Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-11-22
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MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over 900. 600 Allotted 10 the
!, Disabled reign Work
s lessons.

Washington Expend itures totallng
s., 7se ,87247 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 !; 1922. This total IS S.
1895 less than the expenditures for
the last fiscal year, when disburse-
lnents reached $12 ,475, 847. SO, 1t is an
5llounced at National Headquarters in
q statement emphasizing the necessity
of continued support Of the organize
tlon BY enrolment during the annual
Roll Call, November 11-November 80
inclusive, This total for the budget
IL exclusive of the large financial op-
eratfons Of the $500 active Red Cross
Chapters, which, it is estimated. will
more than double the total. z S..*@
. s War Veterans Have First. Call
q First call on Red Cross funds IS for
the disabled ex-service men, Of whom
27,4s7 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June ! last. This
work for veterans and their families
S. a. wide variety OF service: that the
Government is not authorized to rem
der and for which it has neither
funds nor facilities has the call ON
5000, e92,90 during the current year,
or about $368O00 more than was ex.
pended last year for soldier service.
Adding the funds disbursed In this
humanitarian work Of physical recon
sstitution following the World War by
the Chapters throughout the country
will approximate a total for the cur
rent year approaching $40, 1000, 900.
This work, In the opinion Of the Sur
econ Generals ONCE, WIN not reach
tts peak before 1929: sss'| 5ss15$ ~ GOA
through III Chapters the American
Red Cross Is equipped to find the In
dlvidlatt Ell. service man. help' him In
his problems and dfmcufties, provide
Immediately tor Ills Necessities, alI ia
open tire way tor hin Is the Govern.
men,t cccmmlp,eennsatfonns and Gid 70 q wshicsh
IS Il emitted. The extension ofalthh
!k Is tie families of+ fs uceho Her dfsni,
p Iir9vs IS them that tie Red, Cross
has iostt none Il its sympathy MOI, wili
Is service manifested iiirf' wartime. Sim.
iIarly the service goes DIT Is the men
stilll II the Army and Navy, 11,o57 81
whom were under treatment in Gov
eminent hospitals on June 1922. %
.:3 Greater Domestic Program f =:
4: This year-after Ave years Of con
structive effort during the war and
sfter the armistice-brings with it q
greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Cross.
The budget for foreign operations,
however, totals $3,404, 900. but Of this
amount 81 ,834, 900 is for medical re-
lief and hospital supplies for Russia.
which is a part Of the gift made by
The 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 .$854,.
900 is appropriated for this. work un:
dertaken In 1920. Other items in the
stringently. diminished foreign pro.
gram include $500. 900 to support the
i League OF Red Cross Societie4 $22,
600 for nurses training schools sinsti
tuted BY the Red Gross abroad, and
$780, 1000 for Liquidation Of the general
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies A
For: disaster relief the Red Cros.
has set aside $750;000, and for emer.
8encies in Chapter work $4,000
to be available for domestic, insula1
and foreign demands. This Is NOR.
Z than $395,O00 above last years expen
y ilitures. . For service and ,assistanc.
70 the $500 Chapters and theil
t branches d, R98, zoo h provided by the
& National organization. ia u. &: 81 Il
Other budget Items Of impor tanc,
+ ia The domestic program include 500,
So00 SforS assist lance to ther .organiza
Stions and: education institutions fol
Il traininE Red Cross nurses and work