Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-10-31
RED CROSS DUTY
TO AID VETERANS
Spends Nearly Four Millions ir
Year to Lessen Burdens of
Disabled Soldiers.
SERVES $500 IN HOSPITALS
Every Case Is Given Individual
Service-Assists Families of
These Men Everywhere.
SERVES $500 IN HOSPITALS

ual assistance by ex-service men and
their families from the Red Cross is
as pressing today as it was imme
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 H.
Nearly four million dollars Of Red
Cross funds spent for disabled veter
ans and their dependents during the
year ended June 80 last presents some
idea of the magnitude of this work.
The current year, 1t is estimated, will
call for still further disbursements of
funds for the reason that the Red
Cross, through more than $500 Chap.
tiers in as many communities in tho
United States, has been called upon
to help the ex-seTvice men in making
out their applications for the adjusted
compensation granted in the so-called
bonus law.
ss.7e7 Soldier Cases a Month
The Red Cross work for the dis.
abled soldier is designated home ser.
vice." for 1t 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 33,951 cases
month during the year. Assistance
to ex-seryice men and their Deepen
dents averaged 58.767 cases a month
In addition, the Red Cross in the last
twelve months provided $4,000 recre-
alton and entertainment events in the
hospitals and camps.
Thus the Red Cross, symbolized as
the Greatest Mother" still watches
over these many thousands of men.
comforts them. helps to tighten the te-
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 2,609
Chapters, an increase Of 1872 communi-
ties where problems affected by the
war veterans condition required so
luton through immediate and intclli-
gent assistance. The Chapters alone
expended some $2.000.OO0 in this
work.
The transient disabled soldier, usu.
ally suffering from disability or tuber.
culosis, Is almost everywhere a grave
problem. From national funds the
past year $173,076.36 was expended in
helping the Chapters to care for these
wandering men.
According to government report
there are 1890 veterans in civilian in.
situations, and in the national homes
for soldiers the complications are in.
creasing. The large groups of pa.
tents whose claims have been disal.
lowed, of veterans Of foreign wars,
and the great number of men perIna.
nently resident in these institutions
call for Red Cross work which can
not be avoided nor denied.
Definite Service to 1890
OF total of 1880 ex-service men
in hospitals and other institutions 49,
TOO were rendered definite and spe-
cialized service by the Red Cross.
In a single month 4,1S5 new cases
were presented and a total OF 20,125
was acted upon-fgures which serve
- 10 Of fI.1 IN
formation and claims service engag.
ing the attention OF Red Cross work
ers. New veteran legislation amend
ing the War Risk act which extends
many additional rights to disabled ex-
service men viii reopen thousands of
cases and require still greater Red
Cross service.
When Congress granted charter
to the American Red Cross 1t charged
the organization with the duty to act
as ''the medium of communication be-
tween the American people and their
Army and Navy" This responsibility
to the enlisted men and their families
is met every year without restriction.
Serves Men on AetiSs aervsce
The eA.ent OF this Rsd Cross activ-
ity during the hst year embraced
total of 1s5,2se cases. There were
SO, 995 separate soldiers and sailors
claima; 1o,31s Investigations Of home
conditions; Il, Al cases related to dis
charges, fariougha. etc. Assistance
was given In 1855 instances for per-
sonal, business on family problems;
T44,220 Visits were made to the sick
or disabled, and nearly 10000 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 information and
home service to the trainees, also in
struction In First Aid and Life-Saving.
The entertainment and recreation
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