The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-10-14
100000 AID
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.
fits U. S. Provides.

One neid Of Red Cross service alone.
that OF assisting disabled veterans II
the World War. entails expenditures
100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call Of
1870. the American He'd Cross an
nounces In statement urging wide
spread increase Ia 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 Sl0,O0O.O0O annual
ly for the relief Of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ar
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $6.OOO.0OO.
II Ii In the $3.50 Of the 3.900 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem Of adjust.
Ing himself to q 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 q to-
tai Of more than $2,6OOOOO 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 ever-expandlng and
i probably will not reach the peak he
fore 1925. Ii the assertion OF well.in-
formed Government officials and that
i 2,807 Red Cross Chapters regard II
as their most Important work IL evil
dence that the expansion Is In nowise
| confined to particular section but Is,
ON the contrary. nation vide At the
! end OF the fiscal year. June 30, 1921.
there We're 10000 disabled service men
In the i.Go2 United States Public
Health Service. Contract and Govern,
ment thtspilnis and Soldiers Homes,
and that numhcr Is Increasing al d
rate of Ice month,
Thmeau',s IT these men receiving
ncdl,ss' treatment, compensation ana
! sctiaHtli training from the Govern.
inent t@.ay. started their efforts 10
o''aia lhcm through the Red Cross
Chapter The Chapter. acting MS the
disabled mans agent In claims against
the Government. informs the man MS TO
the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which Is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training IRE properly filed With The aid
OF the Red Cross Chapter -
Many Forms Of Assistance
II there Is delay before the mans
claim II acted upon. the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money TO meet
the imperative needs OF himself .and
his dependents. :
Nest Vital TO the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care IA
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 nm
other province OF the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score. the mans re-
eovery and advancement usually Is
rapid.
Every month during the last year.
the American Red Cross has given
service Of one kind or another 70 m
average Of i2a.:i5 former service mea
and their families. An Indication of
tho extent OF the faith rcposed In the
Red Cross Chapter Is TO be found In
the fact that there were 3sO.sla re-
quests for friendly aid In the solution
Of personal problems.
AS Workers In hospitals
While the man prior Ia entering
Government carr deals largely with the
Chapter. aftcrward he comes Into con.
tact with the service provided by Ma
tionai Headquarters. There are AS
Red Cross workers In the United
HtateS ihpilc lteuitn service ana con.
tract hospitals snd ether Institutions
In which these men are being cared
for. whose duty IL 10 provide for his
recreation. help him with his compen.
sation claims. keep him In touch with
his family In short. meeting his every
need outside of that provided by the
Government. While these are a few
Of the responsibilities of the National
Organization. they are by no means
all. Among ether Red Cross accom-
piishments for the year arc:
II banded so.5s2 allotment and nj.
lownnee clalms
II delivered through It's Chapter or.
snnixatlon Gads5 stiotment checks 10
veterans Who had moved from the ad.
dresses furnished TO the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance.
II provided special fund Of $4,000
for medical assistance To men under
vocational training.
II mado s2.fss1 loans totailng S4sn,o oo
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