The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-10-12
RED CROSS HEALS.
WOUNDS or War.
5000 Disabled * Service Men
h Hospitals After Four
.. Years Of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD or SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention of Sym
pathetic Workers.

when on November IL the world
Aaats to observe the fourth anniver-
sary Of Armistice Day, and the Ameri.
can Red Cross inaugurates Its Annual
Aof Cali for the enrolment Of the
1923 membership, the people Of the
United States may well 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
Il III a common tradition; but the
wounds of war remain. They are not
healed in a day, In a year, nor in four
years. And on Armistice Day there
will be under treatment In Government
hospitals ovsr $500 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
ical care to which they are entitled,
Jet their especial care is a duty of the
Red Cross. Why7 Because the Gov
eminent cannot handle the cases Of
sx-service men individually: it must
handle these men In bulk under q
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority, the funds
o. the equipment for working cut the
problem Of the individual man. There
10 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
q personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry-dispelling amuse-H
ment. 1t Is the warm hand Of sym
pathy and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority Of these disabled e~x-service
men, some Of them friendless In the
vhin of life, thousands of them with
wives and children dependent upon
them, and hundreds Of them frequent
p helpless In the face Of grim Nc
eegsity.
2,s7s Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work. upon whose accom-
pssshment the American Red Cross La
urging a record-breaking enrolment in
the Roll Call which opens on ARMS
dee Day and closes 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
&1o,O0o.000 was expended by the Ma
tfonal Organization and the Chapters
working together In harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated $780,
og2. 80, an increase of $365,560.S4 over
the amount spent for the work among
ex-service men In the year ended June
30 last. Since 1t liz 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 $40, 5000 mark by June 80,
1923.
hospital and District Office Work
During the fiscal year a total of over
LOCO persons, paid and volunteer, has
been engaged In Red Cross duty In
hospitals or district Offices of the II. 8.
Veterans Bureau. An average Of 5000
IL cases requires definite and par
ticu1ar attention each month. The de-
mand for Chapter-made articles for
hospital patients Is constant.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quarters handled 1920 compensation
snd insurance claims, 24,56O allotment
and allowance cases, and 9,700 miscel-
hneous claims. Since February, 1919,
4 has disposed of 64,174 allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Post Office Department reported unde-
Hverable.
The Chapter Is the unit Of the Red
Cross organization which is accessible
- every disabled veteran or his fam
ny. Between July l, 1921, and June 80,
1872, the Chapters had reported 1885,
070 instances of service to ex-service
men and their dependents, at a cost
estimated from report now at hand Of
nor than S 5.34os600.
The basis of this ~far-reaching work
q the Red Cross Is the individual
needs of the disabled veteran to the
end that he may obtain his rights un-
der the law, that his especial wants
may be Immediately supplied, that his
own and his family's situation may be
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
their outlook for the future may
visualize incentives for Independent
and fruitful effort.
Spread Christmas Joy Abroad
More than 100000 Christmas boxes.
for the children Of Central Europe
we're packed by the Junior Red Cross
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