Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-11-17
RED CROSS GIVES /,
ANNUAL BUDGET
$19,36l ,657 Allotted for CW
rent Program Of Relief
and Service.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AIaD
Medical Aid for European CID.
dren Win Cost $4,000
0OOThis Year.

Expenditures tvsafiinG
S1e,801, 6H for carrying through it
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 $5,O0O,00O low
or than the expenditure during tho
last fiscal year, when the disburss-
ments reached $24,4e9,T41, 1t Is an
nounced at National Headquarters In
q statement calling attention to the
necessity of continued support Of tia
organization by response to the An
nual Roll Call, November IL to "a
II the vital work of the society 10 to
be effectively carried on.
Outstanding among the items Of the
domestic budget Ia the appropriation
Of S3.e89,25a for work in behalf Of
the disabled ex-ssrvice man and his
family. This appropriation represents
the amount allotted to this work from
National Headquarters only ana does
not take into consideration the mill
lions being spent In chapters for re-
lief Of the World War veteran It
Ia In the chapter that the greater
amount is spent In meeting this obi
cation of the Red Gross, the announce
ment continues, as manifested by fg-
ures Of the fiscal year t020-1921 when
the total was approximately $1,000
900, Of which $2,692,004 represented
the disbursement Of National Head
quarters while the remainder was the
chapters contribution to this field Of
Red Gross service.
Vast Work for Disabled
Chief among the subdivisions q
the appropriation Cor work with vet
Grams Is that which concerns itself
with assistance to disabled men and
women in government hospitals. This
item Of 81, TOO, 900, an Increase OF more
| than $4,000 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 Bureaus
has recently expressed his desire that
the Red Gross should continue and
extend these "humanizing services"
Other items of the appropriation for
veterans relief are proportionately In
creased. An additional appropriation
Of 100000 has been made for Red
Cross work in connection with regu-
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 S548.976.
virtually doubling the appropriation
for the same purpose for the fiscal
year 1920-1921
More than $2,0O0,000 Is provided for
service and assistance to the 5000
Red Cross chapters by the national
organization.
Helping Destitute chIIdrel,
Other items of the domestic budget
include S49S, $40 for miscellaneous &C.
tivities, including contributions re-
stricted for special purposes and $7e8,-
coo for management. Each Of these
items represents large reductions over
similar appropriations Of the previous
year.
From fund of $10,OO0,OO0, s5,000,-
600 Of which was contributed through
the European Relief Council campaign
and 100000 allotted by the Red
Cross for child welfare work In
Europe, there remains $s,765, 10S still
available, Of which II Is estimated
that $0OO0,OOO win be required for
this work during the current year.
For Red Cross participation In this
Joint effort to relieve famine condi-
lions in Russia, for final work In the
China famine, for Junior Red Cross
and other overseas activities including
the closing of the old general relief
program in Europe s4,97S,000 Is made
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 voluzr
teers In chapters.