The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-11-02
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF WAR
$4,000 Disabled Ex-Service Men
in Hospitals After Four
Years Of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention Of Sym
pathetic Workers.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE

When on November IL the world
halts to observe the fourth anniver.
sary Of Armistice Day, and the Ameri.
can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Call for the enrolment OF the
1923 membership, the people Of the
United States may well pause to think
Of the unparalleled contribution TO the
cause OF peace made by our Army and
Navy in the World War The glory Of
II Is common tradition; but the
wounds Of war remain. They are not
healed in day. In year, nor in four
years. And on Armistlce Day there
will be under treatment in Government
hospitals over $1,000 ex-service men,
broken physically by wounds, expo
sure, nervous strain and exhaustion
incident to their service in the war.
The Government without stint Is I'M
dertaking To furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
ical care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care Is duty of the
Red Cross. Why7 Because the Gov
eminent cannot handle the cases Of
ex-service men individually; II must
handle these men in bulk under
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority. the funds
or the equipment for working out the
problem OF the individual man. There
Is where the American Red Cross
finds Its greatest field for service, aid
ing through its very active Chapters
in reaching the disabled man with i'm
mediate practical help. assisting his
family while his claim Is emerging from
the process of adjustment. furnishing
articles Of comfort. funds to tide over
the difficult periods. the friendly touch
OF personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry dispelling amuse-
ment. II is the warm hand Of sym
patty and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority OF these disabled ex-service
men. some OF them friendless in the
whirl Of life, thousands OF them with
wives and children dependent upon
them, and hundreds of them frequent
ly helpless in the face OF grim ne
cessity.
2,ofs chapters A'o'ns veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-
plishment the American Red Cross Is
urging reeord-breaking enrolment in
the Roll Call which opens on ARMS
tice Day and closes with Ihanksglv-
ing Day 2,6'9 Chapters In all parts OF
the country are engaged ms IL ooo
more than were working Tor ex s"ryice
men last year when approximately
$l0,OOO,OW was expended by the Ma
tional organization ana the chapters
working together in harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated S3,O3O''
692'9o, an increase OF s3o''ooo's4 over
the amount Spent Tor the work among
ex-ser'ice men III the year ehueu June
80 last. since II Is estimated that the
Chapters VIII eNpend close 10 SIooo,'
600 from their own FUNDS the grand
total OF Red Cross expenditures Tor
this single work Is expected again 10
reach the $lo'"oVo marx by June 80
1873.
Hospital and District Office Work
During the fiscal year a total of over
900 persons, paid and volunteer. has
been engaged in Red Cross duty in
hospitals or district Offices of the U. s.
Veterans Bureau An average Of 5000
new cases requires definite and par
tlcular attention each month. The de-
mand for Chapter-made articles for