Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-11-12
RED CROSS Gives
ANNUAL budget
S19,361, 657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren win Cost S6,OO0,-
600 This Year.

Washington. -EXpenditures totalling
$19,361,6 57 for carrying through Its
program of relief and services in the
United States and overseas are out
lined in the budget Of the American
Red Cross for the current fiscal year.
This total is more than $5,000,000 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the dlsburse-
ments reached $24, 1872, TAI, 1t is an
nounced at National Headquarters in
statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November IL to "a,
II the vital work of the society Is to
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
of $780, 50 for work in behalf Of
the disabled ex-service man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only and does
not take into consideration the mil
lions being spent In chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran. 1t
Is in the chapter that the greater
amount is spent In meeting this obll-
cation Of the Red Cross the announce
ment continues, as manifested by fg-
ures OF the fiscal year 1020-1921 when
the total was approximately $4,000
600, Of which $685. 94 represented
the disbursement of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this field of
Red Cross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the Subdivisions of
the appropriation for work with vet
Grams is that which concerns itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women In government hospitals. This
item Of $1,790G00, an increase Of more
than 100000 over the appropriation
.
get, will provide those personal serv-
lees for the disabled and their families
which are Indispensable to supplement
those provided by the government.
The director Of the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his desire that
the Red Cross should continue and /
extend these "humanizing services"
Other items Of the appropriation for |
veterans relief are proportlonately In
creased. An additional appropriation
Of $469600 has been made for Red |
Cross work in connection with regu-
ar Army and Navy hospitals and
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cross
las set aside for the current twelve
months an appropriation of s543,976,
doubling the appropriation
or the same purpose for the fiscal
rear 1920-1921.
More than $2,000,000 Is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
include $49S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
ivlties, including contributions re-
trlcted for special purposes and $685.
100 for management. Each Of these
tens represents large reductions over
tmilar appropriations Of the previous
ear.
From a fund of s10,000,0O0, $5,000,-
90 of which was contributed through
he European Relief Council campaign
nd $5,000,000 allotted by the Red
ross for child welfare work In
EUROPE, there remains $s,765,108 still
Of which 1t Is estimated
hat SG,000,000 will be required for
MS work during the current year.
or Red Cross participation In the !
lint effort to relieve famine condi-
ons in Russia, for final work In the
hlna famine, for Junior Red Cross t
nd other overseas activities including !
re closing Of the old general relief a
rogram in Europe S4,97S,000 is made |
Q
In announcing the national budget,
Re Red Cross makes It clear that
lie figures do not include chapter ex-
enditures or place any cash estimate
I the invaluable service of volun- =
ers in chapters.