The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-11-18
Red cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK By CHAPTERS
1887 Of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits u. S. Provides.

that OF assisting disabled veterans Of
the World War, entails expenditures
$4,000. 600 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call of
1870, the American Red Cross an
nounces In a 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 s100O0,00O annual
ly for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag
gregate receipts from last years Roll 4
Call were approximately $6O00,0OO
1t is in the 2,2S9 Of the 5000 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans T ,blem of adjust.
Ing himself to a nor ..al 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 to-
tai of more than $4,000, 900, 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
nNlo - he IAA
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
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard II
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 30, 1921
there were 26,30O disabled service mer
In the 1892 United States Publ,
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes
and that number is increasing at {
rate Of 1000 month.
Thousands of these men receivin
medical treatment, compensation an
vocational training from the Govern
ment today, started their efforts t
obtain them through the Red eros
Chapter. The Chapter, acting as tn
disabled mans agent in claims agains
the Government, informs the man as
the procedure necessary to gain 70
him that which is provided him
Federal statute. His applications fc
compensation, medical treatment an
training are properly filed with the, al
of the Red Cross Chapter
Many Forms Of Assistance
If there Is delay before the man
claim Is acted upon, the Red Gro!
Chapter lends the man money to me
the imperative needs of himself ar
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining fl
benefit from the Governments care
keeping his mind free from worry abo
his home Keeping the veterans fal
ily from hardship Of every kind al
informing him of its welfare Is 8
other province of the Chapter. FIR
from fear ON this score, the mans
covery and advancement usually
rapid.
Every month during the last ye
the American Red Cross has Civ
service Of one kind or another to
average Of 1925 former service n
and their families. An indication
the extent Of the faith reposed in
Red Cross Chapter Is to be found
the fact that there were 356,544
quests for friendly aid In the solut
Of personal problems.
448 Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to enter
Government care deals largely with
Chapter, afterward he comes into
tact with the service provided by
tional Hea dquarters. There are
Red Cross workers In the Tn
States Public Health Service and
tract hospitals and other institut
In Wnlcn THESE ncI dlc pVhio -
for, whose duty is to provide Tor
recreation, help him with his com
sation claims, keep him In touch
his family In short, meeting his e
need outside Of that provided by
Government. While these are
Of the responsibilities OF the Natl
Organization, they are by no m
ali. Among other Red Cross &C
plishments for the year are
II handled 70732 allotment am
lowance claims.
1t delivered through its Chapte
ganization 63,655 allotment cheer
veterans who had moved from IN
dresses furnished to the Burea
War Risk Insurance.
1t provided n special fund Of -
for medical assistance to men
vocational trainlnas