The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-10-13
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 S6,000,-
600 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

Washington.-Ex Expenditures totalling
| $19,361 ,657 for carrying through It's
! 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 100000 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24, 492, IA, 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 Call, November IL to "a,
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-service 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, as manifested by fig
ures Of the fiscal year 1920-1921 when
the total was approximately $4,000
900, of which $2,692,094 represented
the disbursement Of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to 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 81, 100000, an increase of more |
than 100000 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
las recently expressed his desire that
he Red Cross should continue and |
extend these "humanizing services"
Other items of the appropriation for
relief. are proportionately in
.reased. An additional appropriation
II $469,600 has been made for Red
Cross work In connection with regu-
ar Army and Navy hospitals and
With the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cross
las set aside for the current twelve
months an appropriation of $543, 976,
doubling the appropriation
or the same purpose for the fiscal
ear 1920-1921.
More than 100000 is provided for
ervice and assistance to the 5000
ted Cross chapters by the national :
rganization.
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
lclude $49S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
yities, including contributions re-
Lricted for special purposes and $685.
DO for management Each of these .
ems represents large reductions over
milar appropriations of the previous
ear.
From a fund of $1O,OOO,0O0, $1,000
70 Of which was contributed through
lie European Relief Council campaign
i'd $5,000,O00 allotted by the Red
ross for child welfare work in
urope, there remains $685. Os still
Of which IT is estimated 4