The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1921-11-17
S1o,oo(),oOo AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service of Many Kinds to
Army OF Disabled.
BULK or WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 of These Are Helping Ex.
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits U. S. Provides.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS

$4,UtU,UUU greater tnan the aggregate
receipts of the Annual Roll Call OF
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in statement urging wide.
spread increase in membership at the
Annual Roll Call, November II to "a
At the present time National Head.
quarters and the nationwide chain of
Chapters Of the Red Cross Is spend.
Ing approximately $1000O,O0O annual.
" for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the az.
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately 100000.
It Is in the $3.50 of the 5000 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 $2,60O,0C0, 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 eyer-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 it
as their most important work Is EVIL.
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 30, 1921,
there were 26,9O0 disabled service men
In the 1852 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern.
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at q
rate Of 1000 month.
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern.
ment today, started their efforts to
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter.( The Chapter, acting as the
disabled mans agent In claims against
the Government, informs the man as to
the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which Is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly flied with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forsna Of Assistance
If there is delay before the mans
claim is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs Of himself and
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care Is !
keeping his mind free from worry about .
his home. Keeping the veterans fam.
[ly from hardship Of every kind and
Informing him Of it's welfare Is an.
other province Of the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score, the mans re-
rovery and advancement usually is
rapid.
Every month during the last year,
he American Red Cross has given
service Of one kind or another to an
average Of 129,215 former service men
md their families. An indication OF
he extent Of the faith reposed In the
Red Cross Chapter Is to be found in
he fact that there were S5e544 re.
quests for friendly aid In the solution
# personal problems.
44s Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to entering
government care deals largely with the
chapter, afterward he comes into con.
act with the service provided by Ma.
ional Headquarters. There are 44S
Red Cross workers In the United
states Public Health Service and con.
ract hospitals and other institutions
n which these men are being cared (
or, whose duty Is to provide for his {
ecreation, help him with his compen.
alton claims, keep him in touch with
is family; in short, meeting his every
eed outside Of that provided by the :
government. While these are few !
I the responsibilities Of the National :
organization, they are by no means !
II. Among other Red Cross accom-. il
lishments for the year are.
1t handled 70,792 allotment and al.
)wance claims.
1t delivered through Its Chapter or. I
63,655 allotment checks TO Q
eterans who had moved from the ad. b
resses furnished to the Bureau Of
Far Risk Insurance. T
1t provided special fund Of 10000 q
Dr. medical assistance to men under
Ocationsl training