The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-28
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
$l9,36l,657 Allotted for Cur.
rent Program Of Relief
s.R and Service.
BILLIONS For VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill.
dren Will Cost S6,000,.
s 900 This Year.
BILLIONS For VETERAN AID

1885,, 1857 for carrying through Its
program Of relief and services In the
United States and overseas are out
lined in the budget Of the American
lied Cross for the current fiscal year.
This total is more than 5000, 900 low.
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24 ,l92, ,141, It is an.
nSunced at National Headquarters in
statement calling attention to the
necessity Of continued support Of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November IL to "a,
Il the vital work Of the society Is TO
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items Of the
domestic budget Is the appropriation
of $3,689,2o6 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-
Hef Of the World War veteran. 1t
10 In the chapter that the greater
amount Is spent in meeting this obll-
yation Of :he Red Cross, the announce
lnent continues, US manifested by ng-
\ ures OF the fiscal year l920-192l when
\ the total was approximately $1,000.
zoe, Of which s2,692,O94 represented
The disbursement Of National Head
quarters while the remsinder was the
chapters contribution TO this 6eld oi
s Red Cross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
x Chief among the subdivisions OF
4 the appropriation for work with vet
Z Grams is that which concerns itself
y with assistance lo disabled men and
Women in government hospitals. Thii
item Of $1,790,0O0, an increase Of more
than $4,000 over the appropri alton
for the same work in last years bud
get, will provide those personal serv
ices for the disabled and their fanilie,
which are Indispensable to supplement
those provided by the government
The director of the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his desire tina
\ the Red Cross should continue ant
extend these "humanlzins services.
Other items Of the appropriation fo
veterans relief are proportionately In
creased. An additional appropriation
Of $369,GO has been made for Rex
Cross work In connection with regu
lar Army and Navy hospitals an,
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cros
has set aside for the current twelv
months an appropriation Of $543,9Tt
virtually doubling the appropriation
fer the same purpose for the asca
gear l920-l92l
More than s2,O00,0O0 Is provided 10
service and assistance 10 the 800
Red Cross chapters by the natlonu
orsanla Ion.
I!e.pins Destitute Children
other items vi The domestic bulge
include -? ,..,i6 for miscellaneous nI
tiviilcs, In ludinr contributions n
sirced ior >pecinl purposes and S,6s
Uo0 for arrangement. Each of thes
ielns rcr'c ms largo rc luctiors owe
similar u.nr H'lg;iNr> Of The previou
year
from 8 NJ Of Slo,o0N00o, $4,000
p coo Of w,.lc' was crntribured rhropc
the Eu,o, : Et.i,; concli campais
and $50 l'N allotted ny the Re
Cross 10, d,'d welfare work /
Europe. tic p remains sS,,T,l0S sti
available, ,t which Il is estimate
tha, sd'Oo,No will be required ~
hi, worS dufag The current yea
I"f Red CrosS participation In ia
l,ini effort n relieve famine cond
t'ons In Eua.'a, for final work In n
= China famine. for Junior Red Cros
and "ther overseas activities iacludin
the closing ~ the old general relic
program IN Europe sio7s,op Is mad
available.
In announcing the national hudEe
the Red Cross makes II clear tina
the figures do not include chapter =,
psnditurcs or place any cash estlmat
on the invaluable service ~ yolur
tcers In chapters.