Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-10-07
100000 AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
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 Of
the World War, entails expenditures
100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call Of
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in statement urging a 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 $10,0O0,0O0 annual
ly for the relief OF disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag-
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately S6,0O0,OO0
1t is in the 2,2S9 of the $500 RED
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem of adjust.
ing himself TO 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 a to-
tai Of more than $2,6OO.OOO, while the
remaining disbursement Of approx
mately $1,O000O0 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-expandlng and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, is the assertion of well-in-
formed Government officials and that
2,S97 Red Cross Chapters regard IL
as their most important work is evi.
dence that the expansion is in nowise
confined TO a 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
in the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern.
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at q
rate Of 1000 a month.
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern
ment today, started their efforts tC
fhfafp ~
Chapter The Chapter, acting as tbs
disabled mans agent In claims against
the Government, informs the man as tC
the procedure necessary to gain fol
him that which is provided him b,
Federal statute. His applications To-
compensation, medical treatment ant
training are properly filed with the al,
of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance
II there is delay before the mani
claim is acted upon, the Red Cros.
Chapter lends the man money TO NEE
the imperative needs Of himself am
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care 4
keeping his mind free from worry ab0u
his home. Keeping the veterans fam
fly from hardship of every kind an,
informing him of its welfare is an
other province of the Chapter. Ere
; from fear on this score, the mans re
covery and advancement usually /
rapid.
Every month during the last yeal
the American Red Cross has give
service of one kind or another 10 a
average of 129,215 former service me
and their families An indication a
the extent of the faith rep0sed in tn
Red Cross Chapter is to be found 1
the fact that there were 356,5il r,
quests for friendly aid In the solutlO
of personal problems.
AS Workers in Hospitals
While the man prior to enterin
Government care deals largely with tn
Chapter, afterward he comes into col
| thCl WIN lile StiNitt ifToNlucu by M
tional Headquarters There are A
Red Cross workers In the Unite
States Public Health Service and coI
tract hospitals and other institution
IN which these men are being care
for, whose duty is to provide for hi
recreation, help him with his compel
sation claims, keep him in touch wit
his family In short, meeting his ever
need outside of that provided by ii
Government. While these are a fe
of the responsibilities of the Nations
Organization, they are by no meal
all. Among other Red Cross accou
plishments for the year are:
1t handled 70,732 allotment and a
lowance claims.
1t delivered through its Chapter o
Eanization 69,655 allotment checks
veterans who had moved from the a
dresses furnished to the Bureau
War Risk Insurance.
1t provided a special fund of $500
for medical assistance to men und,
vocational training
II made 81, 1875 loans tOtaling $4,000
to men taking vocational training,
which So per cent has been repaid,