Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-01-11
Red Cross PTov|tss Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds to
Army Of Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
1887 OF These Arc Helping Ex-
Service Men Obtain Bene.
fits U. S.. Provides,

N,O00000 greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Call Of
1920, the American Red Cross an.
nouncss in statement urging wide
spread inarease In membership at 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 $4,000 900 annual
~ for the relief Of disabled ex-service
men and their families. while the ag-
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately $6,000,00O.
It Is in the 2.2S9 Of the 5000 Red
Gross Chapters which still are helping
solve the veterans problem Of adjust.
Ing himself to q normal civilian status
that the greater purt Of the cost Of this
service Is borne. OF the total sum
spent for veterans relief last year,
National Headquarters expended q to-
tai Of more than $2,600,OOO, while the
remaining disbursement Of approxl-
mately $7,000,O00 represents the con.
tributlon Of Chapters In this country
wide effort to assist the Government
IN providing the aid sorely needed by
these men and their families.
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
1887 Red Cross Chapters regard it
as their most important work ia EVIL
dence that the expansion is In nowise
confined to particular section but Is,
on the contrary, nationwide. At the
end Of the fiscal year, June 30. 1921,
there were 28,3o0 disabled service men
In the 1892 United States Public
Health Service, Contract and Govern
mept Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
aaaE that number Is increasing at q
'fSsas OIL 900 month. =
Thousands Of these men receiving
medical. treatment, compensation and
vocational training from the Govern.
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter, acting as the
disabled mans agent In claims against
the Government, informs the man as TO
the procedure necessary to gain FOR
him that which is provided him by
Federal statute His applications for
compensation, medical treatment and
training are properly filed with the aid
Of the Red Cross Chapter.
Many Forms Of Assistance
II there is delay before the mans
claim Is acted upon. tho Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money to meet
the imperative needs Of himself and
bis dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
bensat from the Governments care is
keeping his mind free from worry about
bis homo. Keeping the veterans fam.
lily from hardship Of every kind and
Informing him Of its welfare 10 an.
other province Of the Chapter. Free
from fear on this score, the mans re-
eovsry and advancement usually 10
rapid.
Every month during the last year,
tho American Red Cross has given
servics Of one kind or another to an
average Of 129,215 former service men
and their families. An indication Of
tho extent Of the faith reposed in tho
Red Cross Chapter is to be found in
the fact that there were 85e,b44 re.
quests for friendly aid in the solution
Of personal problems.
40 Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior to entering
Government care deals largely with the
Chapter, afterward he comes into con-
tact with the service provided by Ma
tlonal Headquarters. There are 448
Red Cross workers In the United
States Public Health Service and con-
tract hospitals and other institutions
In which these men are being cared
Tor, whose duty is to provide for his
recreation, help him with his compen-
satlon claims, keep him in touch with
his family; In short, meeting his every
need outside Of that provided by the
Government. While these are a few
Of the responsibilities Of the National
Organization, they are by no means
all. Among other Red Cross accom-
pllshments for the year are:
1t handled 70,782 allotment and al
lowance claims.
1t delivered through It's Chapter or
ganization 69,655 allotment checks to
veterans who had moved from the ad.
dresses furnished to the Bureau Of
War Risk Insurance.
It provided special fund Of 10000
for medical assistance to men under