Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-13
BE RL|N TAKING
ACTIVE STEPS TO
TRAIN WOUNDED
Nothing VIII Be Left Undone
TO Prevent Soldiers Hurt in.
Battle From Becoming Pub
lie Charges,

Berlin May 20. Following In the
wake Of other municipalities and
states. Bclin now is taking energetic
steps TO snre for aud train To civil nse-
fulncss It's crippled soldiers. II Is pro-
posed to prevent ut all cost the mis-
fortune OF having these men become
dependent charges
AT a recent meeting of that body
which most nearly corresponds to the
city council of an American munich
pallty. Mayor Won Wermuth. Berlin's
Oberburgerme presented plan
which includes the establishment of a
fund Of $4,000 and q council or COM
mittee on which numerous civic ana
philanthropic organizations shall be
represented TO carry out the details Of
training the men.
Al the head OF the organization
there Is 20 be a deputy OF the city
government, assisted hy counsellor
and committee. This committee
shall be composed OF representatives
of the organizations that In the ordi-
nary course of events bear the expense
Of caring for the injurcd--the Berlin
az we'll rs the imperial insurance
companies In which a majority Of the
soldiers are insured. the Red Cross,
the military medical administration,
and the central labor bureau.
Al Glasses Represented.
The counsellor shall be assisted by
representatives of the mayor, the city
council, surgeon, an 0rthopedist
representatives OF the police president
of Berlin, the Women's Association Of
the fathorland the National Associa-
ton Of Woman's Aid. and several Ia
a.
meal bodies. Also the German Assoc
citation Of WorkinGmen and the Berlin
Council ~ business Men viii be asked
to have u representative each.
Arrangements nlrendy have been
made 10 transfer invaids from hospl-
tails in other parts of Germany, whose
actual. bona fide homes are in Greater
Berlin, 10 q hospital provided by the
military medical administration. Here
they viii be able 10 get unsurpassed
medical attention preparatory to the
training for some calling.
A most important part in the plans
now under way will he played by the
Central labor intelligence bureau,
which will be charged with finding
positions for men MS soon as they are
fitted for new callngs or for partial
resumption of their old activities.
This organization already Is az work
preparing the field
Labor Unions 10 Md.
Before presenting the plan to the
city council Mayor Won Wermuth as
sured himself Of the support of labor
organizations and trade unions. as
well az the financial aid OF the gov
eminent Insurance bodies in whom
most German men are carried.
Even before the men leave the hos
pital the question Of what trade they
viii take up Will be considered. In
charge Of this VIII be experts who win
pass uniformly on all cases The sci
ltlflc and advanced schools Of Berlin
win be utilized to their fullest extent.
as well as those institutions conducted
by the Insurance companies.
In urging the necessity for some
such step as this on the part of l3cr-
lin. Mayor Won Wermuth declared
'rrhose injured IN the war are coming
TO US IN steadily growing numbers
from the hospitals They need inme-
date aid 10 order, as quickly as posi-
BILE, 10 take up callings and relations
which viii preserve their strength and
ability. These injured must not be
thrown upon public Institutions for
the care of the poor They must be
spared the expressing feeling that in
the fulflllmtnt OF their highest patri-
utic duty they have become worthless
mDlnler9 of human sOpiptVsN