The Press., 1922-10-26
RED CROSS PUTS
 UP $9,739,872
Years Budget Stresses Relief and Services at Home
 and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over $3.OOO,OOO Allotted to the , DisabIed-Foreign Work
 LeSSenS.

WashingtOn.-Expe tOtaling $9, 739, ,972.47 for carrying through it's program of services and relief during the fiscal year in the United States and overseas are authorized in the budget of the American Red Cross, ef- fective July 1, 1922. This total Is $2,- T35, 5,975 less than the expenditures for the last fiscal year, when disburse- ments reached $12,475,847 .69, it is an nounced at National Headquarters in a statement emphasizing the necessity of continued support of the Organiza- .tiOn by enrolment during the annual Roll Call, November 11-November 30 inclusive This total for the budget is exclusive of the large financial Op- erations of the $500 active Red Cross Chapters, which, it is estimated will more than double the total.
 War Veterans Have First Call
 First call on Red Cross funds is for the disabled ex-seryice men, of whom 21,4S7 were receiving treatment from the Government on June l 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 it has neither funds nor facilities has the call on $3,03O, ,692.9O during the current year, or about $366, ,000 more than was ex- pended last year for soldier service. 1S 1iShnrSnH this humanitarian work of physical recon stitutiOn following the World War by the Chapters throughout the country will approximate total for the cur rent year approaching $lO,0O0,OOO. This work, in the opinion of the Sur geon Generals office, will not reach its peak before 1926.
 Through its Chapters the American Red Cross Is equipped to find the in dividual ex-service man, help him in his problems and difficulties, provide immediately for his necessities, and open the way for him to the Govern ment compensation and aid to which he is entitled The extension of this work to the families of such men proves to them that the Red Cross has lost none Of its sympathy nor will to service manifested in wartime. Sim ilarly the service goes out to the men still in the Army and Navy, 11,O87 of whom were under treatment in Gov ernment hospitals on June l, 1922.
 Greater Domestic Prooram
 This year-after five years of con gtructive effort during the war and efter the arnistice-brings with it a greater responsibility for domestic service to the American Red Cross. The budget for foreign operations, however, totals s, ,O00, but of this amount $1, ,834, ,OOO is for medical re- lief and hospital supplies for Russia, which is a part of the gift made by the American Red Cross in 1921 to the Russian famine relief work of the American Relief Administration pro gram. The child health service in Eu- rope continues, moreover, and $654, 600 is appropriated for this work un- uGFIdkSu Ill 4SSO OLuOE lL0IuS HI Lh6 stringently diminished foreign pro- gram include $20O,OOO to support the League of Red Cross Societies, $22,- 900 for nurses training schools insti- tuted by the Red Cross abroad, and $500, 900 for liquidation of the general Red Cross foreign relief program.
 Prepared for Emergencies
 For disaster relief the Red Cross has set aside $750,OO0, and for emer- gencies in Chapter work $5OO,OOO to be available for domestic, insular and foreign demands. This Is more than $395, 600 above last years expen- ditures. For service and assistance to the $500 Chapters and their branches $1,293O0O is provided by the National organization.
 Other budget items of importance in the domestic program include $200,- 600 for assistance to other Organiza- tions and education institutions for training Red Cross nurses and work CTS; $19O,000 for Roll Gall assistance furnished to Chapters $100,00O for unforeseen contingencies. "
 Of the total budget less than $5OO,- 600 is allotted for management in the National organization. No cash esti- mate, of course, is possible. to weigh the value of the service by volunteers in the Chapters