New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-13
More Disabled
Veterans Are Inn
Hospital Care
Red Gross Workers Helping
o4o Ex-Service Mem at
Hudson Street Institution
and on Wards Island
Cares for Five Families
Organization Has Handled
27.523 Claims and Found
Employment for 439 Men

Reports upon ex-service men under
medical care in the city show an in
crease during July at both the Hud-
son Street Hospital and the State Hos
pisal on Wards Island. This increase
was considerable at = edson Street. es-
pecially in the number of Public
Health Service benesciaries. of whom
$50 were men with civil compensation
cases.
Red Cross workers connected with
the New York County Chapter are
handling the cases of about 600 men
at the Hudson Street Hospital, either
patients there or convalescents. On
Wards Island the Red Cross is assist
ing 349 men, small number OF whom
are or parole. In addition to the work
on the island the Red Cross is giving
financial help TO the families of FIVE
men and has under supervision twelve
paroled patients from Kings Park State
Hospital
A new ward has been opened for ex-
service men at the Manhattan State
Hospital. Ninety-six patients are
lodged there. The Veterans Bureau
IS planning a class in occupational
therapy for those men which the hos
pital officials believe will be of great
help 70 them.
Handle 27,52s Claims Cases
Claims Of ex-service men involving
compensation, allotment and allow
ances and insurance claims are being
pushed vigorously by Red Cross work
ers in the New York County Chapter.
Up to July the legal committee had
handled 27,528 cases of veterans, and
on August the Red Cross workers or
claims had 1908 cases pending. This
department is handling an average of
fifty cases day. A check-up on the
work of this staff For the last six
months shows that the follow-up of
veterans cases has involved more than
1000 interviews and the writing of
nearly 10000 letters.
A considerable amount of employ
ment work is also being done by the
Red Cross, with only slight decrease
489 positions have been found for ex-
service men, 209. q, of whom were dis
abled In majority of the claims
eases some financial help is necessary
and 8,177 veterans and their families
have been aided by the New - York
County Chapter this year Nearly
1,500 men or. their families are being
assisted at the present time.
The large number of claims being
handled by Red Cross workers in
Brooklyn has necessitated heavy
staff, owing to the governments de-
mand for Obstetrics" in all cases and
the increasing difficulty of connecting
disabilities with war service. Nearly
1900 visits to veterans homes have
been made in efforts to straighten out
claims or in some way help the fami-
lies Of men whose claims are being
followed up by the Red Cross.
Provide Vacations for Families
One of the new services provided
this summer for the families of vet
Grams is the obtaining of vacations for
mothers and children. Through vari-
Gus organizations that are equipped
for handling large numbers Of women
and children the Red Cross has en-
abled severa hundreds of mothers and
babies to get into the country for a
few days or weeks.
AS part of this vacation service, ar
engagements have been made to recruit
children on short notice for one-day
outings at beaches or on boats making
trips to points near the city. Children
of ex-service men cared for at nutrition
centers run by the Red Cross in Man
haitian, Brooklyn and The Bronx are
getting especial attention as to vaca-
tons. In cases where country air
seems necessary for small babies il has
been arranged to send the mothers
with them.
Numbers of ex-service men have
been helped in the last few weeks upon
arrival in New York from other Sec
tions OF the country. Employment.
providing of car fare to other points.
or hospital care have been the chief
needs OF the men. In many cases the
ked Cross got into communication with
the families or friends of men with
slight mental troubles and informed
these families or friends of the man S
whereabouts