The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1921-10-27
RED |CR|6SS GIVES.
ANNUAL BUDGET
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European CHI
dren win Cost s6,0o0.-
600 This Year.

Washington -Expenditures totalltng
Sls,S61, eo7 for carrying through tn
program Of relief and services in The
United States and ovsrseas are out
lined In the budget Of the American
Red Cross for the current fiscal ysas.
This total ID more than $4,000 900 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year. when the disburss-
ments reached ~. 4e2, IA, It il an
nounced 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 ~
IL the vital work Of the society u to
be effectively carried on
Outstanding among the items Of the
domestic budget il the appropriation
Of $3,6e9. 258 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 r.
Lief Of the World War veteran Il
Is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent In meeting this obi
cation of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, As manifested By hs-
ures Of the fiscal year 192019N when
the total was approximately $1,000
900, Of which $2,692,o e4 represented
the disbursement Of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this feid 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 s1,790,O0O, an Increase Of more
than 100000 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
months an appropriation of $543,976,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-1921.
More than $2,OO0,OO0 is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
include $498,546 for miscellaneous ac-
tivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
600 for management Each of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year.
From a fund of $10,0O0,OO0, S5,00O,-
600 of which was contributed through |
the European Relief Council campaign |
and S5OO0,000 allotted by the Red
Gross for child welfare work in
Europe, there remains $S,765, 108 still |
available, of which 1t Is estimated |
that $6,000,000 will be required for
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation In the
joint effort to relieve famine condi- |
tons in Russia, for final work in the
China famine, for Junior Red Cross |
and other overseas activities including
the closing of the old general relief |
program in Europe $4,97s,000 is made
available.
In announcing the national budget,
the Red Cross makes II clear that
the figures do not include chapter ex-
penditures or place any cash estimate
on the invaluable service Of volun-
teers in chapters.