Show AIO AID I 1 S red pied cross provides friendly service of many kinds to army of disabled BULK OF WORK BY CHAPTERS 2397 of these are helping ex service men obtain benefits U S provides one field of ked red cross service alone that of assisting disabled veterans if tf tho the world war entails expenditures greater than the aggregate of the annual roll call of IM the them Ame american ritan bed red cross an in a statement urging a widespread increase hi creaso la in membership at the annual roll call november 11 to t 0 24 at the present time national head quarters and the nation wido chain 0 of chapters of the red cross la is spend ing approximately 1 annual IT IY for the relief of disabled ex service men and their families while the ne ag am gregat atuk fr receipts from last fast years roll call were approximately it la IS la fix tho tha 2283 2 of the red cross chapters which still are help helping ng solve the vete veterans rates grobl problem em of adjusting himself to a normal civilian status that the greater part of the cost of this service la Is borno borne of the total sum spent for veterans vetera zw relief last year national headquarters expended a total tow of more than while the remaining disbursement of matela represents the ca contribution n trib ution of chapters in this country wide effort to assist the government in providing the aid sorely needed by these men and their families an ever expanding problem that the problem of the disabled service roan man Is ever expanding and probably will not reach the peak before 1 1923 Is the assertion of well in formed government officials and that 2397 cited cross chapters regard it aa as their most important work is evl ertl dence that the expansion Is in nowise confined to a particular section but Is on the nationwide nation wide at the end of the ascal year june SO SQ 1921 there were disabled service men in the united states public health service contract and govern ment hospitals and soldiers homes and that number Is increasing at a rate of 1000 a month thousands of these men receiving medical treatment compensation and vocational training from the govern ment today started their efforts to obtain them through the red cross chapter the chapter acting as the disabled mans agent in claims against the government informs the man as to the prove procedure dure necessary to gain for him that which Is provided him by federal statute ills applications for compensation medical treatment and training are properly filed with the aid ald of the red cross chapter many forms of assistance AsI if ther there Is delay before the mans claim Is acted upon the red cross i chapter lends the man money to m meet beet the imperative needs of himself and his dependents most vital to the mans gaining full tau benefit from the government a care Is mind free from worry about his home keeping the veterans fain fam fly from hardship of every kind anil and informing him of its welfare Is an tin ther aher province of the chapter free rree from tear fear on this score the roans mans recovery and advancement usually Is rapid every month during the last yeat yea the american red lied cross has bas given service of one kind or another to an average of former service men and their families an indication of tho the extent of the faith reposed in the red cross chapter Is to be found in the fact that there were requests tor for friendly aid in the solution of personal problems worker workers in hospital hospitals while the roan man prior to entering government care deals largely with the chapter afterward be he comes cornea into con tact with tha service provided by NB na bount headquarters there are cd ed cross workers in the united tates public health service and con tract hospitals and other institutions ire irr which these men ore are being cared for whose duty Is to provide for his recreation help heil him with his campen sata charms keep him in touch with his f amily family in X short meeting his every need outside of that provided by the government while these are a fe few W of the tile of the national they are by no means oil all among other red cross I 1 for the year are it I 1 bundled handled so allotment and al lowance claims it delivered its chapter organization MOZ allotment checks to veterans who had mored from the ad dresses furnished to the bureau ot of war Ina insurance it provided a 8 special fund of OW for inca ical assistance to men under vocational training it made 4 loans totaling to men taking vocational training nc 0 of waith wi 85 per cent test b baa been repaid |