The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-10-15
$1O,OOO,OOO AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service OF Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 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 q 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,OOOOO0 annual
ly for the relief of disabled ex-servlce
men and their families, while the az
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $e,000,0O0.
II Is in the 2,2S9 Of the 5000 Red
Gross Chapters which stili 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 q to.
tai Of more than 100000, while the
remaining disbursement OF approx
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-expandlng and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, is the assertion OF well-in-
formed Government officials and that
2,39T Red Cross Chapters regard 1t
as their most important work Is evil
dence that the expansion is In nowlse
confined to a particular section but Is,
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June 80, 1921,
there were 26300 disabled service men
in the 1852 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at a
rate of 1000 month.
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern.
ment today, started their efforts 20
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter. acting as the
disabled mans agent in claims against
the Government, informs the man as to
the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which is provided him by
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly filed with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance
II there Is delay before the mans
claim is acted upon, the Red Cross
J Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs Of himself and
his dependents.
, Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care is
keeping his mind free from worry about
his home. Keeping the veterans fam
lily from hardship OF every kind and
informing him Of its welfare Is an
other province OF the Chapter Ere,
from fear on this score, the mans re
covery and advancement usually 4.
rapid.
Every month during the last year
the American Red Cross has giver
service of one kind or another to al
average of 129,215 former service mer
and their families. An indication o.
the extent of the faith reposed In tn,
Red Cross Chapter is TO be found II
the fact that there were 356,544 re
quests for friendly aid in the solution
of personal problems.
44e Workers In Hospitals
7 While the man prior to entering
5 Government care deals largely with tn,
Chapter, afterward he comes into con
tact with the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters. There are A
Red Cross workers in the Unite,
States Public Health Service and con
/ tract hospitals ana Other INSTITUTION
In which these men are being care,
for. whose duty is to provide for hi
recreation, help him with his compen
sation claims, keep him in touch wit
: his family In short, meeting his ever
E need outside Of that provided by tn
Government. While these are q fey
Of the responsibilities of the Nations
Organization, they are by no mean
all. Among other Red Cross accom-
s plishments for the year are:
I 1t handled 70,732 allotment and a
y lowance claims.
II delivered through its Chapter Of
ganlzation 83,655 allotment checks I
: veterans who had moved from the az
{ dresses furnished to the Bureau {
r War Risk Insurance.
q 1t provided a special fund Of $1,000
Tor medical assistance to men undo