The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-28
RED CROSS PUTS .
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Tears Budget Stresses Reilsi
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN And
Over 100000 Allotted to tho
sss,aN Disabled Foreign Work
''' Lessons.
MILLIONS FOR vETERAN And

No.
program Of services ana relief durfSssG
che fiscal year In the United STATE =
ana overseas are authorized In tht
budget Of the American Red Cross, Ell.
fective July l, 1922. This total IL 50.
7SS,s76 less than the expenditures fes
tho last fiscal year. when disSu,rse.
ments reached $12.476, ,s47 .es, II II an.
noanced at National HeadQ1arters s.
Q statement emphasizing the necessity
ct continued support Of the orxanisa.
ton BY enrolment during the annual
Roll Call, November 11-Nevember 90
inclusive. This total for the Sudsst
u exclusive Of the large financial on
srations Of the $500 active Red Cross
Chapters. which, it is estimated, win
more than double the total
War Veterans Have First Cal,
First call on Red Cross funds n fer
the disabled ex-service men, of whom
G'4S7 were receiving treatment frsm
the Government on June / last. This
work for veterans and their families
IN wide variety Of service that the
Government Is not authorized to ren-
der and for which Il has neither
funds nor facilities has the cali a
&8.oS0. .692.e0 during the current yosr.
sr about $3e8.00o more than was sx-
pended last year Tor solder service.
Adding the funds disbursed In this
Humanitarian work Of physical receo-
stitution following the World War By
the Chapters throughout the country
VII approximate q total for the cur
rent year approaching $4,000. .00o.
THIS work. in the opinion Of the Sur
geon Generals office, will not reach
Its peak before 1925.
Through its Chapters the American
Red Cross is equipped to find the in
dividual ex-service man, help him In
bis problems and difficulties, provide
Immediately for his necessities, ana
open the way for him to the Govern
ment compensation and aid to which
he ts entitled. The extension Of this
work to the families Of such men
proves to them that the Red Gross
has lost none Of its sympathy nor win
to service manifested In wartime. Sim
ilarly the service goes out - the, men
stin in the Army and Navy, iI,067 II
whom were under treatment Ia .Gsv-
,srnment hospitals on June 1, I'M
orsatsr Domestic prssfan
This year after i've years Sf g.
structive effort during the war and
sfter the armistice-brings with II 1
greater responsibility tsr domestic
service to the American Red Crsss.
The budget for foreign operations,
however. totals ,$s,404. 900. but Of thiS
amount $1,ss4, 900 il for medical r.
lief and hospital supplies for Russia,
which IL . part Of the sift made by
the American Red Cross in 1921 to
the. Russian famine relief work Of the
American Relief Administrators pro
gam. The child health service In Eu-
rbpe continues, moreover. and 1884
600 u appropriated for this work IN.
dertaken in 1920. Other Items in thS
stringently diminished foreign prs-
gram include 100000 to- support the
League of Red Gross Societies, $22,.
600 for nurses training schools Insti-
tuted by the Red Cross abroad, and
$500, 900 for liquidation Of the general
Red Gross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Gross
has set aside $75O,OOO, and for emer-
gencies in Chapter work $500, ,0OO
to be available for domestic, insulat
and foreign demands. This b more
than $395. 900 above last years .sxpen-
ditures. For service and assistancs
70 the $500 Chapters .,alA >, THEFT
branches $1,29S, 900 is provided BY the
National organization.
Other budget items Of importance
IN the domestic program Include $2Oo..
600 for assistance to other organixa.
lions and education institutions foi
training Red Gross nurses and work.
srs; 100000 for Roll Gail assistance
furnished to Chapters; 100000 fol
unforeseen contingencies. .,.c =,
OF the total budget less tha1 $500
900 IL allotted for management 81 the
National organization. No cash esti-
mate, Of course, is possible to weigh
the value Of tho service BY volunteers