The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-20
REDCROSSpuss
UP S9,73s,872:
Years Budget Stresses Relic!
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over $4,000. 600 Allotted to tho
Disabled d-Foreign Work
Lessons.

Observation-Disclosures totalins
R'789,S7247 for carrying through tn
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, ef-
fectivs July 1. 1922. This total Is S..
785.s76 less than the expenditures for
tile last fiscal year. when disburse
-snents reached $12, 2,47o,s47.6 80, 1t 10 an
nounced at National Headquarters in
q statement emphasizing the necessity
sf continued support Of the organiza.
Ton by enrolment during the annual
Roll Call. November 11-November 30
inclusive. This total for the budget
u exclusive of the large financial Cd.
erations Of the $500 active Red Cross
Chapters, which. It IL estimated, win
more than double the total.
War Veterans Have First Cal,
First call on Red Gross funds Is for
the disabled ex-service men, of whom
T.4S7 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June 1 last. This
work for veterans and their families
In q wide variety Of service that the
Government Is not authorized to rem.
der and for which Il has neither
funds nor facilities has the call on
$B,03O, ,692.o0 during the current year.
Or about $3S8,O0O 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
VIII approximate q total for the cur
rent year approaching $1OOOO,OOO
This work, in the opinion Of the Sur.
seon Generals office. will not reach
its peak before 1925
Through Its Chapters the American
Red Cross is equipped to find the In
dividpal 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 b entitled. The extension Of this
work to the families Of such men
proves to them that the Red Gross
has lost none Of its sympathy nor will
to service manifested In wartime. Sim
larly the service goes out to the men
still In the Army and Navy. 11,OS7 Of
whom were under treatment In Gov.
ernment hospitals on June. /, 1922
Greater Domestic Program
This year--after Ave years Of con.
structive effort during the war and
sfter the armistice-brings with It q
greater responsibility Tor domestic
service to the American Red Gross.
The budget for foreign operations,
however, totals 900. but OF this
amount $1,sS4. 900 is for medical re-
lief and hospital supplies for Russia,
which Is part ofhthe 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,.
600 II appropriated for this work un-
dertaken in 1920. Other items in the
stringently diminished foreign pro-
gram include 100000 to support the
League Of Red Cross Societies, $22,-
600 for nurses training schools insti-
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, and
$500, 900 for liquidation Of the general
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Gross
has set aside $750,OOO, and for emer-
Yeneies in Chapter work $500 900
to be available for domestic, insular
and foreign demands. This b more
than 1896, 900 above last years expen-
ditures. For service and assistance
to the $500 Chapters and their
branches $1,293. 900 Is provided By the
National organization.
Other budget items Of importance
In the domestic program include $780,.
600 for assistance to other organiza-
tions and education institutions for
training Red Cross nurses and work
ers; 100000 for Roll Call assistance
furnished to Chapters; 100000 for
unforeseen contingencies.
OF the total budget less than $780,
600 Is allotted for management in the
National organization. No cash esti-
mate, Of course, Is possible to weigh
the value Of the service by volunteers
In the Chapters.