The Donaldsonville chief., 1922-10-21
RED CROSS PUTS
UP $9,739,872
Years Budget Stresses Relief
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over $3,OOO,OOO Allotted to the
OisabIed-Foreign Work
Lessons.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

Washington.-Exp totaling
50, 739, ,972.47 for carrying through its
the fiscal year In the United States
and overseas are authorized in the
budget Of the American Red Cross, eff
ftrtive July l, 1922 This total Is $2,-
7t5, 5,975 less than the expenditures for
the last fiscal year, when disburse-
lhents reached $12,475,S47.G9, it is an
bounced at National Headquarters in
statement emphasizing the necessity
of continued support Of the organiza-
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-
erations 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 ex-service men, of whom
27,4s7 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June 1 last. This
work for veterans and their families
in 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
$S,030, ,6o2.90 during the current year,
or about $500 900 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 a total for the cur
rent year approaching $1O,OO0,0OO.
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 fs equipped to find the in
dividual ex-service man, help him in
his problems and difficulties, provide
Immediately for his necessities, and
open the way for him to the Govern
ment compensation and aid to which
he is entitled. The extension of this
work to the families Of such men
proves to them that the Red Cross
has lost none Of its sympathy nor will
to service manifested in wartime. Sim
II q nj tho cnrr,ian tn thu
still In the Army and Navy, 11,0S7 Of
whom were under treatment in Gov
ernment 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 $3,4O4,000, but of this
81 $4,000 is for medical re-
lief and hospital supplies for Russia,
which Is a part Of the gift made by
the American Red Cross in 1921 to
the Russian famine relief work of the
American Relief Administration pro-
gam. The child health service in Eu-
rope continues, moreover, and $654,-
900 is appropriated for this work un-
dertaken in 1920. Other items in the
diminished foreign pro-
gram include 100000 to support the
League Of Red Cross Societies, $22,-
400 for nurses training schools insti-
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, and
p6UO,0O0 for liquidation Of the general
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Cross
has set aside $75O0O0, and for emer-
sencies in, Chapter work $5OO,OOO
TO be available for domestic, insular
md foreign demands. This Is more
han $395,OO0 above last years expen-
litures. For service and assistance |
to the $500 Chapters and their |
branches $1,293,0OO is provided by the
National organization. i
Other budget items of Importance |
n the domestic program include $780, |
100 for assistance to other organiza-
ions and education institutions for
running Red Cross nurses and work
RS; $4,000 for Roll Call assistance
to Chapters; 100000 for
contingencies.
OF the total budget less than $780,
700 Is allotted for management In the
National organization No cash esti-
nate, Of course, is possible to weigh
he value Of the service by volunteers
n the Chapters.