The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-01-04
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+ FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds to
.. IS Army of Disabled. +. r.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 of These Are Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits u: S. Provides.


One field of Red Cross service alone,
that of assisting disabled Veterans Of
the World War, entails expenditures
100000 greater than the hggregate
receipts of the Annual Roll Call Of
1920, the Amerit an .Red4~Gress an
nounces in statement urging a-Wide-
I spread increase IN membership ae the
| Annual Roll CALL November II to "a.
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain Of
Chapters of the Red Cross Is spend
ing approximately $10,000,000 annual
h ly for the relief of disabled eN-seryice
! men and their families, While the az
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $6000,000.
1t is in the $3.50 Of the $500 Red
Gross Chapters which stih are Altetping
solve the veterans problem Of adjust.
ing himself to normal civilian status
that the greater part of the cost Of this
service is borne OF the total sum
spent for. veterans relief last year,
National Headquarters expended a TO-.
tai of more than So 100000, while the.
remaining disbursement of ,tqppruAl-'
mateiy 100000 represents the con
tribution of Chapters. in this country.
wide effort to assist the Government
In providing the aid soyels .needed-by
these men and their, families. nGa ::
An Ever Expanding Problem, -
That the problem Of the disabled
service man is ever-expanding and
probably will not reach the peak be-
fore 1925, Is the assertion OF well-in..
formed Government officials and that
2397 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important swork Is eyi.
dence that the expansion is III nowise
confined to a particular section but Is,
on the contrary; nationwide, Atrtl,A
end OF the fiscal year, June 80. 1921.
there were 26,3O0 disabled service men
in the 1902 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern.
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
nd that number is increasing at a.
late of 1000 a month. ~
Thousands Of these men receiving
iedical treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern.
sent today, started their. efforts to
'tain them through the Red Cross
( napier. The Chapter, acting ms the.
isabled mans agent in claims ao,inut
'e government, informs the man as 70
'.e procedure necessary to gain for
u IN that which Is provided him bv.1
ederal statute. His applications for I
compensation, medical treatment ana
aiming are properly filed with the aid
81, the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance > Il
II there is delay before tho mon,sf
,laIm is acted upon, the Red Cross
~hapter lends the man money to meet
lie imperative needs of himself and I
lis dependents.
MOST vital to the mans gaining fuu
'eneft from the Governments caro- to
'eeping his mind free from worry abou,
us nome. Keeping the veterans fam.
" from hardship Of every kind and
him of It's welfare is an.
'heF province of the Chapter. Free
rom fear on this score, the mans 20.
oVery and advancement usually Is
apid ,---.O 40
livery month during the last wear
ne American Red Cross has a;von
eFVice OF one kind or another to an I
Eerase of 129,215 former service mon
nd their families An indicotion 80 l.
no extent of the faith reposed IN rho r.
'eo tross chapter is to be fonnd In
ne fact that there were 35s al 70 +!
uests Tor friendly aid in the solution
Personal problems. ''0"
44a Workers in Hoapitals "A
"llie the man prior to enterino
"Vefnnient care deals largely with tbe
% na'lsr, &!ierward he comes into con-.
'ot win the service provided by M
9nsi HeEdIravters. There arc. 40
go CrQss workers in tile rni.a1
~HScs Public Health Service and con
act hGSnitals end nth \, o'.