The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1921-10-27
s1O,OOO,OOO AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 Of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits U. S. Provides.


that OF assisting disabled veterans VI
the World War, entails expenditures
i4,0oo,000 greater than the aggregate
receipts OF the Annual Roll Call of
1920. the American Red Cross an.
nounces in a statement urging wide
spread Increase In membership at tn,
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 $l0,OO0.O0O annual.
ly for the relief OF disabled ex.servlce
men and their families, while the ag
gregnte receipts from last yeur's Roll
Call we're approximately $6,0O0.OO
II Is in the 1850 Of the 3,GOO 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. or the total sum
spent for veterans relief last year,
National Headquarters expended n to
tai OF more than S2,0OOOOO. while the
remaining disbursement OF approx
mately S7.OO0,OO0 represents the con
tributlon OF Chapters In this country.
wide effort 90 assist the Government
In providing the aid sorcly needed by
these men and their families.
An Ever Expanding Problem
That the problem of the disabled
service man Is ever-expandlng aud
probably will not reach the peak be.
fore 1928, II the assertion OF well.ln.
formed Government officials and that
1897 Red Cross Chapters regard II
Ms their most important work Is evl.
dence that the expansion In In nowlse
confined to u particular section but is.
on the contrary. nationwide. At the
end OF the fiscal year, June 30. 1921,
there were 20.300 disabled service men
In the 1902 United States Public
Health Service. Contract and Govern.
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number Is increasing at n
rate OF 1000 a month.
Thousands OF these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern.
ment today, started their efforts 20
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter, The Chapter. acting as the
disabled mans agent In claims against
the Government. Informs the man as 20
the procedure necessary 10 gain for
him that which II provided him by
Federal statute, His applications for
compensation. medical treatment aud
training are properly filed with the aid
OF the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance
II there Is delay before the mans
claim Is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the mnn money 20 meet
the imperative needs OF himself aud
his dependents.
Most vital 10 the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care Is
keeping his mind free from worry about
his home. Keeping the veterans fam.
fly from hardship OF every kind and |
informing him OF It's welfare is an.
other province OF the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score. the mans re-
covery and advancement usually is
rapid.
Every month during the last year.
the American Red Gross has given
service OF one kind or another 20 an
average OF 1929 former service men
and their families. An indication OF !
the extent OF the faith reposed in the
Red Cross Chapter Is TO be found In
the fact that there were 350,544 re-
quests for friendly aid In the solution
OF personal problems.
44s Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
CHAPTER. afterWard he comes into con-