The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-11-26
VETERANS STILL
NEED RED CROSS
Aid to Disabled Men Increases
as Problems and Legislation
Bring Complications.
10000 MEN DIE EACH YEAR
Many Entitled TO Benefits Still
uniformed of lust Claims
to Compensation.

Eight years after the World War
finds service to disabled veterans stil
= major responsibility Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
This situation IL due to the sncreas-
ing problems involved and the com
pick character Of veteran legislation.
There Is also an increase in numbers
OF death cases" handled, as com
pared with claims for living veterans,
though the work for the latter re
mains heavy. About 10000 e~x-ssrTice
men are dying each year, a consider
able percentage Of these having Serv-
ice-connected disabilities.
In q majority of cases, Red Cross
Chapters find their assistance IL need
ed in helping dependents present
their claims for death compensation.
insurance payments, bonus, burial al
lowances, and other government ben
sdts due them. An episode Of the
past year illustrates the difficulties
frequently encountered By the Red
Cross experts in rendering such as
sistsnce. A veteran dying from serV-
ice-connected disease, was trying from
his bedside to establish ct that late
time his claim for Government aid to
his family, and the necessary proofs
were In q physicians records across
the continent from him. To obtain
the needed ah1daVits before It was too
late, q cross-cOntinent airplans flight
was necessary, then q Red Cross
Chapter in P~ennsylvania hurried the
Investigation, sending the papers
back to the veteran and his Red
Cross helpers in Oregon, by air-mail
II reached there In time.
, Another discovery iR Red Cross a.
: 6iStance to veterans and their fami
lies Is that many dependents OF these
men unqaestionably entitled to Gov
eminent aid, have struggled along
ignorant Of their rights.
approximately 2,68s Red Cross Chap
ters carry on Home Service work, il
assistance to veterans and their dam
flies. The Chapstrs also conduc
campaign among veterans for rein
statement and conversion OF thet
|, term insurance. Among its other dJ
ties, the Red Cross assumed at tn
request OF the Canadian GoVernmen
the administration Of q fund allotte
to the care of Canadian disabled We
l. Grams living in the United States.
e In the United States the Red CroE
lie assisted an average Of about 5000
le disabled veterans and their familie
Ie every month in the past fiscal yea
Indicating the size Of this undertal
to ing. National Headquarters Of tn
Red Cross expended &1,s41,17S.1S O
Id disabled veterans alone, and $5OS
h 451.72 on assistance to men on actiV
/. duty with the Army, Navy and Marin
l. Corps, while Red Cross local Cha
Of ters expended q total Of $1,9S7,0 90
ar Red Cross assistance to service me
OyorshadOwed every other phase
its program, sven it's disaster relic
untl the Florida hurricane.
M Help for veterans covers many d
mands, from temporary aid until Go
eminent claims are adjusted or uni
the ex-soldier is properly hospitalize
to extending capital loans to rehabi
tated veterans endeavoring to becon
self-supporting In business. Sever
20 such capital loans were TO blind "
Grams.
Sc Contact with veterans in hOspfts
. IS maintained by Red Cross personn
- which doctors agree influences {
ny veterans welfare and improvement
The Veterans Bureau was plann
III to carry on social work in Its hos
IN tails for mental cases, and in ma
Id cases the Government and the r
al Cross are cooperating for the welfs
IN Of the men suffering war disabiliti'
w The public is invited to assist Il
ng work by Joining the Red Cross duri
d. the Annual Roll Coll, November
a to IS.