The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-04
20, 600 Disabled Ex-SefviceaMe
in Hospitals After Four
Years Of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gsts
individual Attention OF syns- >'
pathetic Workers. =

When on November IL the vSsSo
halts to observe the fourth apniver.
sary Of Armistice Day, and the sXmsrt
, can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Call for the enrolment Of the
1928 membership. the people Of the
United States may well pause to think
or the unparalleled contribution to the
cause OF peace made by our. Army, ana
Navy In the World War. The glory OF
It Is common tradition; but the
wounds Of war remain. They are not
healed In day. In year, nor In four
years. And on Armisticsn Day there
viii be under treatment In Governnient
hospitals over $4,000 ex-eervice men,
broken physically BY wounds, sxpo-
sure, nervous strain and exhaustion
incident to their service IN the war.
The Government without stint 10 un-
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
lcal care to which they are sntitled,
yet their especial care 10 q duty Of the
Red Cross. Whyf Because the Gsv.
ernment cannot handle the cases Of
ex-service men individually; II must
handle these men In bulk under q
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority, the fuSds
or the equipment for working out Tie
problem Of the individual man. There
IL where the American Red Croso
hnds Its greatest feld for service. aid.
ing through its very lctivs Chaptsrs
In reaching the disabisA man WITH In
mediate practical help. assisting his
family while his claim II emerging frsm
the process of adjustment, furnishing
articles Of comfort, funds to tide over
the difficult periods, the friendly touch
f personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry -dispeliins amuse-
ment. II Is the warm hand Of syn.
pathy and understanding which the
American Red Gross extends to the
majority Of these disabled ex.seryics
men. some of them friendless In the
whiri Of life. thousands Of them with
wives and children dependent upoa
them, and hundreds Of them frequent.
y helpless La the face Of grim -.
eessity.
2,s7s Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-.
plishment the American Red Cross h
urging a record-breaking enrollmeat n
the Roll Cali which opens on Armis.
dee Day and closes with Thanksgiv-
Ing Day, 2,679 Chapters In al parts e
the country are engaged. This u SO
more than were working for ex-sSrvics
men last year when approximately
$4,000 Q00, was expended BY the Ma
donal Organization and tho CAaptSf1
working together u harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year Natisaal
Headquarters appropriated $1,000.
892.90. an increase Of $Se5 5,B001l ever
the amount spent for the work amons
ex-serv,ce men In the year ended June
30 last. Since II Is estimated that the
Chapters will expend close 70 $7.OOo;s
900 from their own funds, the grand
total Of Red Cross expenditures fee
this single work Is expected again 70
reach the $10.OOO.000 mark By Juas q,
1923.
hospital and DIstrice once Werss
During the fiscal year total OF over
1000 persons, paid and volunteer, has
been engaged In Red Cross duty In
hospitals or district oflices Of the q. 8.
Veterans Bureau. An average Of 5000
new cases requires definite and pas.
ticular attention each month. The d.
mand for Chapter-made articles for
hospital patients h constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head.
quarters handled $1,000 compensatiea
and insurance claims. y24,580 allotment
and allowance cases, and 0,70O ,miscel-
laneous claims. Since February, 1919.
II has disposed Of 64,174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Post Office Department reported unds-
liverable.
The Chapter II the unit Of the ReA
Cross organization which h accessible
to every disabled veteran or his fam.
lily. Between July 1, 1927, and June so.
1922, the Chapters had reported I 68a..
079 Instances Of service to ex-service
men and their dependents, at csst'
estimated from, reports now at hand q
more than $5.S40.0OO. y.
The basis Of this far-reaching work
Of the Red Cross IL the individual
needs Of the disabled veteran TO the
end that he may obtain his rights un-
der the law, that his especial wants
may be Immediately supplied, that his
own and his family's situation may be
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
their outlook for the future may
rIsualize Incentives for independSnt
ana fruitful effort.