The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-11-02
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS Of war
5000 Disabled ex.Servics Men
IN Hospitals After -Four
Years Of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Hep Gets
Individual Attention Of Sym
pathetic Workers.

ssry OF Armlstic- Day. and the Ameri.
can Red Cross insuxurates It's Annual
Roll Call for the enrolment Of che
1873 membership. the people % III.
United States may well pause 10 think
Of the unparalleled contribution TO the
cause 81 peace made by our Army and
Navy In the world War. The glory %
II IL common tradition: but the
wounds % var remain. They are no,
healed in q day. In q year. nor 10 four
years And on Armisiice Day there
Wlll be under treatment Ia Government
hospitals over 25.0U ex-service men.
broken physically by wounds, srpo-
sure. nervous strain and exhaustion
Incident 10 their service In the war.
The Government without stint ls I'M
dertaking 10 furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med.
icsl care 10 which they ere entitled.
yet their especial care 10 q duty OF the
Red cross. WHY B-cause the Gov.
eminent cannot handle the cases ~
es'ser,lce men Individually: II mus,
handle these men in bulk under Q
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority. the funds
or the equipment for working out the
problem OF the individual man. There
j. where the American Red Cross
hnds Its greatest field for service. aid
ING through It's very active Chapters
In reaching the disabled man with i'm.
mediate practical help. assisting HE
family while his claim 10 emerging from
the process Of adjustment. furnishing
articles % comfort. funds 10 tide over
the dlnicul, periods. the friendly touch
OF personal encouragement. helpful
recreation and worry dlspelllng amuse-
ment. II IL the warm hand os sym
patty and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends 10 the
majority Of these disabled eI service
men. some OF them friendless In the
whirl of life. thousands OF them with
wives and children dependent upon
thsm. and hundreds % them frequent
ly helpless In the face Of grim ne
c~ssity.
2.s's Chapters AIDING Veterans
In this work. upon whose accom-
piishment the American Red Cross 10
urging n record breaking enrolment In
the Roll Call which opens on Armis.
tice bay and closes with Thanksgiv.
ing bay. 26,9 Chapters In all parts Of
The country are engaged. This IL $50
more than we're working for eI.service
men last year when approximately
Si0.0000 was expended by the Ma
iionsl Organization and the Chapters
working together In harmonious unity.
For the current nscai year Nationsi
Headquarters appropriated SS.OS0..
ar ~. an increase 81 S3tgS. 80. ~ over
the amount spent for the work among
ct -service men In the year ended June
20 last, since IL IL estimated that the
Chapters will expend close to 3s.0OO-
900 from their own funds. the grand
total OF Red Cross expenditures for
this single work IL expected again 70
reach the SloUSs0 mark by June 10.
1879
Hospital and District Once Work
During the nscal year = total Of over
1000 persons, paid and volunteer. has
been engaged in Red Cross duty In
hospitals or distric, ofices Of the Y. \
Veterans Bureau. An average Of 500
new cascs requires definite and par
ticuiar attention each month. The de
msnd for Chapter made articles for
hospital patients IL constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service AZ National Head.
quarters handled $500 compensation
and Insurance claims. 2t.5d0 allotment
and allowance cases. and Q.100 misc~i.
Isneous claims Since February. 1919.
N has disposed ~ Gaia allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Post once Department reported unde-
liverable
The Chapter IL the unit OF the Red
Cross organization which In accessible
10 every disabled veteran or his fam.
lly. Between July I. 1921. and June 10.
1872. the Chapters had reported 1867.
OH instances Of service TO ex-service
men and their dependents. at q cost
estimated from reports now At hand of
more than $S.S+O.o0
The basis OF this far-reaching work
Of the Red Cross IL the individual
needs OF the disabled veteran 20 the
end that he may obtain his rights un.
der the law. that his especial wants
may he Immediately supplied. that his
own and his famiiy's situation may be
rsnder,d happy and cheerful. and that
their outlook for the future may