The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-10-17
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
2,397 Of These Are Helping Ex.
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits U. S. Provides.

$4,00QO00 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 ut the
Annual Roll Call, November Ii to "a.
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain Of
oAapters OF the Red Cross Is spend
ing approximately $l0,000,000 annual
" Tor the relief Of disabled ex.service
men and their families, while the ag-
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $6000,O00.
It is In the 2,2s9 Of the $500 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 s2,8O0, ,000, while the
remaining disbursement of approx.
mately $7,000,000 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
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard il
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 26,300 disabled service men
In the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern.
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
Nnd 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
Ntain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter, acting ss the
disabled mans agent In claims against
( the Government, informs the man as 10
the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment aud
trsining are properly aled with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistanes
II 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
lily from hardship Of every kind and
informing him Of its welfare is Mn
other province Of the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score. the mans re-
covery and advancement usually II
rapid.
Every month during the last year
the American Red Cross has given
service Of one kind or another to an
average Of l29.2l5 former service mer
and their families. An indication OF
the extent Of the faith reposed In thu
Ned Cross Chapter Is to be found In
the fact that there were 358,544 re
quests for friendly aid In the solution
Of personal problems.
~ Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to ehtering
Government care deals largely with tn,
Chapter, afterwsrd he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma
conai Headquarters. There are Al
BED Cross workers Ia the Unitet
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institutions
in which these men are being csret
for, Whose duty Is to provide for hi
recreation, help him with his compen
satisn clnims, keep him Ia touch viii
biz family; In short, meeting his ever!
nsed outside VI that provided by thu
Government. While these are few
Of the responsibilities VI the Nations
Organization. they are BY no mean
oil. Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments for the year are:
1t handled 10,732 allotment and al
Iowsnce claims.
II delivered through It's Chapter or
ganisation 0S,055 allotment checks I,
veterans who had moved from the I'D
dresses furnished to the Bureau Q
War Risk Insurance.
Il provided a special FUND Of 5000
for medical assistance to men unde
,catlonal training.
It made n, <oo loans totsling $4,000