Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-11-16
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF WAR
Is, 900 Disabled Ex-Service Men
in Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention of Sym
pathetic Workers.

+. When on November IL the world
halts to observe the fourth anniver-
sary of Armistice Day, and the 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 and
Navy In the World War The glory Of
it is a common tradition; but the
wounds of war remain. They are not
healed in a day, in year, nor in four
years. And on Armistice Day there
will be under treatment in Government
hospitals over 25,O00 ex-service men,
broken physically by wounds, expo
sure, nervous strain and exhaustion
incident to their service in the war.
The Government without stint is un-
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
ical care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care is duty OF the
Red Cross Why? Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases OF
handle these men in bulk under
standardized policy. The Goyernmept
has neither the authority, the funds
or the equipment for working oYt the
problem of the individual man. There
Is where the American Red Cross
finds it's greatest field for service, aid
ing through its very active Chapters
+bn ~ lad WI
mediate practical help, assisting his
family while his claim is emerging from
the process of adjustment, furnishing
articles of comfort funds to tide over
the difficult periods, the friendly touch
of personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and y-dspelling amuse-
ment. It is the warm hand Of SYM
pathy and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority of these disabled eX-service
men. some of them friendless IN the
whirl of life, thousands of them with
wives and children dependent upon
them, and hundreds of them frequent
ly helpless in the face OF grim ne
cessity.
In this work, upon whose accom-
! plishment the American Red Cross is
/ urging a record-breaking enrolment in
/ the Roll Cali which opens on Armls-
tice Day and closes with Thanksgiv-
! ing Day, 2,679 Chapters in all parts OF
the country are engaged. This Is 35O
more than were working for ex-servlce
xxyh
/ 1OOOOOOO was expended by the Ma
tional Organization and the Chapters
working together in harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated $3,O3O,-
600 90. an increase of $780,, ,560.S4 over
the amount spent for the work among
ex-service men in the year ended June
30 last Since it is estimated that the
Chapters will expend close to $1,000
600 from their own funds, the grand
total of Red Cross expenditures 1Or
this single work is expected again to
reach the S10,OOO,O00 mark by June 80,
1923.
HospitaI and District Office Work
During the fiscal year total Of over
! IUuO PERSONS, pdiu anu Fo4"'' ~
been engaged in Red Cross duty IN
hospitals or district offices of the Y. ).
| Veterans Bureau. An average of 5000
new cases requires definite and par
ticular attention each month. The de-
! mand for ChaDter-made articles Tor
| hospital patients is constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quarters handled $1,000 compensation
and insurance claims. 241,G0 allotment