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Show riore than were working for ex-servK-i-uen lust year when approximately J 10,000,000 was expended by the Na-t Na-t onal Organization and the Chapters vorklng together in harmonious unity. For the current fiscal year National Headquarters appropriated $3,030,-C2.90, $3,030,-C2.90, an increase of $335,!560.84 over I lie amount spent for the work among tx-servlce men in the year ended June SO last. Since It Is estimated that the Chapters will expend close to $7,000.- 000 from their own funds, the grand dotal of Red Cross expenditures for 1 his single work Is expected again to rieach the $10,000,000 mark by June 30, 1023. Hospital and District Office Work During the fiscal year a total of over 1,000 persons, paid and volunteer, has t een engaged in Red Cross duty In hospitals or district offices of the U. S. "eterans' Bureau. An average of 8,000 l ew cases requires definite and pnr-dlcular pnr-dlcular attention each month. The demand de-mand for Chapter-made articles for hospital patients Is constant, j During last year Service Claims and Information Service at National Ilead-qiiarterB Ilead-qiiarterB handled 37,200 compensation and Insurance claims, 24,500 allotment and allowance cases, and 9,700 miscellaneous miscel-laneous claims. Since February, 1910. It has disposed of 64,174 allotmenl cheeks payable to veterans which the post Office Department reported unde-llverable. unde-llverable. j The Chapter Is the unit of the Red Cross organization which Is accessible to every disabled veteran or his fam- ' lly. Between July 1, 1921, and June 30, ' io22, the Chapters had reported 1,005,- ! 079 Instances of service to ex-service ' men and their dependents, at a cost I estimated from reports now at hand of more than $5,3-10,000. The basis of this far-reaching work of the Red Cross Is the Individual J needs of the dlsnblad veteran to the end that ho may obtain his rights nn- J der the law, that his especial wants may be Immediately supplied, that his J own and his family's situation may be I rendered nappy and cheerful, and that J heir outlook for the future may J visualize Incentlvoa for Independent J and fruitful effort. J BED CROSS HEALS iWGKOF WAR 25,000 Disabled Ex-Service Men ! . in Hospitals After Four fy Years of Peace. CHAPTERS' FIELD OF SERVICE I Every Veteran Needing Help Gets ; Individual Attention of Sym- 4, pathetic Workers. . , When on November 11 the world lialts to observe the fourth anniversary anniver-sary of Armistice Day, and the Ameri-can Ameri-can Red Cross Inaugurates its Annual Itoll Call for the enrollment of ths 1923 membership, the people of the United States may well pause to think of the unpurallelcd contribution to the ause of peace made by our Army and Navy In the World War. The glory of It Is a common tradition; but the wounds of war remain. They are not healed in a day, In a year, nor In four jenrs. And on Armistice Dny there will be under treatment In Government hospitals over 25,000 es-servlee men, broken physically by wounds, exposure, expo-sure, nervous strain and exhaustion ncldent to their service In the war. The Government without stint Is undertaking un-dertaking to furnish these disabled men with the compensation and medical med-ical care to which they are entitled, yet their especial care Is a duty of the !!ed Cross. Why? Because the Government Gov-ernment cannot handle the cases of ex-service mon Individually; It must handle these men In bulk under a standardized policy. The Qovernnient lias neither the authority, the funds or the equipment for working out the problem of the Individual man. There is where the American Red Cross finds Its greatest field tor service, aiding aid-ing through Its very active Chapters in reaching the disabled man with Immediate Im-mediate practical help, assisting his family while his claim Is emerging from the process of adjustment, furnishing articles of comfort, funds to tide over the difficult periods, the friendly touch of personal encouragement, helpful recreation and worry-dispelling amusement. amuse-ment. It Is the warm hand of sympathy sym-pathy and understanding which the American Red Cross extends to the majority of these disabled or-servlce men, some of them friendless In the whirl of life, thousands of them with wives and children dependent upon them, and hundreds of them frequently frequent-ly helpless In the face of grim necessity. ne-cessity. 2,879 Chapters Aiding Veterans In this work, upon whose accomplishment accom-plishment the American Red Cross Is urging a record-breaking enrollment la the Roll Cull which opens on Armls ttco Day and closes with Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing Day, 2,079 Chapters In nil parts or th couotrr ara trntaiad. Tul la nnn |
