The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-30
RED CROSS FINANCES
SHOW WIDE SERVICES
Past Year Cost S1O,321, $3.50;
Duty TO Ex-ServiCe Men
Paramount.

Washington-The national and In
ternatiOnal services. Of the American
Red Cross r portrayed graphically
in a statement Of the Red Cross
finances for the past fiscal year ended
June 80, 1925. Expenditures by the
Red Cross Including both the Ma
tiOnal Organization and the Chapters)
during this period aggregated $1O.-
3~21,679.SO.
The obligation Of the American Red
Cross to the ex-service and service
men is represented in this sum by a
total expenditure OF $4,225. 292.61. In
the interests of disabled veterans. the
Red Cross expended $3,577, 916.42, of
which $1,677. 916.42 came from the Ma
tional Organization. and $~1,90O,000
from the more than 5000 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, 376.19, Of which the
National Organization furnished $780,
376.19, and the Chapters, 1897, 900.
Sharing in Importance with this re-
spOnsibility was the Red Cross work
Of disaster relief during the year. In
these operations there was absorbed
a total Of 1892, 1880 up to June 80,
this year. This represented S1,622T
1890 Of National Organization funds
and 100000 from the Chapters. Re
lief in foreign disasters amounted TO
$285,579.35. This sum wa appropri-
ated altogether By tie NattOnal 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 70 iRsuhF Chapters and
similar functions. Besides It's disaa-
ter relief. the National Organisation
financed these other branches Of for
eign work also, including &11O, 28s. ~
for assistance to insular chapters,
$177, $50 for the League Of Red Cross
Societies, $S4,3S4.43 for Junior prof.
ects abroad, and $S0,06T.62 for other
insular and foreign operations.
In addition to its paramount duty 70
assist veterans and other service men
and their families, and its disaster
relief, the Red Cross expended at
home through It's national and chapter
funds, a total OF $1,O29, 61e.05 for it's
Public Health Nursing Service; 1884,
1876. O9 for nutrition Instruction. ssh
422.Ts for First Aid and Life Saving;
$445, 7O7.34 for Junior Red Cross;
8 2,759.8S 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 as the Enrolled
Nurses Reserve, for which the Ma.
tional Organization expended A5.
562.64; while other national opera
tions at home amounted to $3O2, 957.64
The chapters, In addition to the large
part they played in all Red Cross
activity. spent S67s,oOO Of their Owl
funds on general chapter services.
The broad humanity Of the Amer
can Red Cross can never be measured
by the money II costs, but even II
bare terms Of dollars and cents, thC
scope Of It's work is indicated. A
study Of these facts also shows G'
necessity for the largest possible en-
rOllment, since Red Cross service Il
maintained almost entirely by ID
membership. The annual invitatioi
to participate in this work through
membership in the American Re,
Cross. is extended from Armistic
Day, November II. to Thanksgiving
November 26.