Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-11-18
RED CROSS FINANCES
SHOW WIDE SERVICES
Past Year Cost s1o,32l $3.50;
Duty to Ex-Service Men
Paramount.

Washington.--The national and In
ternational services OF the American
Red Cross are portrayed graphically
In statement of the Red Gross
finances for the past fiscal year ended
June so 1928 Expenditures by the
Red Cross (including both the Ma
tional Organization and the chapters)
during this period aggregated 49,
81. $3.50
The obligation OF the American Red
Cross to the exservice and service
men In represented In this sum by
total expenditure of s4.226 .2s261. In
the interests OF disabled veterans, the
Red Cross expended ss.s77. s1s.42. OF
which s1.677.sie42 came from the Ma
tional Organization, and si,soo,ooo
from the more than 1000 Chapters
and local branches of the society.
Red Cross services to the men OF the
Regular Army and Navy the past year
called for $647.s76.ls. OF which the
National Organization furnished $31o..
s76ls. and the Chapters, $4,000.
Sharing IN Importance with this re-
sponsihility was the Red Cross work
of disaster relief during the year. In
these operations there was absorbed
q total OF s1.s22.7sase up TO June 50.
this year This represented 81, s13.-
TS2s0 of National Organization funds
and 100000 from the Chapters. Re-
lief In foreign disasters amounted TO
s2s5.57s.35. This sum was appropri
ated altogether by the National Or
ganization.
Insular and foreign operations OF the
American Red Cross during the year
included relief In foreign disasters.
the League OF Red Cross Societies.
junior Red Cross Foreign Projects.
assistance TO insular Chapters and
similar functions. Besides its disas-
ter reisf. the National Organization
financed these other branches OF for.
eign work Also. including $1f0,2ss.71
for assistance 10 insular chapters.
t177.4f0 for the League OF Red Cross
Societies, ts<,5s4<s for Junior prof.
ects abroad, and $50 .os7e2 for other
In addition 10 les paramount duty 70
assist veterans and other service men
and their families. and It's aisastsr
relief, tho Red Cross expended at
home through ita national and chapter
funds, Z total OF t1.o1s,6fs0S for its
Public Health Nursing Service; 1884,.
1856 90 for nutrition instruction; $s14.-
4a2.7s for First Aid and Life Saving:
$l45.707.s4 for Junior Red Cross:
1132,75sss for instruction In Home
Hygiene and Care Of the sick: and
carried on similarly important home
duties. Included In the latter were
such valuable services ~ the Enrolled
Nurses Reserve, for which the Ma
tionAl Organization expended ~
Es7.e4; whils other national cpsrar
ttons 1t home amounted to 1901, SS7.e4.
The chapters. n addition to the large
part they played In al Red Gross
activity, spent ts7s.ooo Of their own
funds GA general chaDtsr Services.
The bread humanity Of the AmsSi-
can Red Cross can never be measured
by the money Il costs, but even IN
bare terms Of dollars and cents, the
scope Of IL work h indicated. A
study Of these facts also shows the
nscsssfty for the largest possible On.
rollmsnt, since Red Cross service II
maintained almost entirely by IL
Nom bership. The annual invitation
70 participate In this work through
membership IN the American Red
Cross, is extended from Armistice
Day. November IL, to Thanksgiving.
November -.