The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-24

lost, but also the market for at least
TWO tons OF corn or oats and three
tons Of hay every year. ~. AL. i d. IS
when you figure the amount Of
feed for which the market has been
lost they say, .'by the replacement
of horses with tractors or trucks YOU
will find that It aggregates more than
the total export Of oats, corn and hay
from the country. also 1t has been Il
considerable factor in lowering the
prices Of these three crops.
!, "The draft type suitable for heavy
work is the horse for which there Is
a steady market"
Ill. Tells. OF Red.cross Work.
Judge John Barton Payne, chair
man Of the American Red Cross,
made public a report to the cen-
trail committee showing that. during
the calendar year 1921 the Red Cross
spent $0,7S2,OOO in assistance to dis
abled veterans of the World war. OF
this sum 100000 was disbursed hy
Red Cross chapters and the balance by
the national organization.
The expenditures by the national Or
ganfzatiOn, amounting to $2,7S2, 900,
included $1,754,OOO for direct service
through officials Of the national organ
ization to disabled ex-service men, vir-
tually all Of which was for those &C.
tually in hospitals; and $4,000 ex-
pended for the Red Cross Institute for
the Blind. There was expended in pro-
noting and establishing chapter work
for disabled veterans $956,OOO.
BY far the greater part of Red
Cross service to the disabled, all Of
which is. Supplementary to the relief
accorded by the government, is ac-
complished by the chapters, the local
organization Of neighbors coming most
frequently into contact with these men
and their families. OF 3,G4S chapters,
more than $500 were, on October 81,
1921, still maintaining service to vet
erans.
:. The principal forms Of service nre as
follows:
The Red Cross chapter aids in put
ting the disabled man i'm effective re-
.]ation with. the government that he
may obtain his full rights.
The chapter helps the disabled man
and his family in time Of trouble, such
as sickness of any of the family, legal
difficulties, .'dlscouragement. Pending
payment by the government of claims.
the chapter also stands ready to ex-
tend financial assistance when neces-
sary. Including all forms of assistance,
the report shows that the chapters
rendered services in more than ESQ.,
600 instances during each month Of
1921.
Cooperate With Other Bodies.
Many chapters provide recreation
and various personal comforts for vet
Grams at training centers and in gov.
eminent hospitals, either individually
or in cooperation with the American
Legion, knights of Columbus and 9th
er patriotic organizations. Chapters.
upon request, also furnish information
concerning conditions Mt. home when
such information is necessary to the
comfort or physical welfare OF those
in hospitals: 49, = go. >-~,-.r-. -
|. The national organization maintains
medical social service In hospitals and
district offices of the veterans bureau
and national homes for disabled volun-
tecr soldiers. Statistics for Decem-
Der, 1921, a typical month, shows a
Red Cross staff. of 6O4 full-tlme paid
workers giving service to 40,O2S men.
Chapter volunteers also help in this
work, which includes assistance in oh.
taining medical histories and main
tanning communication with the fam
HES. :
Through camp service the national
organization provides similar assist
ance to disabled men in army and navy
general and post hospitals, this Red
Cross staff numbering IS and serving
ex-service' men to the number of 3,493
during the month of December. 1921.
-. To Keep War Memories.
Erection of nine monuments IN
Europe to mark the places Of special
interest and historical Importance in
the service of the American expedi-
tiOnary forces is contemplated in the
memorial plans Of the War department
for which President Harding has
recommended legislation by congress.
in addition to the more than one hun
bred map monuments proposed.
~ As announced by the department,
these monuments of artistic design
would mark the following places:
Where the first American soldier
was killed in Europe.
Where the first American soldier
was wounded at the front.
Area Of German raid on First d.
vision, November 2, 1917. in which
first American soldier was killed in
action and first American soldier was
captured. ~ f. -. = fs,t"
First sector held by an American
division acting as a unit.
u Where the Eleventh engineers
fought ut Cambria. 4
Sector held by the Sixth engineers.
March q, 1913, during German Of
fensiye. -.
Important actions Of the Three
Hundred and Sixty-ninth, Three Hun
bred and Sevcntieth, Three Hundred
ontl Soynnty.frst and T'bren Hundrod