Evening star., 1918-07-07


and build up business IN your owha
community. Lots of neiGhborhoods chipl
IN and buy labor saving machinery andI
nire man to operate It. Lots OF biga
,rouble in selling your new knowledge.
And you'll get your disability allowanceA
100, Just the same" III
"I'm sure glad to hear IT. I'm goin'
to tell the fellers about this. he said,
iisi;,e, aud reaching for another cigar H
ette Say why don't these' fef2. ne'Ws: !
papers have something about Il sos aus
the boys and their folks can know about
it?" he demanded.
III think they will. But it's a newA
thing. The law has Just passed Con-
swell, knowing that. believe l canA
do about half as much again in the wayh
OF putin them beasts off'n this hersf
earth that's too good for 'em. i guessS
I'll be plantin' Fritzies soon So long-h
and thank you!"
"Good bye, and good luck to YOU"
He started toward the Union station. \
l knew from the way he walked he wasA
In a hurry to get back and tell his buddyA
and the rest of the fellers that even III
the Huns accidentally did shoot 'ein upH
there was no life Of mendicancy ahead, h
but really possibilities OF increased use
fulness and pay. II
ne oSt SoAAANSe
work Of reconstruction and rehabili-s
tation to the federal board for vocal
tional education. OF which DIR. Z. Al
Prosser Is director. The board wasS
organized to administer the Smith-s
Hughes act for vocational educationS
in the states which match dollars'g
with the federal funds In providings
real. practical education. The boardY
has all the machinery and facilitiess
for re-educating the soldiers ands
sailors who need such attention.
1t has prepared the courses nowI
being used to train men for the MILD
tary branch of the government--the2
radio and buzzer operators. emer-
gency training in shipbrilding ands
shipyard workers. cabinetmakers. carl
penters. chauffeurs. coppersmiths. metaiS
workers, motor repairmen. instru.s
ment repairmen. ignition and mag-E
neto repairmen and welders forI
the aviation branch OF the service:H
emergency war training for motors
truck drivers and chauffeurs. for NAL
chine shop occupations. blacksmith.l
X,
fitting. for electricians. telephone rod
pairmen, linemen and cable splicers, /
for gas engine. motor car and motorE
cycle .repairmen, oxy-acetyiene weld (
ers, for airplane mechanics. enginsE
repairmen, woodworkers, riggers. andH
SO on. g
Two bulletins already have been Isl
sued by the federal board for vocal
tional education--No. S. 'vocationalS
Rehabilitation. of Disabled Soldierss
and Sailors" and No. 8. Training oil
Teachers for occupational TherapyA
for the Rehabilitation Of Disabledf
soldiers and Sailors" 1t has a party5
Of experts and teacher instructors INF
efficient Dominion system OF dealingh
with and restoring the disabled mens
to civil life and usefulness
The Smith Sears act. passed recent.S
to start the work with. The entire expe-s
rience of Canada has been freely giveng
the board. and the Canadian authoritiesE
are cooperating most cordially. Thef
conditions in Canada are SO similarf
to those of the United States that theE
three years experience of our north-s
ern neighbor is peculiarly valuablea
to us. L
There are 179 courses taught byE
Canada. DR.. Prosser. director OF theg
federal board. estimates that 1t Will
take nearly 300 to cover the widef ands
more complex field in the UnitedS
States Y
r. -
How many men will we have toS
trainy DR.. Prosser was asked. h
THAT depends upon the size Of theS
Army and the length of the war" heT
replied. Thus far, the average fig 4
ures of the belligerents show that forf
every 100000 men there are 100000
who will require re-education and REL
training. We are prone to think OF
the re-educated man as crippleS
solely. Such is by no means the case.k
OF the 10000 who will need retrainingl
for every million under arms, 5.000s
of them, approximately. will be pure \
ly medical as against surgical cases.
OF the approximate 5000 surgicaE
cases there will be but 10 per cent. orr
about 500; Acknowledgement cases. 7
where there has been an arm or legN
lost or portions of either; and Of theF
500 men. 800 will have lost legs ands
200 will have lost arms. The figuresz
show an astonishingly small percent-s
age of blindness.
"out of more than 10000 cases in-e
wllided home to Canada less thanx
forty cases of blindness have beenN
found. This is by no means the prob-a7 I
lem of the crippled and manned 1t is5