The Colfax chronicle., 1922-11-25
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS Of WAR
25,O 900 Disabled Ex-Servioe 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 anuiver.
sary Of Armistice Day, and tho Ameri'
can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Call for the enrolment Of the
1928 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 an4
Navy In the World War. The glory o.
It is a common tradition; but the
wounds Of war remain They are not
healed in a day, in a year, nor In four
| years. And on Armistice Day there
| viii be under treatment in Government
hospitals over $4,000 ex-service men,
broken physically by wounds, expo
| sure. nervous strain and exhaustion
incident to their service In the war.
The Government without stint u un-
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and meo-
ical care to which they are entitled.
/ vet their especial care II duty Of the
Red Cross. Whyf Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases of
ex-service men Individually; It must
handle these men ID bulk under .
standardized policy. The Govsrnment
has neither the atth0eity. the fu4O
or the equipment for working sut ~
problem Of the individual nah xheee
i is where the American ned Cro4
finds its greatest nsld for serviea alor
ing through Its very aotfve Chap@es
in reaching the disabled man with p
mediate practical help. assisting -
family while his claim 10 emerging frem
the process Of adjustment. furnishans
articles Of comfort, funds to tide over
the difdcult periods, the friendly toaYn
Of personal encouragement. hslpml
recreation and worry -dlspelling amuse.
ment. It Is the warm hand Of syn-
!, pathy and understanding which the
American Red Cross sxtsnds to the
majority Of these disabled ex-ssrvice
men. some Of them friendless IN the
) whirl Of life, thousands Of them with
wives and children dependent upon
: them. and hundreds Of them frequent
e " helpless in the face Of grim ne
n | cessity.
2,s7s Chapters Aiding Veterans
. In this work. upon whose accom-
i plishment the American Red Gross Y
f urging q record d1rsaking enrcllmsnt Il
the Roll Call which opens on Afnats
tice Day and closes with Thanksgav
e ing Day, 2,679 Chapters In all parts 9
the country are engaged. This u ~
more than were working for ex-sefvic
y men last year when apprc1matea
J. $40, 100000 was expended BY the az
70 tional Organization ana the Chapter
working together in harmonious unity
re For the current fiscal year Nadons
n- HEADQUARTERS appropriated $S,00o
!. COO 60. an increase Of $S06 .Fo08A owe
~ the amount spent for the work anon
ex-service men in the ysar ended Jun
at 80 last. Since 1t IL estimated that g
:. Chapters will expend close to V'o0o
&c n0) from their own funds, the graz
OF total Of Red Cross exDsndituree n
it. this single work ID expected again
!. reach the $1o.0oo,o 900 mark BY June :
1928.
HOSPITAL and Dlstrick ONES Wsrk
nv During the fiscal year total OF ev'
1000 persons, paid ana volunteer. n
been engaged In Red Cross entZ
ere hospitals or district e6Aces OF the y.
ev- Veterans Bureau. An average OF ~
,ha new cases requires dsAnite and p
ficular attention each month. The
81 mand for Chaptsr-made articles 4
up hospital patients b constant.
the During last year Service Claims q
hat Information Service at National Aea
the quarters handled $1,000 cemDsnsAti
pps and insurance claims, 24.b80 anetms
far ana allowance cases, and e.70O misc
-. lansous claims. Since February. ~
Opy has disposed Of el.174 alletmt
oe checks payable to veterans which
one Post once Department reported Sn'
"a liverable.
and The Chapter Is the unit Of the !
,ac- Cross orranixation which Il accessi
pal to every disabled veteran Or nis =
Tho ily. Between July /, 1927, ana June
1922. the Chapters had reported 1.e'
o7p instances Of service to ex-serv
'oeo men and their dependents. at . {
edi- ESTIMATED from reports now at hand
Sub more than $58t0,ooo.
The basis Of this far-reaching "
e2a of the Red Cross IL the individ
% needs Of the disabled veteran to
ooo end that hs may obtain his rights
der the law, that his dspeclal ~
NAV be Immediately supplied, that
. the own ana his family's situation may
ions. rendered happy and cheerful, and
their outlook for the future