Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-11-10
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF WAR.
g. 900 Disabled Ex-Service Men
In Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace. Al.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
individual Attention of Sym
pathetic Workers.


halts to observe the fourth anniver-
sary of Armistice Day, and the Amerl-
can Red Cross inaugurates Its Annual
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; hut the
wounds Of war remain, They are not
healed in a day, In year nor in four
years. And on Armistice Day there
will 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 Is I'M
dertaking TO furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
lcal care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care is duty of the
Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov
eminent capaot handle the cases Of
ex-servioe 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
Ia where the American Red Cross
finds 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 dispelllng 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-service
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
iy helpless In the face of grim ne
cessity,
2,67e Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-
plishment the American Red Cross Is
urging a record-breaklng enrolment in
the Roll Call which opens on ARMS
tice Day and close& with Thanksgiv-
ing Day, 2,679 Chapters in all parts Of
the country are engaged. This is $50
more than were working for ex-service
men last year when approximately
S10,000,000 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.-
692 40, an increase of 1896, 500. "a over
the amount spent for the work among
ex-service men in the year ended June
30 last Since it 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 single work Is expected again to
reach the s10.000,O00 mark by June 80.
1928
Hospital and District 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 s.
Veterans Bureau. An average of 5000
new cases requires definite and par
ticular attention each month. The de-
mand for Chapter-made articles fOI
hospital patients is constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quarters handled 1920 compensation
and insurance claims, 24,560 allotment
and allowance cases. and 300 miscel
laneous claims. Since February, 1919
it has disposed Of 64,174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which thu
Fost Office Department reported unde
liverable.
The Chapter Is the unit of the Rec
Cross organization which is accessible
to every disabled veteran or his fam
lily. Between July /, 1921, and June 30
1922, the Chapters had reported 1865,
orc instances of service to ex-servic,
men and their dependents, at cos
estimated from reports now at hand o
more than $5,340,00O.
The basis Of this far-reaching worl
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 want
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 Independent
and fruitful effort.