Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-11-11
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 Of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits U. S. Provides.

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 $10000,G00 annual
" for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag-
gregste receipts from last years Roll
Can were approximately 100000.
1t is In the 2289 Of the 5000 Red
Gross Chapters which still are helping
selve the veterans problem Of adjust
ing himself TO q normal civilian status
that the greater part Of the cost of this
service Ia borne. OF the total sum
spent for veteran1 relief last year,
NssAoaal Headquarters expended a to
- 81 more chan S2,eoeyOOO, while the
psnsiAiag disbursement of approx.
sassly $1,000 900 represents the con.
tzGbution OF Chapters In this country
vide sfe0rt to assist the Government
In providing the aid soreay needed by
these men and their families.
An Ever Expanding Problem
TAat the problem Of the disabled
servfce man is corresponding and
probably win not reach the peak be-
fore 1925. Is the assertion Of weli-in-
formed Government officials and that
ASST Red Cross Chapters regard II
- their most important work is evil
eeAee 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
tn the 1852 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
Inent Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at
rate Of LOCO 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.l 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 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 man money to meet
the imperative needs Of himself and
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining fun
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 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 given
service of one kind or another to an
average of 1925 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 S56,544 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, afterwsrd he comes into con-
tact With the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters There are 448
Red Cross workers in the United
States Public Health Service and con-
tract hospitals and other institutions
In which these men are being cared
for, whose duty IL to provide for his
recreation, help him with his compsnt
sation claims, keep him in touch with
his family in short, meeting his every
need outside Of that provided by the
Government. While these are a few
6 the responsibilities Of the National
organiEation, they are by no means
all Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments for the year are:
II handled 7o.782 allotment and al
lowanee claims.
1t delivered through its Chapter or
ganization e8.056 allotment checks to
veterans who had moved from the adj
dresses furnished to the Bureau Of
War Risk Insurance.
II provided special fund Of $4,000
for medical assistance to men under
vocational training.
II made 81, 405 loans totaling $45o, 900
To man falrlno vocational training Of