The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-11-16
S10,00O,0oo AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Fr'eno'y
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.

one field Of Red Cross service alone.
that Of assisting disabled veterans "
the World War, entails expenditures
s4,O00000 greater than the 'aggresa'.
Of the Annual Rol! Ca'' "
1920. the American Red Gross an
nounces in a statement urging VICE
spread increase In membership at tns
Annual Roll Call, November II 10 ~
At the present time National heao.
quarters and the nationwide chain OK
Chapters Of the Red Cross Is SPEND
ing approximately s10.0oo,0Oo annua''
" for the relief Of disabled ex-serVies
men and their families, while the az
xregate receipts from last years Roll
Cali were approximately $6,0oO,OOo.
It Is In the $3.50 Of the 5000 Req
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 q TO-
tai Of more than $1,000, 900. 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'ln-
formed Government officials and that
1897 Red Cross Chapters regard II
- their most important work 10 svi.
dence that the expansion IL In nowise
confined to a particular section but IL,
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June so. 1921,
there were 28,9OO disabled service men
In the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes
:pd that number Is increasing at Z
rate Of 1000 month.
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern
'nent today, started their efforts t
.btain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter, acting as tn,
disabled mans agent In claims agains,
he Government, informs the man as e
The procedure necessary to gain TO,
him that which is provided him By
Federal statute. His applications fol-
compensation, medical treatment an(
training are properly fled With the ale
Of the BED Cross Chapter. .
Many Forms Of Assistance
II there is delay before the man,
claim u acted upon, the Red Crosl
Chapter lends the man money to NEE
the imperative needs of himself AMI
bis dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care 1
keeping his mind free from worry abou
bis home. Keeping the veterans fam
lily from hardship Of every kind an,
Informing him Of its welfare is ar
Other province Of the Chapter. Ere
from fear on this score, the mans n
eovery and advancement usually 1
rapid.
| Every month during the last yea,
tho American Red Cross has give
service Of one kind or another to q
average Of 1925 former service me
and their families. An indication G
the extent Of the faith reposed In III
Red Cross Chapter u to BE- found
the fact that there were 85e,5aA r,
quests for friendly aid In the solutio
Of personal problems.
| ~ Workers In Hospitals
1 While the man prior to euter,u
Government care deals largely with n
Chapter, aftsrward he comes into 90,
fact With the service provided b. N,
tlonal Headquarters. There are 4
Red Cross workers In the Unite
states Public Health Service and CO.
N tract hospitals and other Institute,
N which these men are being car,
tor, whose duty Is to provide for h
recreation, help him with his CONNIE
satlon claims, keep him In touch wi,
bis family; in short. meeting his eve
need outside Of that provided by II
Government. While these are 20
Of the responsibilities Of the Nation
Organization. they are by no mea
Vail Among other Red Cross acco,
plishments for the year are.
1t handled 70,7S2 allotment md
lowapCe claims.
! 1t delivered through its Chapter
=, Alzation 03,055 allotment checks
.sterans who had moved from tho ,
dresses furnished to the Bureau
\ War Risk Insurance.
It provided special fund OF s,o
TOR medical assistance to men NM
vocational training.