The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1928-11-08
VETERAN RELIEF IS
Big RED CROSS TASK
Service to Disabled in Ten Years
Since Armistice Has Cost
S65,8OO,0O0.

In THIS year OF tue TENN anniversary
of the Armistice, which ended the
world war, the American Red Cross
still finds great army of disabled
and sick veterans requiring assistance,
and whose families also must be aided,
according to a statement by James l..
Fieser, vice chairman in charge of do.
nestle operations Of the Red Cross at
Washington. In the ten years since
November II, 1918. the Red Cross has
expended approximately $65,S00,000
in veteran relief work, Mr.. Fieser said.
There is daily average of rs, 500
disabled and sick world war veterans
enrolled in Veterans Bureau and other
government hospitals which care for
these men and women, and about the
same annual average of veterans sue.
cumbing to wounds and illness, for
whose dependents the Red Cross lie
pledged to give required assistance,
Mr.. Fieser pointed out.
In addition, the Red Cross, under its
charter granted by Congress. has
definite duty towards service men of
Navy ant Marine Corps, and follows
them to all foreign ports or duty. The
expenditure in this work for the year
ending June 80, 1928, was $307.45S, the
annual report states.
Upon the Red Cross rests the sa.
cred obligation Of carrying on relief
work for the disabled service and ex.
service men and women and their de.
pendeAts, taking up the work where
the Government is not able to carry
on" Mr. Fieser said. "The Red Cross
has $40 trained workers, serving either
full or part time in the field, In Iiaison
work, camps and hospitals, who are
always in personal contact with the
sick and disabled in hospitals. with
the men in the regular Army, Navy
and Marine Corps, and who stand ever
ready to serve veterans back in civil
life, who need the help OF friendly
agency to aid in establishing their
rights and claims.
ITO maintain this staff and to sup
port the practical services they rem
der, the Red Cross made expenditure
Of $1,169,795 for the year ending June
30, 1928. In addition 2,700 Red Cross
Chapters, in that number of communi
ties, who have established special
work for the disabled service and ex
service people, expended during the
past year $1.732,000."
The annual report states that the
number of death claims alone Of vet
Grams which are handled through the
War Service at national headquarters
Of the Red Cross, has increased from
1000 in I923-24 to 24,602 in 1929
During the year ending June 80, 1928,
War Service assisted Chapters in ad.
justing Government claims amounting,
in benefits to veterans or their Deepen.
dents, to $693,203.42 in awards for
compensation, insurance, adjusted
compensation, burial expenses, etc. In
addition to this amount, which repre-.
sented lump sum payments, awards
were obtained for $1S3,3S9 in monthly
installments Of insurance and compen.
sation and in quarterly adjusted com.
pens, ton payments.
Mr.. Fieser points out that Red Cross
Roll Call comes once each year, and
that it is the only occasion upon
which the Red Cross asks for funds
with which to carry on its activities,
of which War Service is one. From
Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Dag
the American people are asked to sup
port this work through their Red
Cross memberships.