The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
RED CROSS PUTS
UP S9,739,872
Years Budget Stresses Relief
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over 100000 Allotted to the
Disab|ed-Foreign Work
Lessons.

Observation-Disclosures totaling
50, 739, ,S72.47 for carrying through its
program Of services and relief during
the fiscal year in the United States
and overseas are authorized in the
budget Of the American Red Cross, eff
fective July /, 1922 This total Is ST.
735,915 less than the expenditures for
the last fiscal year, when disburse-
ments reached $12,475,S4 it is an
l.ounccI at National Headquarters in
a statement emphasizing the necessity
Of continued support of the orSaniza-
ton by enrolment during the annual
Roll Call, November 11-November 80
Inclusive. This total for the budget
is exclusive of the large financial op.
eratons Of the $500 active Red Cross
Chapters, which, it is estimated, will
more than double the total.
War Veterans Have First Call
First call on Red Cross funds is for
the disabled cX-service men, Of whom
1887 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June l last. This
work for veterans and their families
in a wide variety Of. service that the
Government is not authorized to rem
der and for which it has neither
funds nor facilities has the call on
5000, ,G0290 during the current year,
or about $3GG,OO0 more than was ex-
pended last year for soldier service.
Adding the funds disbursed in this
humanitarian work Of physical recon
stitution following the World War by
the Chapters throughout the country
will approximate d total for the cur
rent year approaching $lO,OOO,OOO.
This work, in the opinion Of the Sur
geon Generals Office, will not reach
its peak before 1926.
Through its Chapters the American
Red Cross is equipped to find the in.
dividual ex-servicc man, help him in
his problems and difficulties, provide
Immediately for his necessities, and
open the way for him to the Govern
mcnt compensation and aid to which
work to the families of such men
proves to them that the Red Cross
has lost none Of it's sympathy nor will
to service manifested in wartime. Sim
ilarly the service goes out to the men
still in the Army and Navy, 11,0S7 OF
whom were under treatment in Gov
eminent hospitals on June /, 1922.
Greater Domestic Program
This year-after five years of con.
structive effort during the war and
otter the armistice-brings with it a
greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Cross
The budget for foreign operations
however, totals s., ,404, 900, but Of this
amount $1,S3400O is for medical re-
lief and hospital supplies for Russia
which is part Of the gift made by
the American Red Cross in 1921 to
the Russian famine relief work Of the
American Relief Administration pro
gram. The child health service in Eu
rope continues, moreover, and $654,
600 is appropriated for this work un
dertaken in 1920. Other items in the
stringently diminished foreign pro
gram include 100000 to support the
League Of Red Cross Societies, $22,
600 for nurses training schools instl
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, anl
100000 for liquidation Of the general
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Gross
has set aside $75O,OOO, and for emer
gencies in Chapter work $50O,00(
to be available for domestic, insulal
and foreign demands. This Is more
than 1895 1000 above last years expen
ditures. For service and assistance
to the $500 Chapters and thei
branches $1,293,O is provided by the
National organization.
Other budget items Of importance
in the domestic program include 5000,
600 for assistance to other organiza
tions and education institutions fol
training Red Cross nurses and work
ers; $4,000 for Roll Call assistance
furnished to Chapters; 100000 TO-
unforeseen contingencies.
OF the total budget less than $500,
600 is allotted for management in th'
National organization. No cash esti
mate, of course, is possible to weigl
the value of the service by volunteer
in the Chapters.