News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-11-15
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
DiSabled-Foreign Work
Lessons.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID


$9,739,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 81
| 735,975 less than the expenditures for
| the last fiscal year, when disburse-
ments reached $12,475,S47 so, it is an
nounced 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
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
21,4S7 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June l 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
5000, 692.90 during the current year,
or about $366,O00 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 total for the cur
rent year approaching $1O,000,000.
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-service man, help him in
his problems and difficulties, provide
Immediately for his necessities, and |
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 |
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 l, 1922
Greater Domestic Program
This year-after five years of con-
structive effort during the war and |
after the armistice-brings with it a |
greater responsibility for domestic
service sto the American Red Cross.
The budget for foreign operations,
however, totals $3,404,O 900, but of this
amount $1S34,000 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 1884,
900 is appropriated for this work un
derfaken in 1920. Other items in the
diminished foreign pro-
gram include 100000 to support the
League of Red Cross Societies, $22,-
900 for nurses training schools insti-
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, and
100000 for liquidation of the general
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Cross
has set aside S750,000, and for emer-
yencies in Chapter work 100000
to be available for domestic, insular
and foreign demands. This is more
han $395.000 above last years expen-
iitures. For service and assistance
to the $500 Chapters and their
$1,293,OO0 is provided by the
National organization.
Other budget items of importance
IN the domestic program include $780,
100 for assistance to other organiza-
ions and education institutions for
raining Red Cross nurses and work
RS; $4,000 for Roll Call assistance
furnished to Chapters; 100000 for
Unforeseen contingencies.
OF the total budget less than $780,
100 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 |