The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-21
RED CROSS HEATS
WOUNDS OF WAR.
5000 Disabled Ek.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 ID o common tradition; but the
wounds Of war remain. They are not
healed in q day, in a year, nor in four
years. And on Armistice Day there
viii be under treatment in Government
hospitals over 25.OOO 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-
dertakfng to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
icAl care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care Is a duty Of the
Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases Of
ex-service men individually; 1t must
handle these men In bulk under q
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority, the funds
or the equipment for working out the
problem Of the individual man. There
Is wheu. the American Red Gross
finds It's greatest neld for service, aid
ing through its very active Chatters
in reaching the disabled man with i'm.
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'worry- -dispelling amuse-
ment. 1t Is the warm hand Of SYM
pathy and understanding which tho
American Red Cross extends to the
majority Of these disabled ex-servics
men, some Of them friendless in the
whiri 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.
2,e79 Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work. upon whose accom-
plisbneit the American Red Cross II
urgiIig . record-breaking enrolment In
the Ron Call which opens on Armis-
tiee Day. and closes with Thanksgiv-
Ing EAy, 2,679 Chapters in all parts Of
the d4 1try are engaged. This is $50
moreja 1n were working for ex-service
men As 81 year when approximately
$10keAsH was expended by the Ma
ti9H. Montlnization and the Chaptsrs
wAollv SShef In harmonious unity.
Nth ,h.urrent fiscal year National
HeaxN IT'S appropriated $3.030,-
6929f. N ht.ncrease Of 1896, ,56O.S4 over
the amotnt spent for the work among
ex-servide men in the year ended June
30 last. Since it Is estimated that the
Chapters will expend close to $1,000
900 from their own funds, the grand
total Of Red Crsss expenditures for
this single work Is expected again to
reach the $10,OOO.OO0 mark by June 80.
1928.
hospital and District Office Work
During the fiscal year q total of over
1000 persons, paid and volunteer, has
been engaged in Red Cross duty In
hospitals Or district Offices Of the u. 8.
Veterans Bureau. An average Of 5000
new cases requires definite and par
ticular attention each month. The de-
mand for Chapter-made articles for
hospital patients II constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quarters handled 1920 compensation
and insurance claims, A,56O allotment
and allowance cases, and 9,7O0 miscel-
laneous claims. Since February, 1919.
II has disposed of 64,174 allotment
checks payable TO veterans which the
Post once Department reported unde-
liverable.
The Chapter Is the unit of the Red
Cross organization which is accessible
to every disabled veteran Or his fam
Ily. Between July 1, 1921, and June 30,
1922, the Chapters had reported 1866
079 Instances Of service to ex-service
men and their dependents, at a cost
estimated from reports now at hand Of
more than $5,340,0O0.
The basis Of this far-reaching work
Of the Red Cross is the individual
needs Of the disabled veteran to the
end that he may obtain his rights un-
der the law, that his especial wants
may he Immediately supplied, that his
own and Ills family's situation may be
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
their outlook for the future may
visualize incentives for Independent