The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-11-03
RED CROSS HEALS
WOUNDS OF WAR
Is, 900 Disabled Ex-Servjce Men
in Hospitals After Four
Years of Peace.
CHAPTERS FIELD OF SERVICE
Every Veteran Needing Help Gets
Individual Attention Of Sym
pathetic Workers.

mats 10 observe the fourth anniver.
sary OF Armistice Day, and the Ameri.
can Red Cross inaugurates its Annual
Roll Call for the enrolment Of the
1923 membership, the people Of the
United States may we'll 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 4 common tradition; but the
wounds Of war remain. They are not
healed in q day, In year, nor in four
years. And on Armistiee Day there
will be under treatment In Government
hospitals over $4,000 ex-service men,
broken physically by wounds, expo
sure. nervous strain and exhaustion
incident to their service in the war.
The Government without stint 10 I'M
dertaking to furnish these disabled
men with the compensation and med
ical care to which they are entitled,
yet their especial care Is q duty Of the
Red Cross. Whyl Because the Gov,
eminent cannot handle the cases OF
sx-servics men Individually; It must
handle these men in bulk under q
standardized policy. The Government
has neither the authority. the funds
o. the equipment for working out the
problem Of the Individual man. There
u where the American Red Cross
Ands it, greatest aeld for service. aid
Ing through ito very active Chapters
In reaching the disabled man with i'm
mediate practical help. assisting his
family while his claim 10 emerging from
the process Of adjustment, furnishing
articles Of comfort, funds to tide over
the difficult periods, the friendly touch
Of personal encouragement, helpful
recreation and worry dispelling amuse-
ment. 1t 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 in the
whirl Of life, thousands Of them with
wives and children dependent upon
them, and hundreds of them frequent
~ helpless in the face OF grim ne
cessity.
2,67s Chapters Aiding Veterans
In this work, upon whose accom-
HlASulACuk IAC AAACAlSd AtCu OIOSS 10
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 than were working for ex-service
men last year when approximately
$1O,OOO,OO0 was expended by the Ma
tional Organization and the Chapters
working together in harmonious unity
For the current fiscal year National
Headquarters appropriated $780,
1890, an increase of $685., 56O.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 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 $1OOOO,OOO mark by June 30.
1923.
Hospital and District Office Work
During the fiscal year a 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 1920 compensation
and insurance claims, "a, $50 allotment
and allowance cases, and 300 miscel-
laneous claims Since February, 1919.
it has disposed Of Gaia allotment
checks payable to veterans which the
Post ONCE Department reported unde-
liverable.
The Chapter Is the unit Of the Red
Cross organization which u accessible
70 every disabled veteran or his fam
lily. Between July 1, 1921, and June 80.
1927, the Chapters had reported 1885,
O7o instances Of service to ex-servics
men and their dependents, at 4 cost
estimated from reports now at hand Of
more than $5,S4OyO00.
The basis Of this far-reaching work
Of the Red Cross IL the individual
needs Of 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 his
own and his familys situation may b.
rendered happy and cheerful, and that
| their outlook for the future may
visualixe incentives for independent
| and fruitful effort.