The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-10-24
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
S19,361 ,657 Allotted for Cur.
rent Program Of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren viii Cost $6,000,-
900 This Year.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

Washington Expenditures totallIng
Sl9,S6l,657 for carrying through its
program of relief aud services in the
United States and overseas are out.
lined In the budget Of the American
Red Cross for the current fiscal year.
This total Is more than $4,000, 900 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24, 492,74l, 1t is an
nounced at National Headquarters in
statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November II to IL
II the vital work of the society is to
be effectively carried ON.
Outstanding among the items Of the
domestic budget Is the appropriation
Of S3,669.256 for work in behalf Of
the disabled ex-seryice man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only and does
not take into consideration the mil
lions being spent in chapters for re-
lief of the World War veteran. 1t
is In the chapter that the greater
amount is spent in meeting this obll
cation of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by dg-
ures of the fiscal year 1920-192l when
the total was approximately $4,000.
600, of which S2,692,09i represented
the disbursement of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this field of
Red Cross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the subdivisions of
the appropriation for work with vet
Grams Is that which concerns itself
with assistance TO disabled men and
women in government hospitals This
item Of $l,I90,000, an increase of more
than $4,000 over the appropriation
for the same work in last years bud
get, will provide those personal sery-
ices for the disabled and their families
which are indispensable TO supplement
those provided by the government
The director Of the Veterans Bureau
has recently expressed his desire that
the Red Cross should continue and
extend these "humanizing services"
Other items Of the appropriation for
veterans relief are propOrtionately in.
creased. An additional appropriation
i, of Sl69,800 has been made for Red
Cross work in connection with rcgu-
lar Army and Navy hospitals and
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cross
has set aside for the current twelve
months an appropriation of S543,076
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-l92l.
More than 100000 is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization
Helping Destitute Children
Other items of the domestic budget
include S49S,546 for miscellaneous ac-
tivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $685.
800 for management. Each Of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations Of the previous
year
From fund of $10.000,o00, $4,000
600 Of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and $5000001 allotted by the Red