Milford chronicle., 1921-10-21
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
$19,361, ,657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren Will Cost $6.OOO,-
600 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

on.-Expenditures tOtalling
;19,361, ,G57 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,OOO,OOO low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24, 4,492,741, 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
nual 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 $3,669,256 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. 1t
is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this Obli-
cation of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by fig
ures of the fiscal year 192O-1921 when
the total was approximately S9,000,-
900, 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
Grams is that which concerns itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women in government hospitals. This
item of $1,79O,OO0, an increase of more
than $500,000 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 propOrtiOnately 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
an appropriation of $543,976,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 192O-1921.
More than $2,OOO,000 is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
include $498,546 for miscellaneous ac-
-ivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
800 for management. Each of these
tens represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year.
From a fund of $1O,O00,0O0, $5,O00,-
100 of which was contributed through
he European Relief Council campaign
md $5,OOO,O0O allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work in
europe, there remains $S,765, 108 still
lvailable, of which it is estimated
hat $6,O0O,0OO will be required for
his work during the current year.
Tor Red Cross participation in the
oint effort to relieve famine condi-
ions in Russia, for final work in the
Jhina famine, for Junior Red Cross
nd other overseas activities including
he closing of the old general relief
rogram in Europe $4,97S,0OO is made
vailable.
In announcing the national budget,
he Red Cross makes it clear that
he figures do not include chapter ex-
or place any cash estimate
n the invaluable service of volun-
GERS in chapters.