Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-10-19
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF War
25,000 Disabled Ex-Service Men
in Hospitals After -Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD CT SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention Of Sym
; pathetic Workers.

When on November II the world
halts to observe the fourth anniver.
sary of Armistlce Day, and the Ameri.
can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Gail 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
it is common tradition; but the
wounds Of war remain. They are not
healed in day, in year, nor in four
years. And on Armistice Day there
will be under treatment in Government
hospitals over 25,0O0 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 un-
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
ical care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care Is a duty of the
Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases Of
ex-servce men individually; 1t must
handle these men in bulk under a
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
nj IL
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 w0rry-dlspelling amuse-
ment. 1t Is the warm hand of SYM
pathy 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
T., hoI,,o.r T., .bo eooo a.. ,;,,, ~
~ n..p'''' III '"e '"o' Va s''"i Ae
2,o7e Chapters Aiding Veterans
I'm this work, upon whose accom-
Pi'sniiie"' '"e n"'ei,I"n ieu I.o9s -
urs'ns " .e'"'u-p'e,A e''' o.''".n. -
.ne i,u'l w, "''." op.n '.,' va .,'i','' .i'n
Nv 10y "-n -n $50 VIZ :,
Ing Da'' -'o'' o""l'.e'' :" ,, u,i p"''1 y,
'He No,n''' "a. '' 70 o'o
~ ,non S ,nSt Woos roor ,hnm anroS,~,ata,, ~,
sIo noo 600 uas ovnonaad INV tho Nn.
t,onoI Orgoni,atton ann t,n Chnntors
worEing together in hnrmonlous nn,ty
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated 5000,
60290, an increase of $500, ,56OS4 over
the amount spent for the work among
ex-service men in the year ended June
so last. Since it is estimated that the
Chapters will eXpend close to $1,000,
600 from their own funds, the grand
total of Red Cross expenditures fol
this single work Is expected again tc
reach the $10,0OO,000 mark by June 30
1923.
Hospital and District Office Work
During the fisco, year q total NJ over
1000 ncrsons Maid and volunteer has
hoen c,coced in Rod Gross dutv In
tosnitols or distric, oncos of tho " 9
Veterans, Rrroav ovorora of 9 Oor
now cosos rooriros ,aanita and mar,
it,,,or ottontion ooch nonth Tho do
Co.. Ch,n,orn,ado am,,o,., 10,
manu- IN .,,., 70 onnSton, 'V'
hospitai P'''.' -. r,.
During 'hSt >es' DC, we Ol"li,s anu
Information service NJ na'loi'"' fieau-
quarters handIeu oiZoo Compensation
and iIsurAhce claims. "a $50 allotment