Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-10-07
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 Of These Arr helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits U. S. Provides.

nounces In statement urging d wide.
spread increase in membership ut 1iE.
Annual Roll Call. November II to ~
AZ the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain o,
Chapters Of he Red Cross is spend.
inS approximately Slo.Un0.n0O annual
~ for the relief Of disabled ex-scrvicc
men and their families, while the al.
greEate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately SG.0n0OoJ.
1t Is in the 2.2S9 Of III. 1890 Rel
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem OF adjust.
Ing himself to Z 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 to-
tai OF more than S2,8O0.000. while the
remaining disbursement Of app7oSi.
mately $,NO,000 represents the con.
tribution Of Chapters in this country
vide 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-e1pandiug and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, Ia the aAsertion Of weli-in-
formed Government officials and that
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard IT
as their most important work Is evi.
dence that the expansion Is In nowIse
confined to particular section but Is,
on tho contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year. June 30, 1921,
there we're %, 800 disabled service men
In the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern.
Inent Hospitals and Soldiers Homes.
and that number IS increasing at a
rate OF 1000 a 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 rs tbe
disabled mans agent in claims against
the Government. informs tie man rs "a
the procedure necessary 10 gain for
MN that which Is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly fled with the aid
OF the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance
If there Is delay before the p.ap,s
claim is acted upon, the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money To meet
the imperative needs Of himself end
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care 70
keeping his mind free from worry about
bis home. Keeping the veterans finn
iiy 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
c"'ery and advancement usually ix
rapid
Every month during the last ycnr.
the American Red Cross has given
service Of one kind or another to nm
average OF 1926 former service men
and their families. Al indication of
the extent of the faith rep0sed In the
Red Cross Chapter is TO be found in
the fact that there were 35G,5$4 re-
quests for friendly aid In the SOLUTION
OF personal problems
44s Workers In HOSPITALS
l,n
Government care deals largely With the
Chapter. afterward he comes into rop-
tact with the service provided hy Ma
tional Headquarters. There are 4is
Red Cross workers IN the I-u;te1
States Public Health Service ou1 con.
tract hospitals and other institutious
IN which these men are being cared
Tor whose duty is to provide for his
recreation. hrlJ him with his Corpupp.
saiion Claims. keep bin IN touch with
ms family: In short. inceting his evcry
need outside Of that provided by The
Government. While these IRE u few
OF the responsibilities Of the National
Organization, they are by no means
oil. Among other Red Cross accom-.
plishnents for the year are:
1t handled 70,732 allotment and al.
lowance claims.
1t delivered through its Chapter or
Eanization 63,G55 allotment checks tn
veterans who had moved from the adj.
dresses furnished TO the Bureau Of
War Risk Insurance.
1t provided special fund Of $1,000
for medical assistance to men under
vocational training.
II made 32,4e5 loans tots,inR $3.50 900
to men taking vocational training, OF
which ss per cen. has been repaid.