Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-10-05
s1O,OOo,OOO 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 E-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits u. S. Provides.

One field OF Red cross service diOAe,
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 q statement urging vide
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 = pNnd-
ing approximately $10o0o.oo anasad
1y for the relief Of disabled ex-sarviss
men and their families, while tAs a.
gregate receipts from last years RsN
Call were approximately eAeo0, oo0s
It is in the 1850 of the 1900 Bed
Cross Chapters which stiA 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 boEpe. OF the total sum
National Headquarters expended TO
tai Of more than $4,000. 600, while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately 100000 represents the con
tribution Of Chapters il 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
1897 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work is evil
dence that the expansion is in nowise
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end of the fiscal year, June 80, 1921,
there were 26,3OO disabled service men
in the 1862 United States Public
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 anpNcetsa-~ g
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. theI mans re
coyery 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 1925 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
the fact that there were 356,544 re.
quests for friendly aid in the solution
of personal problems.
44S Workers in, Hoepitais
\ While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
Chapter, afterward she comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma.
tional Headquarters. There are AS
Red Cross workers in the United
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
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 mean:
all. Among other Ted Cross accom-
plishments for the year are -
1t handled 1912 allotment and al
lowance claims.
1t delivered through its Chapter or
ganization 63.G55 allotment checks t.
veterans who had moved from the adj
dresses furnished to the Bureau OF
War Risk Insurance
1t provided a special fund Of $4,000
for medical assistance to men under
vocational training
1t made 20, -'95 looms roraffng S450,OOi
to men taking vocational training o.
which So per ceEt has been repaid.