The Kendrick gazette., 1921-10-21
AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service of Many Kinds to
Army of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1897 of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-
fits U. S. Provides.


One field of Red Cross service alone,
that of assisting disabled veterans Of
the World War, entails expenditures
100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts of the Annual Roll Call of
1920, the American Red Cross an
nounces in a statement urging wide
spread increase in membership at the
Annual Roll Call, November IL to "a
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain Of
Chapters of the Red Cross is spend
ing approximately $10,0OO,00O annual
| ly for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag-
| gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $60000OO.
1t is in the 2,289 of the 5000 Red
Gross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem of adjust
ing himself to 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 a to-
tai of more than $26OOOOO, while the
remaining disbursement of approxi-
mately 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 and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, is the assertion Of well-in-
formed Government officials and that
.2,397 Red Cross Chapters regard 1t
as their most important work is evil
| dence that the expansion Is in nowise
: confined to a particular section but is,
on the contrary, nationwide AT the
, end of the fiscal year, June 80, 1921,
, there were 26,300 disabled service men
+ in the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
s and that number is increasing at
p rate of 1000 month.
f Thousands of these men receiving
: medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern
= ment today, started their efforts to
q obtain them through the Red Cross
e Chapter. The Chapter, acting as the
r disabled mans agent in claims against
l. the Government, informs the man as to
v the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which is provided him by
f Federal statute. His applications for
v compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly filed with the aid
, of the Red Cross Chapter.
:. Many Forms of Assistance
n If there is delay before the mans
e claim is acted upon, the Red Cross
It Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs of himself and
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
is benefit from the Governments care is
% keeping his mind free from worry about
d his home. Keeping the veterans fam
informing him of its welfare is an.
other province of the Chapter. Free
e from fear on this score, the mans re-
covery and advancement usually is
!. rapid
Every month during the last year,
the American Red Cross has given
service of one kind or another to an
I'd average of 129,2l5 former service men
H. and their families. An indication of
al the extent of the faith reposed in the
II Red Cross Chapter is to be found in
* the fact that there were 356,544 re-
~ quests for friendly aid in the solution
~ of personal problems.
10 44a Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
) Chapter, afterward he comes into con.
tact with the service provided by Ma
n tional Headquarters. There are AS
Red Cross workers in the United
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institutions
he In which these men are being cared
~ for, whose duty is to provide for his
d. recreation, help him with his compen
ITS sation claims, keep him in touch with
gg his family; in short, meeting his every
en- need outside of that provided by the
ire Government While these are a few
of the responsibilities of the Nationa
Organization, they are by no means
all. Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments for the year are:
of 1t handled 7O.732 allotment and al
is lowance claims.
ls 1t delivered through its Chapter or
I ganization 63,655 allotment checks Il
~ veterans who had moved from the ad
.d dresses furnished to the Bureau O
10 War Risk Insurance.
,;c 1t provided a special furd of $1,000
., for medical assistance to men unde
a., vocational training