The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-12-07
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1897 Of These Are Helping Ex'
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits y. S. Provides.

Annual K0ll eau. november IL W 81
At the present time National Head.
quarters aud the nationwide chain Of
Chapters Of the Red Cross Is spend.
Ing approximately $4,000. 1000 annual
ly for the relief Of disabled ex-serv'ce
men and their families, while the az.
gregats receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $sOOO.0oo.
1t Is in the 2,2S9 Of the 5000 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem Of adjust.
Ing himself to q 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 q to-
tai Of more than S28O0,00o, while the
remaining disbursement Of approx.
rnately 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
That the problem Of the disabled
service man Is ever-expanding snd
probably will not reach the peak b.
fore 1926 Is the assertion Of well.lu.
formed Government officials and that
1897 Red Cross Chapters regard It
a. their most important work Is evi.
dence that the expansion il In novass
confined to q particular section but Il,
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June 80, 1921,
there were 26,SO0 disabled service men
In the 1882 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern.
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes.
end that number is increasing at q
rate Of 1000 a month.
Thousands Of these men receivinp
medical treatment, compensation aud
vocational training from the Govern.
nent today. started their efforts to
obtain them through the Red eros,
chapter. The Chapter. acting as the
disabled mans agent in claims against
inc Government, informs the man az to
me procedure necessary to gain for
him that which Is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
medical treatment and
training are properly filed with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance, I
II there Is delay before the man.
claim Is acted upon. the Red Cross
Shapter lends the man money to meat
ne imperative needs of himself and
10 dependents.
most vital to the mans gaining full !
'enef,t from the Governments car. ..
Eeep'ns bis mind free from worry about
rs home. Keeping the veterans fam. |
" from hardship Of every kind and
him Of its welfare IL an
'toeS province Of the Chapter. Fra. !
rom fear on this score, the man. ~. |
ovsry and advancement usually !.
apid.
Every month during the last VA, !
ne American Red Cross hos rtvsa
erv'cs OF one kind or another to an }
Verase Of 12e.2l5 former service ma.
no their families. An indication q,
40 extent Of the faith reposed In III.
!ed Cross Chapter il to be- founa ~
no fact that there were S5Asaa ra
nests for friendly aid in the solu.o.
personal problems. "
44s Workers In Hospital.
While the man nrior m .,.o |
care deals largely with ths
napier. afterward he comes into con-
'c@ with the service provided hv NJ
onal Headquarters. There arc ~Ae
ed Cross workers in tho T,,.a,
tates Public Health Service and COW.
'uc1 hospitals and other institutIor.
~nien these men are being cared
y. whose duty is to provide for h,s
help him with bis comnan
'uon claims. keep him In toucb ,u,.s !
IS FAMILY; In short. meeting h,s ever.
eeu outside Of that provided bv ~
While these are q low
the responsibilities Of the Nnt,ona,
I, they are by no mean.
!. among other Red Cross scco'n
for the year are:
IT handled 70.7a2 allotment sna .,
vance claims. ~
u delivered through Its Chsn,s. ~
aisation 03.a35 allotment chact. ~
''eFahs who had moved from tho a."
'esses furnished to the Buraa, y.
'ar Risk Insurance, "
" provided a special fund Of s,oooo
y medical assistance to uen mo-.
cational training. Ae'
~ made 32,4aS loass totallns s4,o mn
sich as 1 m." vocational training, Of