Williams news., 1921-10-14
Red Cross Provides Friendly Service of Many Kinds to
 Army of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
2,3s7 of These Are Helping Ex- Service Men Obtain Bene-
 fits U. s. Provides.

that of assisting disabled veterans of the World War, entails expenditures $4,OOO, 900 greater than the aggregate receipts of the Annual Roll Call of 1920, the American Red Cross an- nounces in statement urging a wide spread increase in membership at the Annual Roll Call, November Il to 24. At the present time National Head- quarters and the nationwide chain of Chapters of the Red Cross is spend- ing approximately $IQ,0O0,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,OOO,OOO.
 It is in the 2,2S9 of the 3,6O0 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 to- tai of more than S2.6OO 900, while the remaining disbursement of approxi- mately $7,O00,O00 represents the con- trfbutfon 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 corresponding and probably will not reach the peak be- fore 1925, is the assertion of well-in- formed Government officials and that 2,397 Red Cross Chapters regard it as their most important work is evil dence that the expansion is in nowise confined to particular section but is, on the contrary. nationwide. At the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1921, there were 26,3OO 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.
 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 fly 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 reposed in the | Red Cross Chapter Is to be found in | lne 1dcC CDdI IneIe were S-1O,Dff re- quests for friendly aid in the solution |, of personal problems
 44s Workers Tn 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 tional Hea dQuarters. There are AS | Red Cross workers in the United l 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 help him with his compen- sation claims, keep him in touch with his family in short. meeting his every l need outside of that provided by the Government. While these are a few of the responsibilities of the National i Organization, they are by no means all. Among other Red Cross accom-, plishments for the year are:
 It handled 70,732 allotment and al- lowance claims.
 It delivered through its Chapter or ganiZation 63.655 allotment checks to veterans who had moved from the ad- dresses furnished to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
 It provided special fund of S1O.O0O for medical assistance to men under training
 It made B, ,495 loans totaling S450, 900 to men taking vocational training, of