Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-02-03
s1O,OOO,OOO AID
FOR VETERANS
Red Cross Provides Friendly
Service Of Many Kinds TO
Army OF Disabled.
BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS
z, 3e7 Of These Are Helping ES.
Service Men Obtain Bene-
Ats u. S. Provides.

One field Of Red Cross service alone,
that Of assisting disabled veterans ef
the World War entails expenditures
Aeoooco greater than the aggregate
receipts Of the Annual Roll Cali Of
1870 the American Red Cross an
noanees IN a statement urging Wide
spread Increase In membership at the
Annual Roll Can. November IL 10 =.
At the present time National Head
quarters and the nationwide chain Of
Chapters Of the Red Cross is Spend.
ing approximately sio.ooo,oo annual
ly for the relief Of disabled exsserslee
men and their families, white the as
gregate receipts from last years Roll
Call were approximately S0,oo0eo
II is IN the ASP Of the $500 Red
Cross Chapters which sun are helping
solve the veterans problem OF adjust.
tng himself TO a normal civilian status
that the greater part OF the cost Of this
service Is borne. or the total sum
spent for veterans relief last year.
National Headquarters expended to
tai Of more than s2.eoo. 90, while tn
remaining disbursement OF approx.
mstely S7.oooooo represents the con
trtbution 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 eyer-expanding and
probably win not reach the peak be.
fore 1925, is the assertion Of weli.ln-
formed Government officials and that
239T Red Cross Chapters regard II
As their most important work ia evi-
dence that the expansion Ia In nowise
confined TO particular section but Ia,
on the contrary, nationwide, Al the
end Of the fiscal year. June 30, 1921,
there were 2s.30o disabled service men
In the 1902 United States Public
Health Service. Contract and Govern
ment Hospitals and Soldiers Homes,
and that number is increasing at q
rate of 1000 month.
Thousands of these men receiving
medical treatment. compensation aud
vocational training from the Govern.
ment today. started their efforts 10
obtain them through the Red Cross
Chapter. The Chapter. acting as tho
disabled mans agent In claims against
the Government. informs the man nv TO
tho 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 FERNS OF Assistance
II there IL delay before the mans
claim Is acted upon. the Red Cross
Chapter lends the man money TO meet
the imperative needs of himself and
his dependents.
Most vital to the mans gaining full
benefit from the Governments care is
keeping his mind free from worry about
his home. Keeping the veterans fam.
fly from hardship OF every kind and
informing him OF It's welfare Ia an
other province OF the Chapter Free
from fear on this score. the mans re-
covery and advancement usually In
rapid
the American Red Cross has given
service of one kind or another TO On
average of 1928 former service men
and their families An indication Of
the extent Of the faith reposed In the
Red Cross Chapter is 10 be found In
the fact that there were 356,544 re
quests for friendly aid IN the solution
Of personal problems.
40 Workers In Hospitals
While the man prior 10 entering
Government care deals largely with the
Chapter. afterwsrd he comes into con-
tact with the service provided by Ma.
tional Headquarters. There are 44s
Red Cross workers In the United
States Public Health Service and con
tract hospitals and other institutions
In which these men are being cared
for, whose duty Is to provide for his
recreation, help him with his compen-
sation 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-
plishments for the year are:
I, handled 10 73l allotment and al.