The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-10-27
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF war
5000 Disabled Ex.Service Men
In Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE.
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention q Sym
pathetic, Workers.

When on November IL the world
halts TO observe the fourth annlvssi
ssry OF Armistice Day. and the Ansri.
can Red Cross inaugurates Its Apnu6i
Roll Call for the enrolment Of, the
1923 membership the people Of. the
United States may wei pause to; think
Of the unparalleled cohtrIbutios'te the
cause Of peace'made BY Our Army and
Navy in the World War. The glory OF
t. 10 . commoap. tradition; .but the
wounds Of war remain. They are not
healed ina day. ina yer. nor Id -four
yearS And. on Armistics Day there
will be under treatment In Government
hospitals over 5000 sf-service men;
broker physically By wounds, stpo-
sure, nervous sefain and exhaustion
incident to their service In'the war.
The Government without stint 10 I'M
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation md med
Teal care to which they are entitled.
yet their especial care II duty of the
Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov.
eminent cannot handle the ckSes Of
ex-service men individually; II must
handle these men ini bulk under Z
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority. the funds
or the equipment for working out the
problem Of the Individual man. There
Is where the American Red Cross
finds Its greatest field for service. aid
Ing through itSs 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 ,oves
the difficult periods, the friendly touch
Of personal encouragement. helpful
recreation and worry dispeliing amuse.
ment. II II the warm hand OF SYM
patty and understanding which the
American Red Cross extends to the
majority Of these disabled ex-service
men. some of them friendlcss In the
whiri Of life, thousands OF them with
wives and children dependent upon
them, and hundreds of them frequent
~ helpless In the face Of grim NO
cessity. ..t a.
2.s7s Chapters Aiding Veterans J
in .his york. upon whose accom-
plishmanf the American S:.s1 Crossrf y
urging a .record-breaklng enrcilment- v
the Roll Call which opens on Armis-
tice Day and closes with Thanksgiv-
Ing Day, 26I9 Chapters In all parts a
the country are engaged. This 10 $50
more than were working for ex-service
men last year when approximately
$40, OO0. 900 was expended by the Ma
tional Organization and the Chapters
working together in harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
eadquarters appropriated 5000
co. 90, an increase OF 1896, 5G0.S4 over
the amount spent for the work among
ex.service men in the year ended June
20 last. sincei II estimated that the
Chapters Will expend close to- ~ .000.-
obO from their own funds, the grana
total Of Red Cross expenditures ~
mi. single work Is expected agalnlte
reach the sI0Uoo,OOo mark by June ~
1923.
Hospital, and psstrIet' Once Work
During the fiscal y Ar total Of over
1000 persons, paid and volunteer. has
been engaged In Red Cross duty "
hospitals or district ofs,ces Of the U. s,
Veterans Bureau. An average Of 5000,
new cases requires definite and par
ticuiar sttention 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 $1,000 ccmpensaticn'
and insurance claims. 2%.oD allotment
ana allowance cases. ana s,700 miscef
lsneous claims. Since February. 1919.
II has disposed OF e<,l74 allotment
checks payable 20 vstsfaffs which the
Post once Department reported unde
iiverable.
The Chapter Is the unit Of the RED
Cross organization which 10 accessibls'
to every disabled veteran or his FAM
ily. Between July I, 1921, and June 20.
1877. the Chapters had reported 1.o6s.-
o7e instances Of service 10 ex-servics
men and their dependents. at a cost
estimated from reports now At hand q
more than SS.34ol0oo. "a.
The basis Of this far-reschink WORT
OF the Red Cross IL the Individual
needs % 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 hi
own and his familys situation may he
rendered happy ana cheerful. and inst
Their Outlook for the future msy
visualize incentives for Independent
and fruitful effort.