Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-11-15
RED CROSS HEALS.
WOUNDS or WAR.
$4,000 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.

palmetto workers.
When on November IL the world
! halts to observe the fourth anniver.
sary OF Armistice Day, and the Anleri-
| can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Call for the enrolment Of the
| 1923 membership, the people Of the
United States may well pause t, 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 II day. in Il ye:Sr. nor in four
| years. And on Arniistice Day there
will he under treatment in Government
| hospitals over 25.O00 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
| zeal care to which they are entitled.
yet their especial care is a duty of The
Red Cross. Why? Because the Gov
ernment cannot handle the cases Of
| ex-Service men Individually; II must
| handle these men in bulk under
| standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority he funds
or the equipment for working out The
| problem of the individual man. There
| is where the American Rcd Cross
/ finds its greatest field for service. aid
| ing through its very active Chapters
| in reaching the disabled man with inn
| 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
Isof, personal encouragement helpful
| recreation and Orrytlispelling amuse-
| ment. 1t is the warm hand Of SYM
| patty and underSi andng which the
| American Red Cross extends to the
| ma jority Of these disabled ex-servicc
| men some Of them friendess in the
| whir Of life. thousands Of them with
wives and children dependent upon
| them, and hundreds OF them frequent
~ helpless in the face If grim ne
cessity
2,67e Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-
| plishment the American Red Cross is
urging mountaineering enrolment in
the Roll Call which opens on ARMS
tice Day and closes with Thanksgiv-
ing Day, 2.6I9 Chapters in all parts Of
the country are engaged. This is $50
more than were working for ex-service
men last year when approximately
S1O,OOO.0O0 was expended by the Ma
tonal Organization and the Chapters
working together in harmonious unity.
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated 5000
] G929O, an increase of $}65, 56O.S4 over
The amount spent for the work among
ex-service men in the year ended June
80 last. Since it is 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 S1O,OOO,O0O 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 L. 5.
Veterans Bureau An average Of 5000
new cases requires definite and par
ticular attention each month. The de-
mand for Chapter-ma,le articles for
| to.
During last year Service Claims and
Information Service at National Head
quarters handled 1920 compensation
and insurance claims, 24,560 allotment
and allowance cases. and a700 miscel-
laneous claims. Since Fehruarr, 1919.
it has disposed Of 64.1T4 allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
! ost Office Department reported unde-
liverable.
The Chanter is the unit of the Red
Cross organization which is accessible
to every disabled veteran or his fam
iIy. Between July ]. 1921. and June ~,
1902, the Chapters had reported 1860.
O79 instances of service to eX-servics
men and their dependents, ut cost
estimated from reports now at hand OF
more than SJ.340,no0.
The basis OF this far-reaching work
of the Red Cross is the individual
needs Of the disabled veteran to the
end that lie may obtain his rights I'M
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.