The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-10-14
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
S19,361 ,657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID.
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren viii Cost S6,00O,-
600 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID.

neutrality-suspicious. totalling
Sl9,3G1 ,G57 for carrying through its
program Of relief and services in the
United States and overseas are out
lined in the budget OF the American
Red Cross for the current fiscal year.
This total is more than $5,OO0,OOO low
or than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24, I92,741, it is 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 Cali, November IL to II,
if the vital work of the society is to
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
OF $3,669,256 for work in behalf OF
the disabled eX-seryice 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-
lief of the World War veteran. 1t
is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this obI-
cation of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, rs manifested by fig
ures of the fiscal year 1920-192l when
The total was approximately $4,000
90, of which $2.692,O94 represented
tie disbursement of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this field of
Eed Cross service.
Vast York for Disabled
chief Amos the Sub-G. isions of
the approprl .ol .or WON with vet
Grams is tina. which concerns itself
with assistance "a disabled meu ana
women in government hospitals This
item OF SLr@O,cO3, IN increase of more
than >$J0J,CJO 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"
)ther items of the appropriation for
eterans' relief are. prOportionately in
creased. An additional appropriation
of Si69,G00 has been made for Red
Cross work i'm 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 $5f3,976,
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-1921.
More than 100000 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 S49S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
tivitieS, including contributions re-
Stricted for special purposes and $76S,-
600 for management. Each of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations of the previous
year.
From n fund of S10,000000, 5000
600 of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and $j,0O0,000 allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work in
Europe, there remains $S,765. los still
available. of which it is estimated
that S6O0O.OOO will be required for
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation in the
joint effort To relieve famine cond.-
tions in Russia, for final work i'm the
China famine, for Junior Red Cross
and other overseas activities including
the closing of the cid general relief
program i'm Europe $4,97S,00O is made
available.
In announcing the national budget.
the Red Cross makes il clear that
the figures do not include chapter ex-
penditureS or place any cash estimate
on the invaluable service of volun-
teerS in chapters.