Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1921-10-07
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
s19,361,6 57 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren VIII Cost S6,000,-
900 This Year.

Washington.-ExpcnditureS totallinG
! S10,3Gl, 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 $5,000,00O low
or than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year. when the disburse-
| ments reached S2i.492, al, it is an
nouRced at National Headquarters in
n statement calling attention to the
necessity Of continued support of the
organization by response TO the An
nual Roll Call, November II to n,
if the vital work Of the society is TO
he effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items Of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
Of $S.GG9,25G for work in behalf of
the disabled cX-scryice nan 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 obli-
cation of the Red Cross, the announce
Went continues, as manifested by hg-
ures Of the fiscal year l920-l921 when
the total was approximately $1,000.
900, of which $2,692, O9l represented
the disbursement OF National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution Ia this field 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 S1,790,0OO, an increase of more
than $4,000 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 10 supplement
those provided by the government
The director of the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his desire tina
the Red Cross should continue anc
extend these Illuminating services.
Other items of the appropriation TO
veterans relief are prop0rtionately In
creased. An additional appropriation
Of S469,600 has been made for Re-
Cross work in connection with regu
lar Army and Navy hospitals ant
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red eros
has set aside for the current twelv
months an appropriation Of $543,91t
virtually doubling the appropriate
for the same purpose for the ffscs
year 1920-192l.
More than S2,0OO.00O is provided fo
service and assistance to the $50
Red Cross chapters by the nations
organization.
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic bulge
include S49S,5 $40 for miscellaneous "a
t~ivities. including contributions r.
stricted for special purposes and $76s
600 for management. Each of theS
Items represents large reductions ovt
similar appropriations Of the preVior
p year.
! From a fund OF S10,O00,000, $5,0OC
, 600 of which was contributed thrOue
! the European Relief Council campaie
and $5,000,000 allotted by the Re-
l Cross for child welfare work
: Europe, there remains $8,765, 10S ST
available, of which It is estimate
+ that $6,O00,OO0 will be required f
:, this work during the current yea
/" For Red Cross participation in Il
i joint effort to relieve famine conc
lions in Russia, for final work in Il
China famine, for Junior Red Gro
Il and other overseas activities includil
lp the closing of the old general reli
program in Europe S4,97S,00O is ma
:, available.
= In announcing the national budg
" the Red Cross makes 1t clear tn
j. the figures do not include chapter e
u penditures or place any cash estima
IN the invaluable service of volu
teers in chapters.