Milford chronicle., 1921-10-07
$1O,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.

One field of Red Cross service alone
that of assisting disabled veterans O1
the World War, entails expenditures
$4,000,0C0 greater than the aggregate
receipts of the Annual Roll Call Oi
1920. the American Red Cross an
nOTnces in a 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,OOO,OOO 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,OO0,OO0
1t is in the 22S9 of the 5000 Red
Cr0Ss Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem of adjust.
ing himself to a 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 $260O,OOO, while the
remaining disbursement of approx
Inately $7,OOOOOO 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-expanding and
probably will not reach the peak be.
fore 1925, is the assertion of well-in.
formed Government officials and that
1897 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work is evi-
dence that the expansion is in nowlse
confined to a particular section but is,
on the contrary. nationwide. At the
end of the fiscal year, June So 1921,
there were 26,3OO disabled. service men
in the 1862 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at
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
The Chapter, acting as the
disabled mans agent in claims against
The Government, informs the man as TO
he procedure necessary to gain for
lim that which is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
medical treatment and
are properly filed with the aid
IF the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms of Assistance
If there is delay before the mans
lain is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
he imperative needs of himself and
lis dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
'enefit from the Governments care is
.eeping his mind free from worry about
lis home. Keeping the veterans fam
Iy from hardship of every kind and
him of its welfare is an.
ther province of the Chapter. Free
rom fear on this score, the mans re-
overy and advancement usually is
apid.
Every month during the last year,
he American Red Cross has given
ervice of ones kind or another to an !
verage of 1925 former service men l
nd their families. An indication of
ne extent of the faith reposed in the $
ed Cross Chapter is to be found in t
he fact that there were 356,544 re- '
uests for friendly aid in the solution t
personal problems. i
44s Workers in Hospitals S
While the man prior to entering g
Overnment care deals largely with the
hapter, afterward he comes into con- f.
let with the service provided by Ma o
Onal Headquarters. There are AS b
ed Cross workers in the United i!
-ateS Public Health Service and con- Il
act hospitals and other institutions p
which these men are being cared f
#, whose duty is to provide for his t
creation, help him with his cOmpen-
tiOn claims, keep him in touch with !"
$ family; in short, meeting his every u
'ed outside of that provided by the :,
lvernment. While these are a few \
the responsibilities of the National II
rganizatiOn, they are by no means
|. Among other Red Cross accom- 81
ishments for the year are: b
1t handled .70,732 allotment and al R
vance claims a.
1t delivered through its Chapter Or te
63,655 allotment checks to tt
terans who had moved from the ad- a.
esses furnished to the Bureau Of tC
ar Risk Insurance. al
1t provided a special fund of $4,000 IL 10
r medical assistance to men under VI VI
catiOnal training. ~ .,
It made SO, ,495 loans totaling $3.50, 900 -
men taking vocational training, Of
lich So per cent has been repaid.