Sioux County pioneer., 1922-11-09
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS Of WAR.
25,ooo Disabled Ex-servics Men
In Hospitals After Four
Years Of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention Of Sym
pathetic Workers.

"'SsvsouoS 6SAVsiS1VSS VI OyuuT
pathetic Workers.
When on November II the world
halts to observe the fourth anniver.
sary Of Armistice Day. and tho Ameri.
can Red Cross inaugurates Its Annual
Roll Call 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 ana
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 Armistics Day there
will be under treatment in Government
hospitals over 25.000 ex-service men,
broken physically BY wounds, expo
sure, nervous strain and exhaustioa
incident to their service in the war.
The Government without stint 10 IN
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
zeal care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care 10 q duty Of the
Red Cross. Why7 Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases Of
ex-service men individually; 1t must
handle these men In bulk under 4
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority, the funds
or the equipment for working cut the
problem Of the individual man. There
Is where the American Red Cross
dnds Its greatest field for service, cid.
ing through its very active Chapters
In reaching the disabled man with i'm.
mediate practical help. assisting his
family while his claim IL emerging from
the process Of adjustment, furnishing
articles Of comfort, funds to tide over
the difacult periods, the friendly touch
Of personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry-dlspelling amuse-
ment. It IL the warm hand ef SYM
pathy and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends 70 the
majority Of these disabled s1-service
men, some Of them friendless III the
whirl Of life. thousands Of them with
wives and children dependent upea
them, and hundreds Of them frequent
! " helpless In the face Of grim 1e-
csssity.
2,e7s Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-
plishment the American Red Cross II
urging a record-breaking enrolment in
the Roll Call which opens sn Armis-
tice Day and closes with Thanksgiv-
Ing Day, 2,679 Chapters in. III parts Of
the country are engaged. This u $50
more than were working for ex-service
men last year when approximately
$1O,000OO0 was expended By thy Ma.
tional Organization ana the Chapters
working together in harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated $685.
e92.a0, an inerease Of Ss95, ,699.A ever
the amount spent for the work annlsng
ex-servtes men in the year en4ed June
80 last. Since It n estimated that the
Chapters will sxpsud close to $780,.
600 from their swa funds, the grand
total Of Red Cross expenditures tor
this single work Is expected again to
reach the 100000 mark By June 20.
1928.
Hospital and District ohses Work
During the fiscal year total Of over
1000 persons, paid and volunteer, has
been engaged in Red Crsss duty ii
hospitals or district Offices Of the u. 3.
Veterans Bureau. An average Of 5000
new cases requires definite and par.
ticular attention each month. The Dc.
mand for Chapter.made articles for
hospital patients IL constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quaFteFs handled $1,000 compensation
snd insuraace claims, 24,56o allotment
and allowance cases, and 9,799 miscel-
laneous claims. Since February. 1919,
1t has disposed Of 64,174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Post Office Department reported unde-
Iiverable,
The Chapter IL the unit Of the Red
Cross organization which IL accessible
to every disabled veteran or his fam
lily. Between July !. 1921, and June 80.
1922, the Chapters had reported 1885,
O70 instances Of service to ex-service
men and their dependents, at cost
estimated from reports now at hand sf
more than R40sO99.
The basis Of this taF-reaching work
Of the Red Cross 10 the Individual
needs Of the disabled veteran to the
end that he may obtain his rights un-
der the law. that his especial wants
may be Immediately supplied, that his
own and his family's situatiaa may hs
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
their outlook for the future may
visualise incentives Tor Independent
and fruitful effort.