The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1922-12-18
Red CROSS PUTS
UP S9,739,872
Esaes Budget Stresses Relic
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
MELONS FOR VETERAN AIr
1ser 100000 Allotted to thu
0sabIed-Foreign Work
Lessons.

& Observation-Disclosures totalin
fRE9S247 for carrying through it
SEaEran OF services and relief durini
Tn FISCAL year in the United State
sR1 SEerseas are authorized in tn
/ SRHEk OF the American Red Cross, eff
1ezsSSe July 1, 1922. This total is s.,
S2aSR5 less than the expenditures fo
Gin hss fiscal year, when disburse
Gsa1e reached S12,475,S47.69 SO, it is an
lsRDced at National Headquarters II
q statement emphasizing the n%ecessit!
II eazsiaued support of the organiza
>aSR By enrolment during the annua
Ru@ Gall, November 11-November 81
hogsrSSe. This total for the budget
IL exclusive Of the large financial op
,eEuQSeas Of the $500 active Red Gross
Chapters which, it Is estimated, will
msae than double the total.
! war Veterans Have First Call
Eirsf can on Red Cross funds is fol
the disabled ~ex-service men, Of whom
esSzN were receiving treatment from
ate Government on June l last. This
work for veterans and their families
M q wide variety Of service that the
&gsexnment is not authorized to rem
aaef and for which it has neither
fanas nor facilities has the call on
4SsS.692-90 during the current year,
Or shout $366,0O0 more than was ex-
pended last year for soldier service.
&6diag the funds disburSed in this
Humanitarian work of physical recon
seiSztfon following the World War by
a4se Chapters throughout the country
WIN approximate a total for the cur
seat year approaching $10,0OO,OOO.
E2as work, in the opinion of the Sur
seaR Generals Office, will not reach
an Reak before 1926.
Through its Chapters the American
Red Gross Is equipped to find the in
Saysanal ex-servlce man, help him in
azs problems and difficulties, provide
suaediately for his necessities, and
Ageas THE way for him to the Govern
snaze compensation and aid to which
IA Is entitled. The extension of this
usER to the families Of such men
,zTvgeS to them that the Red Cross
6Ezs lost none Of its sympathy nor will
ID Csryice manifested in wartime. Sim
3alSy the service goes out to the men
zss In the Army and Navy, 11,os7 Of
EAs@ were under treatment in Gov
aranent hospitals on June 1, 1922.
Greater Domestic Program
This year-after five years of con-
as1sctIye effort during the war and
ssssr the armistice-brings with it a
srsEser responsibility for domestic
Aezsice to the American Red Cross.
'EMn budget for foreign operations,
aS#syer, totals S3,404,000, but of this
saount S1,S34.0O0 is for medical re-
Esf and hospital supplies for Russia,
xaich is a part Of the gift made by
Sc American Red Cross in 1921 to
ree Russian famine relief work of the
asasezican Relief Administration pro-
alzEs. The child health service in Eu-
.cepe continues, moreover, and S604,-
sa65 is appropriated for this work un-
Ssstaken in 1920. Other items in the
sszinsently diminished foreign pro-
IsRln include 100000 to support the
League Of Red Cross Societies, $22,-
aD for nurses training schools insti-
xxeede by the Red Cross abroad, and
aBO4O0o for liquidation of the general
Eel Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
Ecs disaster relief the Red Cross
.Sas sst aside s750,OO0, and for emer-
ssnc1eG In Chapter work 100000
- De available for domestic, insular
md foreign demands. This is more
1haR 8 600 above last years expen-
afeErW For service and assistance
- Tia $500 Chapters and their
|sss2ebss s1,293,0OO is provided by the
National organization.
} otasr budget items of Importance
in ths domestic program include $780,
1eD tor assistance to other ~organiza-
lHaRs and education institutions for
|aansnfnx Red Cross nurses and work
|nx: $4,000 for Roll Call assistance
aaSatxAsd to Chapters; 100000 for
unforeseen contingencies.
4 OF the total budget less than $780,
loo e, allotted for management In the
t8atseoal organization. No cash esti-
Of course, is possible to weigh
[sne vxfne Of the service by volunteers
I'm kAe Chapters.