The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-10-18
RED CROSS R D HEALS
WOUNDS or WAR.
2o,o0O Disabled Ex-Service Men
in Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
individual Attentiontof 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 inuugurates lis, Annual
Holl Call for the enrolment OF TIE
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 and
Navy In the World War The glory OF
1t Is common tradition; but the
wounds OF war remain. They are not
heaied In day, in a year, nor ir four
years. And on Armistice Day there
VIII be under treatment In Government
hospitals over 25,OO0. ex-service men,
broken physically by wounds, expo
sure, nervous. strain and exhaustion
anetdept to their service in the war.
The Government without stint ia un.
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med.
tcal care to which they are entitled.
yet their especial care is duty of the
Red Cross, Why? Because the Coy.
ernment cannot handle the cases Of
ex'ssrvice men Individually; 1t must
handle these men in bulk under a
standardized policy. The Government
has neither. the authority, the funds
or the equipment for working out the
problem Of the individual man. There
ds where the American Red Cross
dlnds Its greatest field for service, aid
Ing through its 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. It Is the warm hand Of SYM
pathy and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority of these disabled ex-service
men, some Of them frlendless In the
whirl 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.
2,679 Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-
plishment the American Red Cross 10
urging record-breaklng enrolment In
the Roll Call which opens on Armis-
tlce Day and closes with, Thanksgiy-
Ing Day, 2,679 Chapters In all parts Of
the country are engaged. This Is $50
mere than were working for ex-service
men last year when approximately
910,0O0,000 was expended by the Ma
tional Organization and the Chapters
working together in harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated $3,030,-
e92.90, an Increase of $385.580.s4 over
the amount spent for the work among
ex-service men In tho year ended June
30 last. Since 1t is estimated that the
Chapters will expend close to $1,000.
600 from their own funds, the grand
total Of Red Cross expenditures for
this Hngle work Is expected again to
reach the $1OO0O,OO0 mark by June 80,
1929. ANA.
Hospital and Distr,se Office Work
During the fiscal year a 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
ticuiar attention each month. The DC.
mand for .Chapter-made articles for
hospital patients Is constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head.
quarters handled 1920 compensation
and insurance claims, 24,58O allotment
and allowance cases, and 9,T00 miscel.
laneous claims. Since February, 1910.
It has disposed of 64,174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Post Office Department reported unde.
liverable.
The Chapter is the unit Of the Red
Gross organization which Ia accessible
to every Disabled veteran or his fam.
lily. Betwesn July 1, 1921, and June 80,
1922. the Chapters had reported 1885,
O70 inatances Of service to ex.servica
mon and their dependents, at cost
estimated from reports now at hand OF
moro than $5.34O.OOO.
The baBls Of this farreaching work
OF the Red Cross iS the Individual
needs Of the disabled veteran to tho
end that he may obtain his rights uns
der the law, that his especial wants
may be Immediately supplied, that his
own and his family's situation may be
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
their outlook for the future may
visualize Incentives for Independent
and fruitful effort.
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