The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-10-25
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
- DisabIed-Foreig Work
Lessons.

Observation-Disclosures totaling
$9,739,SI2.47 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. ef
fective July 1, 1922. This total is ST.
T3j,9I5 less than the expenditures for
the last fiscal year. when diSburse.
nents reached s12,4T5.Si7Go. it is an.
nounceI at National Headquarters in
a statement emphasizing the necessity
Of continued support of the or~uniHa.
ton By enrolment during the annual
Roll Call, November 11-Novem5pr 10
Exclusive. This total for the budget
is exclusive of the large financiai op.
erations OF the $500 active Red Cross
Chapters, which, it is estimated. will
more than double the total.
War Veterans Have First Call
First call on Red Cross funds is for
the Disabled cX-service men, OF whom
21,4ST were receiving treatment from
the Government on June ! last. This
work for veterans and their families
In a wide variety of service that the
Government is not authorized to rem
Ger and for which it has neither
funds nor facilities has the call On
5000, G9290 during the current year,
or about S3G6.O00 more than was eK-
pended last year for soldier service
Adding the funds disbursed in tins
humanitarian work OF physical recon.
stitution following the World War by
the Chapters throughout the country
will approximate a total for the cur
rent year approaching $l0,0O0O'l
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
Cividual ey-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 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
Harry the service goes out TO the men
still in the Army and Navy, 1l,0S7 OF
whom were under treatment in Gov
eminent hospitals on June /, 1922.
! Greater Domestic Program
This year-after five years of con-
structiye effort during the war and
sfter the armlstice-brings with it a
greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Cross.
Tie budget for foreign operations
however, totals S2,i0i,OG0, but of this
amount Sl,S34,000 is for medical re-
lief and hospital supplies for Russia,
which is Il part of the gift made by
tie 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 $G54,- !
900 is appropriated for this work I'M
kraken in 1920. Other items in the !
G1hgently diminished foreign pro- !
gIHn include 100000 TO support the
League Of Red Cross Societies, $22,-
900 for nurses training schools insti-
a. 10 h.. n.I
s6OO,0OO 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-
gencles in Chapter work 100000
to be available for domestic, insuiar
and foreign demands. This Is more
than S391,OO0 above last years expen-
ditures. For service and assistance
to the $500 Chapters and their
branches Sl,203,0OO is provided by the
National organization.
Other budget items Of Importance
in the domestic program include $780,
600 for assistance to other organlza-
lions and education institutions for
training Red Cross nurses and work
ers; $4,000 for Roll Call assistance
furnished to Chapters; 100000 for
contingencies.
or the total budget less than $780,
900 is allotted for management in the
National organization. No cash esti-
mate, of course, is possible TO weigh
the value OF the seryice'by volunteers
In the CHAPTERS