Show AID FOR VETERANS IS RED CROSS PLEDGE Service and Service Ex-Service Men Are Helped in All Problems Service to World War veterans In hospital for bodied able-bodied veterans and for dependent families of both called for expenditure expenditures of by the American Red Cross during tho the year Just ended In addition Rod Red Cross Chapters spent In veteran relief and also for men still In service Although eleven years yeara have passed since the Armistice there remain disabled and sick veterans orthe of or the World War in hospitals and the peak of the tho number who will require hospitalization I is not expected by Veterans Bureau authorities to be reached until 1947 For these men the Red Cross must continue its servIce service servo ice of ot providing recreation and comforts com forts toru according to James Jamel L L. Fieser Fleser vice chairman of ot the Red Cross Under Unde its Charter from Congress the Red Cross Is la required to maintain service for veterans of wars and for tor forthe forthe the men still In la the service Mr Fieser Fleser said The rhe funds funda for this work come from the annual roll 1011 call can membership mem memo fees feel In addition to the sum Bum spent in maintaining contact with the veterans the Red Cross expended 3 In a Its service to the men still In the regular Army Navy and Marine Corps The society and a majority of its Ita chapters handle claims for these thee men for Insurance compensation and other benefits they are entitled to under the law Jaw and also where eary arranges to provide for dependents dents dent of the men Red Cross Croas workers are Bre maintained in forty eight Veterans Bureau Hos as well as in all regular Army and Navy hospitals whose duty It is isto Isto isto to supervise recreational facilities facUlties for forthe forthe forthe the patients and to provide small comforts com torts tort In the Army and Navy Hoi Hos the workers also do social service service ice for the patients These tasks also are performed at all Army Posts and Navy Ports by Red Cross workers and andIn andin andin in addition Red Cross representatives to handle claims are established at the majority of Veterans Bureau regional offices Mr Fieser Fleser urged that all citizens enroll in the Roll Call from Armistice Day DaT to Thanksgiving Day November 11 to 28 23 in order to aid in supporting this work |