The Bourbon news., 1921-12-06
S1o,oI00;o00M MD.
FOR VETERANS J
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service of Many Kinds to
Army of Disabled. :
BULK OF WORK By CHAPTERS
1897 Of These Are Helping Ex.
X Service Men Obtain Bene- j
tits US. PioyIdes.


One neld Of Red Cross service alone,
that OF assisting disabled veterans Of
the World War, entails expenditures.
$4y0O0,0 900 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roli" Call Of
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces In statement urging wide
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 ls spend
ing approximately $10,0OO.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 $4,000, 900. Z,
+ It is in the 2,289 Of the 5000 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 $2,600,O0O, while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately 100000 represents the con-
tribution 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 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 evi.
dence that the expansion II in nowise
confined to particular section but is
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June 80, 1921,
there were 26,3O0 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 q
rate Of 1000 a menth.
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 fled 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, the mans re
covery and advancement usually II
rapid.
Every month during the last year
the American Red Cross has giyer
service Of one kind or another to ar
average Of 129,215 former service her
and their families. An indication OF
the extent Of the faith reposed In tin.
Red Cross Chapter Is to be found II
the fact that there were 356,544 re
quests for friendly aid in the solution
of~personal problems.
F-v y44sl Wsrksrs in Hospitals
| While the man prior to enterin:
Government care deals largely with th'
Chapter, afterward he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters. There are a.
Red Cross workers in the Unite,
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institution
In which these men are being csret
for, whose duty is to provide for hi
recreation, help him with his compen
sation claims, keep him In touch witt
his family; In short meeting his ever.
need soutside Of that provided by tn,
Government. While these are a fey
fthe responsibilities Of the Nationa
Organization, they are by no mean
all. Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments for the year are:
!. 1t handled 1912 allotment and al
lowanee claims.
1t delivered through it's Chapter Or
ganization 63,655 allotment checks t
veterans who had moved from the ad
dresses furnished to the Bureau O
War Risk Insurance
L. 1t provided especial fund Of $1,000
for medical assistance to men unde
vocational training. - Tssn r
II made 32.405-loans tot aljnp $40 90