The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-11-03
O,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 Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits u. S. Provides.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTER;

One field Of Red Cross service alone
that Of assisting disabled veterans OF
the World War, entails expenditures
| $4,000,000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call OF
| 1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in a statement urging a wide
spread increase In membership at the
Annual Roll Call, November IL to "a
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain of
Chapters Of the Red Cross IS spend
ing approximately $10,000000 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.
1t is in the 2,2S9 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 a to-
tai Of more than 100000, 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
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work is evi-
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 80, 1921,
there were 26,300 disabled service men
In the 1862 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at a
rate Of 1000 a 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
he Government, informs the man as TO
he procedure necessary to gain for
lim that which is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
medical treatment and
raining are properly fled with the aid
If the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms of Assistance
If there is delay before the mans |
'laim is acted upon, the Red Cross |
Chapter lends the man money to meet |
he Imperative needs of himself and |
lis dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full |
'eneft from the Governments care is
.eepng his mind free from worry about
lis home. Keeping the veterans fam
ly from hardship of every kind and |
informing him Of its welfare is an.
ther province Of the Chapter. Free
rom fear on this score, the mans re-
overy and advancement usually is
apid
Every month during the last year,
he American Red Cross has given
ervice Of one kind or another TO an
verage Of 1925 former service men
nd their families An indication Of
he extent Of the faith reposed in the
ted Cross Chapter is to he found in
he fact that there were 35G,5i4 re-
uests for friendly aid in the solution
personal problems.
44s Workers In Hospitals
" tiht AAlt man pllNi 10 thitlluE !
overnment care deals largely with the
hapter, afterward he comes into con-
lct with the service provided by Ma
onal Headquarters. There are AS
ed Cross workers I'm the United
tate7 Public Health Service and con-
act hospitals and other institutions
which these men are being cared
", whose duty is 10 provide for his
'creation. help him with his compen-
ltiou claims, keep him in touch with
Is family; in short meeting bis every
red outside Of that provided by the
ovemment. While these are a few
tha responsibilities Of the National
rgaa.zation, they are by no means
D Among other Red Cross accom-
lshments for the year are.
Il handled 70.732 allotment and al
vance claims.
II delivered through its Chapter or
.nizauoE 6S.655 allotment checks 10
teraus who had moved from the ad-
.esses furnished % the Bureau OF
ar Risk Insurance.
Il provided a special fund " $4,000 J
r medical assistance 90 men under I
.Cat.aBal training
Il made %, ,4Q5 loans t0talinC $4,000 I
men taking vocational training. OF }
lich S5 per cent has been repaid I
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