The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-11-11
s1O,OOO,OOO 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.

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 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 $1O,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 $6,00O,0O0.
1t 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 boTre. OF the total sum
spent for veterans relief last year,
National Headquarters expended q to-
tai of more than $2,6O0,OOO 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 ever-expandlng and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, Is the assertion of well-in-
formed Government officials and that
4 1887 Red Cross Chapters regard 1t
as their most important work Is evil
dence that the expansion is In nowise
confined to 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 1902 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at a
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 &c
the procedure necessary to gain fol
!: him that which Is provided him BY
: Federal statute. His applications fol
compensation, medical treatment ant
training are properly filed with the ale
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
3 Many Forms Of Assistanes
II there Is delay before thes mans
claim IS acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
J the imperative needs Of himself and
: his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
Z benefit from the Governments care is
keeping his mind free from worry about
his home. Keeping the veterans fam
fly from hardship Of every kind and
informing him Of its welfare is an.
other province Of the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score, the mans re-
covery and advancement usually IL
ropid.
Every month during the last year,
the American Red Cross has given
service Of one kind or another to an
average Of 120,2l5 former service men
and their families. An Indication Of
4 the extent of the faith reposed In the
4 Red Cross Chapter Is to be found In
I the fact that there were s56.544 re-
quests for friendly aid in the solution
( Of personal problems
44e Workers In Hospitals
q While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
( Chapter, nfterward he comes into con-
& tact with the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters. There are AS
3 Red Cross workers In the United
States Public Health Service and con-
trnct hospitals and other institutions
J lin which these men are being cared
} for, whose duty IL to provide for his
1 recreation. help him with his compen-
sation claims keep him In touch with
his family In short. meeting his every
need outside Of that provided by the
! Government. While these are few
! i Of the responsibilities OF the National
Organization, they are By no means
{ Tan. Among other Red Cross accom-
! p{lShments for the year are: ~