Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-10-13
RED CROSS PUTS
UP S9,739,872
Years Budget Stresses Relief
and Services at Home
and Overseas.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID
Over 100000 Allotted to the
Dlsabled-Foreign Work
Lessons.
MILLIONS FOR VETERAN AID

Washington.-Exp totalinR
S0,I30, S72.47 for cnrryIng through Its
program of services and relief during
the fiscal year In tho United States
anu overseas nrc authorized In tho
Duuget OF the American Red Cross, cf-
fective July 1, 1922. This total Is So
t3oOi0 less than the expenditures for
tho Inst fiscal ycar. when dIsburse-
ments reached S12.i15,S 30, It Is IN.
bounced ut National Heuduunrters In
statement emphasizing the necessity
Ut continued support OF the organlza-
ton by enrolment during the annual
Roll Call, November l1-Novcmber 40
inclusive. This total for tho budget
Is exclusive OF the large financial op.
crntions of the $500 nctlve Red Cross
Chapters, which. 1t Is estimated. will
moro than double tho total.
War Veterans Have First Call
First call OH Red Cross funds IN for
the disabled eX-scrvlce men, OF whom
2I.4S7 were receiving treatment from
the Government on June l lust. ThIs
work for veterans and their families
In wide variety OF service that the
Government Is not authorized to rem.
der md for which 1t hus neither
funds nor facilities has tho Gull ON
@0S0.Go2'00 during the current ycnr.
or about 100000 more than wns OK.
pended last year for soldier service.
Adding tho funds dlsburscd In this
Humanitarian work of physical recon.
stitution following tho World War by
tho Chapters throughout tho country
will approximate IL totnl for tho cur.
rent year approaching Sl0O00.O00
This work, In tho opinion OF the Sur.
geon Generals Office. Will not rcnch
Its pcnk before l020
Through Its Chnpters tho American
Red Cross Is equipped to find the In.
0lvldunl ex-scrvlce man, help him IN
his problems md difficulties, provide
Immediately for his necessities, nnd
open the way for him to the Govern
meDt compensation and mid to which
be Is entitled. Tho extension OF this
work to tho families OF such men
proves TO them that tho Red Cross
hns lost none of Its sympathy nor will
TO service manifested IN wartime. Sim
ilnrly the service goes out to the men
stlll In the Army and Navy, 1l.0SI OF
whom were under treatment In Gov
eminent hospitals ON June /. 1D22.
Greater Domestic Program
This year-nfter five years OF con.
siructlve effort during the war and
otter tho armIstlce-brlngs with 1t n
greater responsibility for domestic
service to the American Red Gross.
The budget for foreign operations,
however, totals 1910 1000. but of this
amount $1.S34,000 IL for medical re.
lief and hospital supplies for Russln.
which Is Il part of the gift nude by
the American Red Cross In 1921 to
the Russian famine relief work OF the
American Relief Administration pro-
grnm. The child health service In Ell
rope continues, moreover, and $05i,-
600 is appropriated for this work un-
dertaken In 1920. Other items In the
ihbCiitiy lOICIkn
gram include 100000 to support the
Lenguc OF Red Cross Societies. $22,-
600 for nurses training SCHOOLS lnstl-
, tuted by tho Red Cross abroad, and
100000 for liquidation Of the general
Red Cross foreign relief program.
Prepared for Emergencies
For disaster relief the Red Cross
| has set aside $75O.OOO, and for cncr-
gencles In Chapter work 100000
10 be available Tor domestic, insulur
and foreign demands. This Is moro
than $30J.000 above last years expen-
dltures. For service and assistance
to tho $500 Chapters and their
branches S1.2o3,OO0 is provided by the
National organization.
Other budget itemD OF Importance
in the domestic program include $780,
900 for assistance to other organiza-
lions and education institutions for
training Red Cross nurses md work.
crs; $4,000 for Roll Call assistance
furnished to Chapters; 100000 for
unforeseen contingencies.
or the total budget less than $780,
600 is allotted for management In the
! National organization. No oash estI-
( mate, of course. Is possible to weigh
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