The Press., 1921-10-27
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Red Cross Provides Friendly Service of Many Kinds to
 Army of Disabled,
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
2,3e7 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 of the World War, entails expenditures $4.O0O,OOO greater than the aggregate receipts of the Annual Roll Call or 1920 the American Red Cross an nOunces in a statement urging d wide 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 $10,OOO,OOO annual ly for the relief of disabled ex-service men and their families, while the az gregate receipts from last years Roll Call were approximately $6,OOO,OOO.
 It Is in the 2,2S9 of the $500 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 bOEpe. Of the, total sum spent for veterans relief last year, National Headquarters expended to- tai of more than $2,600,OOO, while the remaining disbursement of apprOxi- mately $7,OOO,OOO represents the con trihution 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 corresponding and probably will not reach the peak be fore 1925, is the assertion of well-tn formed Government officials and thai 2,397 Red Cross Chapters regard il as their most important work is evi dence that the expansion is in nOwis' confined to a particular section but is on the contrary, nationwide. At th' end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1921 there were 26,3O0 disabled service mel in the 1902 United States Publi Health Service, < Contract and Govern ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes and that number Is increasing at ; rate of 1000 a month.
 Thousands of these men receiving medical treatment, compensation an vocational training from the Govern ment today, started their efforts t obtain them through the Red CrOs Chapter. The Chapter, acting as tn disabled mans agent in claims agains the Government, informs the man as t the. procedure necessary to gain fO him that which is provided him b! | Federal statute. His applications fO compensation, medical treatment ant training are properly filed with the ait of the Red Cross Chapter.
 Many Forms of Assistance
 If there Is delay before the man claim is acted upon, the Red Cros Chapter lends the man money to mee the imperative needs of himself an his dependents
 Most vital tn the mans gaining fu henefit from the Governments care keeping his mind free from worry ahot his home. Keeping the veterans fan fly from hardship of every kind an l other province of the Chapter Ere from fear on this score, the mans r' covery~ and advancement usually F rapid.
 Every month during the last yea the American Red Cross has give service of one kind or another to a average of 129,215 former service me and their families. An indication the extent of the faith repoSed in til Red Cross Chapter is to be found the fact that there were :",1,.ti4 r' quests for friendly aid in the solutiO of personal problems.
 449 Workers in Hospitals While the man prior to enterin Government care deals largely with til Chapter, afterward he comes into c0l tact with the service provided by x; tiOnal Headquarters. There are A Red Cross workers in the Unite States Public Health Service and cnl tract hospitals and other institution in which these men are being care for, whose duty is tO provide for h. recreation, help him with his c0mpeI satiOn claims, keep him in touch wit his family in short. meeting his ever need outside of that provided by tl Government. While these are a fe of the responsibilities of the Nations Organization, they are by no meaT sll. Among other Red Cross acc0n plishments for the year are:-
 It handled 70,732 allotment and 6 lowance claims.
 It delivered through It's Chapter o ganization 63,655 allotment checks veterans who had moved from the a
 dresses furnished to the Bureau War Risk Insurance.
 It provided a special fund of $10,O(
 for medical assistance to men und
 vocational training.
 It made "2 !07 loans totalin9 %45n ot to m"u t"l;ing v"c"tiornt t':';n;':. N-I.', ,. t;1 ,,t.,. '. ;, "i v; -,