Show AID FORJET FOR VETERAN ERANS S red 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 Us S provides one field of red hed cross aenice sen ice alone that of assisting disabled veterans of the world war entails expenditures greater than the aggregate receipts of the annual roll call of 1900 1820 the american red cross announces in a sla statement urging a widespread increase in membership at the arl annual roll noil call november 11 to 24 at the present time national headquarters and the dation cation wide chain of chapters of the red eed cross Is spending ln approximately annually Y fr for the relief of disabled ex service men and their families while the ag elegate receipts from last years roll cull were approximately it Is in the 2289 2290 of the red bed cross chapters v which bleb still are helping solve the veterans problem of adjusting himself to a normal civilian status that the greater part of the cost of this service Is borne of the total sum spent tor for veterans relief relict last year national headquarters expended a total of more than while the remaining disbursement of approximately represents the con trib ution of chapters in this countrywide effort to assist the government in providing the old aid sorely needed by these men and their families an ever expanding problem that the problem of the disabled service genice man Is ever expanding anil and probably will not reach the peak be fore 1915 la Is the assertion of wellin well in ln government officials and thit 2397 red cross coss Chaij chapters ref regard curd it as their most important work Is evidence that the expansion Is in nowise confined to a particular section but Is on the coit coat iary nationwide nation wide at the end of the fiscal i marjune ear june 30 1921 there were disabled service men in n the united states public nealan service contract and government hospitals Ilo end and soldiers homes and that hat 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 bed cross chapter the chapter acting as the disabled mans agent in claims the government informs the man as to the procedure 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 of the red cross chapter many forms of assistance if there Is delay before the mans man claim Is acted upon the red cross chapter lends the man money to meet the imperative needs of himself and his dependents most vital vita to the mans gaining full benefit from the governments care Is if keeping his mind free from worry about hla his home keeping the veterans fain family from hardship of every kind and informing him of its ita welfare Is nn an other province of the chapter free from tear fear on this score the mans recovery and advancement usually Is 1 rapid every mouth month during the last year the american red cross has given service of one kind or another to an average of former service men and nd their families an indication of the tha extent of the faith reposed in the red cross chapter Is to le be found 1 in the fact that there were requests for friendly aid in the solution of t personal problems workers worker in hospitals while the man prior to entering government care deals largely bilth c ith the chapter afterward be comes luto into contact with the service provided by national headquarters there are red cross workers in the united states public health service and contract bo hospitals and other institutions in which these men are being cared for whose duty to Is to provide for his recreation help him with his campen bation claims keep him in touch his family in short meeting his every heed outside of that provided by the government while these are a few of the responsibilities of the national nil organization they are by no means all among other red cross accomplishments ments for the year are it handled bundled allotment and allowance 10 claims it delivered through its chapter organization allotment checks to rao who had moved from roc the addresses furnished to the bureau of war risk ilsk insurance it provided a special fund of 10 for medical assistance to men under vocational training it made loans totaling 0 1 o men taking vocational training J arbi ch 85 83 per cent hui has beo been repaid |