Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-10-26
RED CROSS PUTS
Up S9,739,872
Years Budget Stresses Relief
and Services at Homs
and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over 100000 Allotted to the
Disabled-Foreign Work
Lessons.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. totalin,
S<S9,S72.47 for carrying through its
program of services and relief during
the fiscal year in the United States
end overseas are authorized in the
budget Of the American Red Cross, eff.
fective July /, 1922. This total Is So.
135,975 less than the expenditures for
tie last fiscal year. when disburse-
Msnts reached 81, 2,475,S47.69, it is an
Iaoupced st National Headquarters in
p statement emphasizing the necessity
" continued support NJ the organlza-
lion BY enrolment during the annual
Roll Gall, November ll-Noyember 80
Inclusive This total for the budget
IL exclusive Of the large financial op.
erations Of the $500 active Red Gross
Chapters, which, 1t is estimated, win
moro han sauE.e the total.
War Veterans Have First Call
First call en- Red Cross funds is for
the disabled eS-service men, of whom
2',487 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June / last. This
work for veterans and their families
In 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
$3,O3O,892.90 during the current year,
or about $368,00 more than was ex-
pended last year for soldier service.
adding the funds oiissss..,rssed ip this
hSlnaAilarlan 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 $10,000000.
This work, in the opinion Of the Sur,
geon Generals Office, will not reach
Its peak before 1926.
Through its Chapters the American
ked Gross is equipped to find the in
dividual ex-service man, help him in
his problems and difficulties, provide
Immediately for his necessities, and
.Dpen 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
ilarly the service goes out to the men
still in the Army and Navy, ll,0S7 Of
whom were under treatment in Gov
eminent hospitals on June l, 1922.
Greater Domestic Program
This year-after five years OF con
structive effort during the war and
otter the armistice-brings with 1t y
greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Cross
The budget for foreign operations
however, totals $3,4Oi, 900, but of this
amount S1,S34,000 is for medical re
lief and hospital supplies for Russia
which Is a part of the gift made b.
the American Red Cross in 1921 t.
the Russian famine relief work of thu
American Relief Administration pro
gam. The child health service in Eu
rope continues, moreover, and S604,
600 is appropriated for this work un
dertaken in 1920 Other items in th'
stringently diminished foreign pro
gram include 100000 to support tn,
League of Red Cross Societies, $50
600 for nurses training schools insti
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, an,
100000 for liquidation of the genera
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Cros
has set aside $750,000, and for emer
gencies in Chapter work $4,000
to be available for domestic, insula
and foreign demands. This Is NOR
than $4,000 above last years expen
ditures. For service and assistanc
to the $500 Chapters and thei
branches 81 Sl,293,0OO is provided by tn
National organization.
Other budget items of importanc
in the domestic program include $500
600 for assistance TO other organizi
ticns and education institutions fo
training Red Cross nurses and wOrl
ers Sl900O0 for Roll Call assstanc
furnished to Chapters; 100000 fC
Unforeseen contingencies.
OF the total budget less than $500
600 is allotted for management in III
National organization No cash est
mate, OF course, is possible to 'welg