The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-13
Spends Nearly Four Millions n
Year to Lessen Burdens Of
Disabled Soldiers.
SERVES 1900 IN HOSPITALS
Every Case Is Given Individual
Service-AssiSts Families OF
These Men Everywhere.

tueH idmlueS from the hGQ Cross Ii
as pressing today as it was i'm ms-
diately after the end Of the World
War. For six years this work has
been foremost of all Red Cross ser.
vices, and in emphasizing the steady
public support OF this work the Red
Cross National Headquarters urges
the largest enrolment this year dur
ing the membership campaign open
Ing on Armistice Day. November IL.
Nearly four million dollars of Red
Cross funds spent for disabled veter-
ans and their dependents during the
year ended June 30 last presents some
idea OF the magnitude Of this work.
The current year, it is estimated. will
call for stili further disbursements OF
funds for the reason that the Red
Cross. through more than $500 Chap
ters in as many communities in the
United States, has been called upon
to help the ex-seryice men In making
out their applications for the adjusted
compensation granted in the so-called
bonus law.
5s,767 Soldier Cases q Month
The Red Cross work for the dis
abled soldier is designated *home ser
vice." for it gives individual attention
to the man and his family approx
mating the interest and loving care
of the home. Such service in the hos
pitfalls, camps, soldiers homes and
sanatoria, averaged 1885, cases 3
month during the year. Assistance
to ex-service men and their depen-
dents averaged 5S.767 cases month
In addition, the Red Cross in the last
twelve months provided 80 600 recre-
alton and entertainment events in the
hospitals and camps
Thus the Red Cross, symbolized as
the Greatest Mother" stills watches
over these many thousands of men,
comforts them. helps to tighten the to-
dunn Of their physical reconstruction.
and in their homes lifts some of the
burdens from their +own people"
Work in Communities increases
The home service of the Red Cross
was the most pressing duty OF 2,e0S
Chapters, an increase of 1872 communi-
war veterans condition required So
lHtion through immediate and intelli-
gent assistance. The Chapters alone
expended some 81, 900 900 in this
work.
The transient disabled soldier, usu-
ally suffering from disability OF tuber-
(culosis, is almost everywhere a grave
problem. From national funds the
past year $173,07s.36 was expended in
helping the Chapters to care for these
wandering men.
According to government report
there are 1890 veterans in civilian in,
stitutions, and in the national homes
for soldiers the complications are in
creaSiRg. The large groups of pa
tents whose claims have been disal.
lowed, OF veterans Of foreign wars,
and the great number Of men perma-
neatly resident in these institutions
call for Red Cross work which can
not be avoided nor denied.
IL Definite Service to 1890
OF total OF $500 ex-seryice men
in hospitals and other institutions 49,
7e1 were rendered a definite and spe-
ctatzed service by the Red Cross.
In a single month Abs new cases
were presented and total of "a, lbs
was acted upon figures which serve
to illustrate the magnitude OF the in
formation and claims service engag-
ing the attention of Red Cross work
sfs. New veteran legislation amend
ing the War Risk act which extends
many additional rights to disabled ex-
service men win reopen thousands OF
cases and require still greater Red
Cross service.
When Congress- granted a charter
to the American Red Cross it charged
the Organization with the duty to. act
a. stthe medium of communication be-
tween the American people and their
Army and Navy" I'his responsibility
TO the enlisted men and their families
il met every year without restriction
Serves Men on Active Service
The extent OF this Red Cross acttv.
lily curing lIAS last year CAA VI a~C0 =
total OF 1876, GAG cases. There we're
81, ss5 separate soldiers and sailors
claims; 2o,31e Investigations OF home
conditions; 11.421 cases related to dis
charges. burroughs, etc. Assistance
was given in Sass instances for per
sonal, business or family problems;
744, go visits were made to the sick
or disabled, and nearly 40, 600 letters
and kilograms dispatched to the
homes of enlisted men.
From June to September at the nu-
merous military training camps the
Red Cross provided inform alton and
home service to the frances also in
struction In First Aid and Life Saving
The entertainment and recreation
events at the various Army and Navy
hospitals reached nearly $500 during
the year, and oceupatioRal therapy In
nine Naval hospitals gave coastruc-
tive and beneficial results and occu-
nfed the time or patients in the max