately $6O00OOO.
III is in the 1889 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 to-
tai Of more than $2,6OO,OCO. while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately $7,0OOOOO represents the con
tribution Of Chapters in this country
vide 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 VIII not reach the peak be.
fore 1929 is the assertion Of welI-in-
formed Government officials and that
2,397 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work is evi.
dence that the expansion is In nowise
confined to a particular section but is,
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June 30, 1921,
there were 26,300 disabled service men
in the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes.
and that number is increasing at a
rate Of 1000 month. i@
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern
ment today, started their efforts to
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapters The Chapter, acting as the
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 fled with the aid
of the Red Cross Chapter. ia
Many Forms of Assistance
If there is delay before the mans
claim is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meut
the imperative needs of himself land
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 Is
rapid.
Every month during the last year,
the American Red Cross has given
service of one kind or another to an
average of 129,215 former service men
and their families. An indication Of
the extent Of the faith rep0sed in the
Red Cross Chapter is to be found In
the fact that there were 356,544 re-
quests for friendly aid In the solution
Of personal problems.
44e Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
Chapter, afterward he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma
tlonal Headquarters. There are AS
Red Cross workers in the United
States Public Health Service and con-
tract hospitals and other institutions
In which these men are being cared
for, whose duty is to provide for his
recreation, help him with his compen-
sation claims, keep him in touch with
his family in short, meeting his every