The Bozeman courier., 1921-10-05
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service of Many Kinds to
Army of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits U. S. Provides.

that Of assisting disabled veterans Of
the World War, entails expenditures
100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call of
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in a statement urging a wide
spread increase in 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 S1O00O,OOO annual
ly for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag-
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $6,O0O,0OO.
It is in the 2,2S9 Of the $500 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem of adjust.
ing himself to a 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 a to-
tai Of more than $2,60O,O00 while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately $7,OO0,OO0 represents the con
tribGtiOn 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-expanding and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, is the assertion Of well-in-
formed Government officials and that
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work is evil
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 80, 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 a month.
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
Chapter. 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 filed with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms of Assistance
If there is delay before the mans
claim Is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs Of himself and
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 i:
rapid.
Every month during the last year
the American Red Cross has giver
service of one kind or another to al
average Of 1925 former service mer
and their families. An indication o.
the extent of the faith repOsed in tn,
Red Cross Chapter is to be found il
the fact that there were 356,544 re
quests for friendly aid in the solution
Of personal problems.
44s Workers in Hospitals
! While the man prior to enterin,
Government care deals largely with tn,
/ Chapter, afterward he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters. There are A
Red Cross workers in the Unite,
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institution
In which these men are being care,
for, whose duty is to provide for hi
recreation, help him with his compen
sation claims, keep him in touch wit
his family in short, meeting his ever
need outside of that provided by tn
| Government. While these are a fe,
I of the responsibilities of the Nations
| Organization, they are by no mean
! all. Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments for the year are:
II It handled 70,732 allotment and a
! Iowance claims.
II 1t delivered through it's Chapter Of
ganizatIon 69,655 allotment checks I
veterans who had moved from the az
dresses furnished to the Bureau
War Risk Insurance.
81 It provided a special fund Of $1,000
for medical assistance to men unde
vocational training.
Il It made 80, 2,495 loans totaIIng $3.50, OF
to- men taking vocational training.
60 which S5 per cent has been repaid