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THE NEW-TTCCTTD Marshall, N. C, Oct. SI, 1221 CIXTH PAGE RED CROSS DUTY TO AIBVETERANS Spends Nearly Four Millions In Year to Lessen Burdens of Disabled Soldiers. SERVES 63,700 IN HOSPITALS Every Case Is Given Individual Service Assists Families of . These.Mcn Everywhere. Washington. Th need of Individ al assistance by ex-service men and their families from the Red Cross la pressing todny as it was Imme diately after the 'end - of the Woild War. - For six years this. work has been foremost of all Red Cross ser Tlces, and in emphasizing the steady public support of this work the Red Cross ' National ' Headquarters urges the largest enrollment this year dur ing the membership campaign open ing on Armistice Day, November 1L Nearly 'lour million dollars of Red Cross funds spent for disabled veter ans and their dependents during the year ended June 30 laat presents some Idea of the magnitude of this work. The current year, it Is estimated, will call for still further disbursements of funds for the reason that the Red Cross, through more than 3,500 Chap ters In as many communities In the United States, has been called upon 4a hln ih .T.Baprln. man fn molrlnv out their applications for the adjusted eompensatioa granted in the go-called bonus law, M.7S7 Soldier Cases a Month The Red Cross work for the dis abled soldier Is designated "home ser vice," for It gives individual attention to tne man and his family approxi mating the Interest and loving care at the home. Such service In the hot pltals, camps, soldiers' homes and sanatoria, averaged 33,951 cases a month during the year. Assistance to ex-service men and their depen dents averaged 53,767 cases a month. In addition, the Red Cross in the last twelve months provided 33,000 recre ation and entertainment events In the kospitals and camps. Thus the Red Cross, symbolized as the "Greatest Mother," still watches over these many thousands of men, comforts them, helps to lighten the te dium of their physical reconstruction, and In their homes lifts some of the burdens from their "own people" Work In Communities Increases The home service of the Red Crdss was the most pressing duty of 2,609 Chapters, an increase of 182 communi ties where problems affected by the war veteran's condition required so- tntlfln thrmiffh lminprt it anil intelli gent assistance. The Chapters alone .expended some S2.000.0g0 in this work. ; The transient disabled soldier, "usu ally suffering from disability or tuber- culosls, is almost everywhere, a grave problem. From national : funds . the past year $173,076.36 was expended In helping the Chapiters to care for these wandering men. According to .government report there are 4,800 veterans In civilian In stitutions, and in the national homes for soldiers the complications are in creasing. The large groups of pa tients whose claims have been disal lowed, of .veterans of foreign wars, and the great number of men perma nently resident In these institutions call for Red Cross work which can aot be avoided nor denied. , """Definite Service to 73,700 - Of a total of 84,500 ex-service men ta hospitals and other institutions 73, 700 were rendered a definite and spe cialised service by the Red Cross. wm nreaented and a total of 20.125 waa acted upon figures which servo to Illustrate the magnitude of the In formation and claims service engag ing the attention of Red Cross work arm. New veteran legislation amend ing the War Risk act which extendi utay additional rights to disabled ex aoi i Ice men will reopen thousand of main and require still greater Red Sro ??ITJ ; - When Congress granted a charter taTthe American Red Cross It charged fk organisation with the duty to act - aa "the medium ef communication be tween the American people and their Army and Navy." This responsibility to the ea listed men and their families Is met every year without restriction. Serves Men on Active service The extent of this Red Cross activ ity daring the last year embraced a " total of 195,141 cases. There were M,99S separata soldiers' and sailors' l.lm. Mill InvaatintlAaa nf hoiha conditions; 11,421 cases related to dis charges, furloughs, etc Assistance was given in 39,683 instances for per sonal, business or family problems; f 44,229 visits were made to the sick or disabled, and nearly 40,000 letters . and telegrams dispatched to the Homes oi eunsiou uieu. , From June to September at the no- merous military training camps the Red Cross provided Information and ' home service to the trainees, also in struction in First Aid and Life-Saving. The entertainment and recreation events at the various Army and Navy hospitals reached nearly 9,500 during the year, and occupational therapy in nine Nava.1 hofpUals gave construc tive and I ' 1 r"'ui ' -i t ' 1 te t t . - . l ; c ? U I . . . 1 t. J."" kdossis'ocb-; etter-iie.ltii cattle Tireless In Services Advancing Cause of Freedom from Human Suffering. ' Not alone In preparedness for emer gencies, but in a tireless offensive battle for better health is the Ameri can Red Cross nurse maintaining In peace time the high tradition of her war service. As In war, the same self-effacing service for humanity goes on Its qulat, effective way con tent In Its accomplishments, seeking no public acclaim. Enrolled In the Red Cross Nursing Service are 4(W36 of those mlssloners of health, nearly 1,000 carrying the message of a IJner public health to as many eomnjxnl ties and 1,100 teaching large classes In home hygiene and care of the 'sick. Exactly 100 Red Cross nurses are still on duty overseas, helping tha struggle forward toward the high standard of American nurse efficiency In many countries. In the Government services 3.117 en rolled Red Cross nurses are on duty with the Army, Nary, Public Health 8ervlce and the Veterans Bureau, while the entire active enrollment Is maintained as a reserve for the Army Nurse Corps and available to the Navy in a national defense emergency. Nine hundred nurses were added to the roll the last year. Red Cross nursing, however, ha perhaps Its finest expression out In the places laid waste by lire, flood and atorm, and In the back reaches far from the centers of population. In ev ery disaster th Red Cross nurse Is first called for, first to respond, and the last to leave her post of duty among th suffering victims. In th Isolated sections ef Alaska, North Carolina, Virginia, Idaho, and among the bleak Islands of Penobscott Bay, Me., her ministrations are making hard lives easier and working for a brighter future for the children. Her part in the human drama of th time ts Increasingly Important, although it la subdued, by th very nature of her work. The policy of the American Red Cross to establish under Chapter con trol public health nursing services In communities lacking such facilities has been Justified and this pioneering work Is everywhere endorsed by .authori ties who are quick to take It over as a proper municipal function and a dnty of taxpayers. The Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick program has further penetrated Into the schools as a defi nite part of cvrrlculnms. During th year 29,000 school pupils took this Red Cross course. Three telephone corporations adopted It and graduated 960 employ students. As good health depends upon right eating the Red Cross Nutrition Ser vice continued to promote Individual and community health, particularly the health of mothers and children. This service reached nearly 150,000 persons during the year and found work to do for several thousand Red Cross volun teer workers. Red Gross Invites v All Into Neutral Army of Service . , " There are 3,089 counties In . the United States and more than 3,600 Chapters of the" American Red Cross. The Chapter Is the local unit of the national organization, formed to carry out the program, services and policies of the Red Cross. The Industry of these 3.500 local units is a voluntary and steady : outpouring oi 'well-doing and sympathy which softens human suffering and distress wbereVer It arises. - This work Is absolutely neu tral, for the Red Cross knows no race, no creed, no color.' The strength of the American Red Cross being In Its Chapters, the or ganization annually invites the peo ple to Join or renew their member ship during a Roll Call which always begins on Armistice Day, November 1L "It is tbia annual enlistment of mil lions of Americans under the banner of the American Red Cross which makes possible th continued work af this great and democratic legion of mercy," says Judge John Barton Payne, bead of the national organisa tion. "Membership In the Red Cross Is a privilege within th reach of everyone. Th need for service grows mors Insistent each year. To keep pec with th demands which com from every section of oar country, we must have th people's loyal sap port Odr capacity for service in th yesr to com will be limited only by the extent to which w receive sup port for our work In the coming Roll Can." ' .'.J.-: :"'V y: Th invitation of the American Red Cross Is nnlimited. The enrollment period. Armistice Day. to Thanksgiv ing, Is everyone's opportunity to Join. ' Annual Summons to Service : The annual nation-wide Roll Call of the American Red Cross to enroll members for 1925 will open on Nov. 11, the anniversary of that tense and never-to-be-forgoten . Armistice -1. Day six years ago, which silenced the crashing arms of the World War The enrollment will continue for 17 days, through Thanksgiving Day, Nov, 27. Preliminary to the Roll Call period will come Red Cross Sunday, Nov. S. During the 17 days set aside for the enrollment more than 3,500 Chapters of the Red Cross and their thousands ef buncVoi will Invite the poor's to ..4 t,.e Cvu or Ur RED CROSS YEAG'S C0STS2U66.255 Nearly $1 2,000,000 Devoted to Helping Victims of Great Japanese Earthquake. OVER -3,000 BUSY CHAPTERS Aid to Disabled War Veterans Paramount and, Reaches Nearly $4,000,000. . Washington. Mora than $21,000,000 was the total of funds expended In all activities of the American Red Cross during the last fiscal year, ended June 30, says a statement Is sued by the National orpanlzatlon. This expenditure was almost pne-. sixth of the amount of money dis bursed bv he Red Cross In the war year.. July, 1917. to June. 1918. Of this extraordinary sum 111,631.303 was America's contribution to the Red Cross for relief of the Japanese earth quake victims. This was Increased to tll.78S.S03 by appropriations from general funds of the Red Cross, and It represented probably the largest spon tar"ous outpouring of beneficence of a s'-le nation In the history of the world. Over 1.000 active Chapters expend ed during the year 14,869,000, the Na tional organization disbursed $16,497. 255.35. making the total $21,360,255.35 all for humanitarian work which reached practically around the world. In announcing the year's record of American Red Cross Industry the ex ecutive officials at Washington empha size the fact that the extensive and never-halting, work of the Red Cross depends -almost wholly upon the nation-wide support of the organization from the memberships enrolled during the annnal roll call which this year will be In progress from Nov. 11 to 17, when everyone Is asked to Join or renew their membership in th American, Red Cross. . , . , Soldier Service Paramount . Service In behalf of the disabled veterans pt th World War and their families is a paramount obligation of the Red Cross. .The organization, through Its Chapters, Is constantly In touch with this dnty In 2.609 communi ties throughout the United States the Chapters alone during th year ex pending In service for veterans about $2,900,000. The National organization expended $1.735,825 a total of $3,735,- 125 applied to assisting war Sufferers toward recovery from disability and distress. : v;. ' , : . This work Is constant in hospitals, sanitariums, camps.1 soldiers' homes. In the community. For example, la helping disabled men and women In places where they were transient resi dents $173,076 from national funds alon?? was required to help solve their problems. Every Red Cross service Is ever at hand ready to meet the In dividual . need of these men . and women.' : The enlisted men In the Regular Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps, with their home ties, mean a never-ending Red Cross service which figures cannot fully Interpret In this work a total of $685,285 was applied In meeting an obligation under th Red Cross charter which has been ful filled for over 20 year. Domestic Operation Extensive In the past year Red Cross opera tions were almost wholly confined to continental United States and the Insular possessions. Relief work fol lowing disasters called for Immediate activities In 192 places and a total of $73?.603.87 was spent in this service alone. . In S3 major disasters trained workers were kept at the work of rehabilitation for many months. In carrying on the health activities a total of $444,886.(6 from Red Cross national funds, and $8084)00 from Chap ter treasuries appropximately $1,253, 886 In all was applied, giving some Idea of the extent of Red Cross ser vice In the fields of public health nursing, nutrition Instruction, and spreading knowledge of personal hy giene and care of the sick in the home. For advancing the cans of human safety, tha First Aid Instruction, local ly by Chapters and over extensive national territory by th Red Cross Instruction ear covering trunk Una railroads, and In teaching water safety and Increasing tha membership of the Red Cross Llfe-Savtng Corps, the total cost was $288,234.71. ef which $216,244.71 earn out of national funds. Army of Over 9500,000 The Junior Red Cross In th schools with over 5,600,008 In its 1 Serve ranks was aided with $233,610.78 to which It is estimated the Chapters add ed some $277,000 a total of $510,510,78. In various other domestic activities the Red Cross spent $233,473.19. and the Chapters in their numerous voluntary services expended an ' additional $1,048,000 during the year. ' Foreign obligations, ; aside from Japan, were met with' national funds as follows: Relief of refugees in Greece, $200,887.18; Junior Red Cross projects, $99,579.75; League of Red Cross Societies, $165,000; other In sular and foreign work, $221,855.31. The American Red Cross budget for 1924-25 is "$4,647,790 85.. or $868,286.96 less than the budget for toe year ended last June 30. In good deeds for all peoples In time of distrens the American Rel Cross neyw. re--s. 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