The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-11-28
RED CROSS GIVES
ANNUAL BUDGET
,
$19,361, 657 Allotted for Cur
rent Program of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Medical Aid for European Chill
dren win Cost S6,o0o,- .
900 This Year. l
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

Washington.-Exp totallins
S19,36l, 657 for carrying through its
program of relief and 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 S5,000,000 low
er than the expenditure during the
last fiscal year, when the disburse-
ments reached $24, 492, 741, it is an
nounced at National Headquarters in
I statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support Of the
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November IL to -,
if the vital work of the society is to
be effectively carried on. ...
Outstanding among the items of the
domestic budget is the appropriation
of $3,669, 256 for work in behalf of
the disabled ex-service man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only and does
mot 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 obi
CATION of the Red Cross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by hg-
ures of the fiscal year 19201921 when
the total was approximately $1,000
Co., of which, $2,692,094 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
itzm of S1,790,OO0, an increase of more
than 100000 over the appropriation
for the, same work In last years bud
get, will provide those personal serv-
| ices for the disabled and their families
which are indispensable to supplement
| those provided by the government.
/ The director of the Veterans Bureau
h has, recently expressed his desiTe that
! the Red Cross should continue and
/ extend these "humanizing services
| Other items of the appropriation fOT
! veterans relief are prOpOrtionately in
| creased. An additional appropriation
Of S469,6O0 has been made for Rec
Cross work in connection with regu-
with the regular Army and Navy.
For disaster relief, the Red Cross
| has set aside for the current twelve
months an appropriation of $543,9T6
virtually doubling the appropriation
| for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 192O-1921. p .
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 $685. $40 for miscellaneous &C
| tivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $76S,-
/ 600 for management. Each of these
/ items represents large reductions over
1 similar appropriations of the previOuE
/ year.
From a fund of S1O,OO0,OOO, $1,000
600 of which was contributed through
| the European Relief Council campaign
and $5,OOO,OOO allotted by the Red
/ Cross for child welfare work in
! Europe, there remains SS,765, los still
available, of which it is estimated
that 100000 will be required for
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation in the
| Joint effort to relieve famine condi-
/ tions in Russia, for final work in the
H China famine, for Junior Red Cross
1 and other overseas activities including
the closing of the old general relief
program in Europe S4,97s,00o is made
n available.
In announcing the national budget,
the Red Cross makes 1t clear that
the figures do not include chapter ex-
penditures or place any cash estimate
on the Invaluable service Of volun-
teers In chaDters #