Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-03
100000 AID
|lR VETERANS
|,,,s Provides Friendly
M Of Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled
|pF WORK BY CHAPTERS
h These Are Helping ES-
nice Men Obtain Bsne'
ms U. S. Provides.
4 WORK BY CHAPTERS

hld Of Red Cfos'
' assisting disabled veterans OF
!. a., War, entails expenditures
u greater than the aggregate
=, the Annual Roll Call OF
n. American Red Cross an
IN 4 statement urging Il wide
,,,,ssse In membership at the
pdl Call, November IL to "a
nresent time National Head
and the nationwide chain of
|, If the Red Cross is spend
an,lmately s1o,ooo,ooo annual
M relief Of disabled ex'service
N their families, while the ag,
,scelpts from last years Roll
H. approximately $4,000, 1000.
IN the 2,2S9 of the 5000 Red
Chapters which still are helping
X veterans problem Of adjust
MELT to a normal civilian status
r,eater part of the cost Of this
Il borne. OF the total sum
mr. veterans relief last year,
n Headquarters expended a to-
more than 100000, while the
IIug disbursement Of approx
100000 represents the con-
I'M Of Chapters in this country
Mort to assist the Government
idlpg the aid sorely needed by
uen and their families.
Ever Expanding Problem
the problem of the disabled
man Is corresponding and
bly will not reach the peak be-
ga is the assertion Of well-ln'
Government officials and that
Red Cross Chapters regard /,
III most important work Is evil
that the expansion Is In nowise
HI to q particular section but Is
contrary, nationwide. At the
the fiscal year, June 80, 1921
we're 26,9OO disabled service mer
1892 United States Public
Service, Contract and Govern
hospitals and Soldiers Homes
bit number Ia increasing ut Q
kl0Oo a month.
bands Of these men receiving
h treatment. compensation ant
anal training from the Govern
today, started their efforts Il
them through the Red Gross
h, The Chapter. acting as thu
N mans agent in claims agalns
Ternment, informs the man as L
|psdure necessary to gain fol
Fhat which is provided him b!
hi statute. His applications foI
EasatlOn, medical treatment ant
ig are properly filed with the all
Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance
there Is delay before the man
Is acted upon, the Red Cros
Ter lends the man money to NEE
operative needs of himself an'
Ependents.
vital to the mans gaining full
from the Governments care |
FghlS mind free from worry abou
me. Keeping the veterans fam
Pm hardship of every kind an
ping him of Its welfare is ar
province Of the Chapter. Ere
fear on this score, the mans re
and advancement usually
ny month during the last yea
american Red Cross has give
Of one kind or another to a
e Of 129,2l5 former service me
helr families. An indication
l'eht Of the faith repOsed in tn
Toss Chapter is to be found I
PCT that there were 356,544 r,
lOr friendly aid in the solutio
sOnal problems.
~ Workers in Hospitals
lie the man prior to enterin
lment care deals largely with I'll
ef, afterward he comes into col
'th the service provided by NJ
headquarters. There are A.
uoss workers in the Unite
Public Health Service and CO.
hospitals and other institution
,CR these men are being care
NOSE duty Is to provide for h
iuon, help him with his compe
calms, keep him In touch vii
l'iy; In short, meeting his evel
outside Of that provided by Il
nnent While these are q fe
responsibilities Of the Nation
NATION, they are by no meal
among other Red Cross accol
nents for the year are:
landled 1882 allotment and
ice claims.
lsllVered through its Chapter {
iuOn 1885 allotment checks
lnS who had moved from the a
furnished to the Bureau
Ask Insurance.
provided special fund Of 500
ieucal assistance to men und
Eonal training.
aade 50, 1876 loans totaling $500
:, taxing vocational training,
" per cent has been repaid.