The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-11-28
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF war
1000 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 10 observe the fourth anniver-
| sary of Armistice Day. and the Ameri.
cun Red Cross inaugurates It's Annua.
Roll Call for the enrolment OF the
1923 membership. the people of the
United States may we'll 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
II Is common tradition; but the
wounds of war remain. They are not
healed in Il day, in year, nor In four
years. And on Armlstlce Day there
will be under treatment in Government
hospitals over $4,000 ex-servlce men,
broken physically by wounds. expo
sure, nervous strain and exhaustion
incident TO their service in the war.
The Government without stint is I'M
dertaklng 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. Why7 Because the Gov
eminent 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 where the American Red Cross
finds Its greatest field for service, aid
ing through Ats very active Chapters
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-dlspelling amuse-
ment. 1t Is the warm hand of sym
patty and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority Of these disabled ex-seryice
men, some of them friendless In the
whlrl 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,s79 Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-.
| pllshment the American Red Cross Il
urging a record-breaking enrolment In
| the Roll Call which opens on Armls
| tice Day aud closes with Thanksgiy
ing Day, 2.679 Chapters In all parts. Of
| the country are engaged. This Is 35t
| more than were working for ex-servid,
| men last year when approximatef,
| S1000o,000 was expended by the Ma
| tional Organization and the Chapter.
working together in harmonious unity
For the current fiscal year Nationa
Headquarters appropriated 5000,
69290, an increase of 1856, 560.S4 ovel
the amount spent for the work amoni
ex-service men In the year ended Juns
30 last. Since II Ia estimated that The
Chapters will expend close to $1,000.
600 from their own funds, the grand
total of Red Cross expenditures FOL
this single work Is expected again t.
reach the $10.000,000 mark by June 80
1923.
Hospital and District Office Work
During the fiscal year a total of oveI
1000 persons, paid and volunteer, has
been engaged In Red Cross duty lr
hospitals or district offices of the U. 8
Veterans Bureau. An average of 500
new cases requires definite and par
ticular attention each month. The de
mand for Chapter-made articles fol
hospital patients Is constant.
During last year Service Claims ant
Information Service at National Head
quarters handled 1920 compensation
and insurance claims, 24,580 allotment
and allowance cases. and 300 miscel
laneous claims. Since February, 1919
1t has disposed of 64.174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which thu
Post Office Department reported unde
liverable.
The Chapter Is the unit Of the Rec
Cross organization which IL accessible,
to every disabled veteran or his fam
lily. Between July I, 1921, and June 30
1922, the Chapters had reported 1865,
orc instances of service to ex-servics
men and their dependents, at cos
estimated from reports now at hand o.
more than $5,340,00O.
The basis of this far-reaching wori
Of the Red Cross is the individual
needs of the disabled veteran TO tn,
end that he may obtain his rights un
der the law, that his especial wants
may be Immediately supplied, that hi
own and his family's situation may b,
rendered happy and cheerful, and tina
their outlook for the future ma!
visualize incentives for !ndependen