Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-10-27
RED CROSS HEALS
 W0UNDS OF WAR
25,000 Disabled Ex-Service Men in Hospitals After Four
 Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets Individual Attention of Sym
 pathetic Workers.

halts to observe the fourth anniver. sary of Armistice Day, and the Amerl. can Red Cross >inaugurates its Annual Roll Call for the enrolment of tho 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 1t is 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 over 2l,000 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 un- dertaking to furnish these disabled men with the compensation and med teal care to which they are entitled. yet their especial care is duty of the Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov ernment cannot handle the cases of ex-service men individually; 1t must handle these men in bulk under . 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 Its very active Chapters la 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 10 tide over the difficult periods, the friendly touch of personal encouragement, helpful recreation and worry -dispelling amuse- ment. It is the warm hand of sym. pathy and understanding which the American Red Cross extends to the majority of these disabled ex-service men. some of them friendless jn the whirl of life, thousands of them with wives and children dependent upon them, and hundreds of them frequent ly helpless in the face of grim me- cessity.
 2,679 Chapters Aiding Veterans
 In this work, upon whose accoR. plishment the American Red Cross Is urging a record-breaking enrolment in the Roll Call which opens on Armis. . tice Day and closes with Thanksgiv- ing Day. 2,679 Chapters In all parts of the country are engaged. This Is $50 more fhan were working for ex-service men last year when approximately $10,O0O.OOO was expended by the Ma. tional Organization and the Chapters working together in. harmonious unity.
 For the current fiscal year National Headquarters appropriated $3,030.- 692. 90, 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 is estimated that the Chapters will expen6 close to $7.0O0.- GOO from their own funds. the, grand total of Red Cross expenditures for this single work is expected again to reach the $10,0OO,O00 mark by June 30. 1923.
 Hospital and District Office Work
 During the fiscal year total of over 1000 persons, paid and volunteer, has been engaged in Red Cross duty In hospitals or district offices of the U. s. Veterans Bureau. An average of 5000 new cases requires definite and par ticular 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 37,2O0 compensation end insurance claims, 24,560 allotment and allowance cases, and 9,700 miscel laneOus claims. Since February, 1913 1t has disposed of 64,174 allotment checks payable to veterans which the Post Office Department reported unde liverable.
 The Chapter is the unit of the Red Cross organization which Is accessible to every disabled veteran or his fam ily. Between July 1, 1921, and June 30 1922, the Chapters had reported 1.865. O79 instances of service to ex-servict men and their dependents, at a cos'