Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1922-06-03
$1,000 90 I'D
FOR vETEFANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds 10
Army OF Disabled.
BULK or WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene-.
fits U. S. Provides.
BULK or WORK BY CHAPTERS

that os assisting disabled veterans Of
the World War, entails expenditures
100000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Cali OF
1929, the American led Cross an
nounees in a statement urging wide
spread inereasesin membership at thu
Annual Roll Gail. November II to q
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain OF
Chapters Of the Red Cross Is spend
Ing approximately $1o,00o,000 annual
ly for the relief of disabled ex-service
men and their families, while the ag
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately 100000
1t Is in the 2,2S9 of the 5000 Red
Cross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem of adjust.
Ing himself to a normal civilian status
that the greater part of the cost of this
service is borne. OF the total sum
spent for veterans relief last year,
National Headquarters expended a to
tai OF more than $2,600,000, while the
remaining disbursement of approx
mately 100000 represents the con
tribution of Chapters in this country
wide effort to assist the Government
in providing the aid sorely needed By
these men and their families.
An Ever Expanding Problem
That the problem of the disabled
service man is eyer-expanding and
probably will not reach the peak be
fore 1925, Is the assertion of well-in
formed Government officials and that
1897 Red Cross Chapters regard IL
as their most important work is evi
dence that the expansion is In nowise
confined to particular section but is
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end of the fiscal year. June 80, 1921
there were 26,300 disabled service men
in the 1902 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes
and that number is increasing at a
rate of 1000 month.
Thousands of these men receiving
medical treatment, compensai and
vocational training from the & m
ment today, started their efforts
obtain them through the Red O.
Chapter. The Chapter, actin Is t
disabled mans agent in claims against
the Government, informs the man as 70
the procedure necessary to gain for
him that which is provided him hy
Federal statute. His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly. filed with the aid
of the Red Cross Chapter
Many Forms of Assistance
If there is delay before the man's
claim is acted upon. the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs of himself and
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care is
keeping his mind free from worry about
his home. Keeping the veterans fam
fly from hardship of every kind and
informing him of its welfare is an
other province of the Chapter. Free
from fear ON this score, the mans re-
covery and Announcements usually is
rapid.
Every month during the last year,
the American Red Cross has given
service of one Kind or another to an
average Of 1929 former service men
and their families. An indication of
the extent Of the faith reposed in the
Red Cross Chapter is TO be found in
the 1act that there were 356,544 re-
qaesrs for friendly aid in the solution
of personal problems.
AS Workers in Hospitals
While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
Chapter, afterward he comes into con-
tact with the service provided by Ma
tional Headquarters. There are 44S
Red Cross workers in the United
States Public Health Service and con-
tract hospitals and other institutions
In which these men are being cared
for, whose duty is to provide for his
recreation, help him with his compen-
sation claims, keep him in touch with
his family; in short, meeting his every
need outside of that provided by the
Government. While these are a few
of the responsibilities Of the National
Organization, they are by no means
all. Among other Red Cross accom-
plishments for the year are:
1t handled 70.732 allotment and al.
lowance claims.
1t delivered through its Chapter or.
ganization 63.655 allotment checks to
veterans who had moved from the ad.
dresses furnished to the Bureau OF
War Risk Insurance.
II provided a special fund Of $4,000
for medical assistance to men under
vocational training.