The Washington herald., 1918-07-26
ClNADIAN HOME
FOR SOLDIERS
HAS 80 IN IT
Dominion Solves Problem Of
Caring for All Manned
Men.
By FREDERIcK NJ. KEREY.

By FREDERICK VI. KERBY.
washington Herald Stan CoTrespon-
dent.)
Ottawa, Ont, July S.-There is only
one soldiers home in all Canada, and
1t has accommodations for fifty In
mates, but there are only thirty men
In IL
This Is the way Canada has solved
the problem OF the returned and
wounded soldier-the problem Ameri-
ca soon must face in multiplied form.
"AH the handicapped man needs is
the kind of Job he is best fitted for
and the training to fit him Into 1t,
SAYS F. H. Scammel, secretary Of the
new depart1aent of soldiers civil re-
establishment:
THAT is our job. We don't want
, soldiers homes; We want civilians
homes"
Remarkable Machine.
l. This new Dominion government de-
pcytIrent. is one of the most remark
able machines ever made Into one
end Of it are fed disabled fighters
from the Canadian forces overseas,
and from the other end they emerge
able-bodied, fine, outstanding men.
capable of resuming their places In
the social and industrial life of the
country.
Since the BEGINNING OF the war
Approximately 5000 invalided SOL
diers have been returned to Canada
Every nan was met at the dock and
interviewed by a representative of
this department (or its predecessor.
the military hospitals cOmmission)
to get al the facts about his pre-
vious work, education and mental
ard industrial status.
I The first job is to get the returned
man physically well, or as nearly
so as possible. II he has lost an
arm c. leg. or Both. physical re-
construction comes first. His artifi-
cial arm or leg is ftted with a view
to his future place in civil lfe.
Teach New Limbs.
As soon as he is able to sit up IN
bed-sometimes before that-light bed
side work is gwen him both for its
value in helping on the cure. and as
a start OF vocational training. When
the man is out Of bed this preliminary
training is increased. Workshops
covering every ina ginable kind of oc-
cuTatiOn. part OF the military hospi-
tails help 10 regain the power of lost
muscles, or teach artificial arms, legs
: or feet the work formerly dOno by
.suraI ones.
NOsoon as the military surgeons
ard dNCtOrs have done heir best for
him, thA soldier comes under the sole
custody oSihe new department. Then.
If he has tSrecd to follow the voca-
tioaaI rc-ed4catiOn course prescribed
for him. he pGy he sent into a tech
nical schOO! NmaiItained by the de-
partm"ut, or 10 a privately-Owned
shop or fac-or-. ard kept under careful
SUPERVISION by vocational officers.
lie is prid for his work and his
family !. also maintained during the
period Of his instruction and, for a
month aftcrwTrI. In addition, he gets
his pC1E.c1 whether he consents to
take rraiHing o. not His artificial
limb or ether appliance is maintained
free c. ch~r-c. II he needs further
hospital care the department fur
nishc5-it <roe.
Get Hir, job.
When hi: trairf1g is completed
the dsDartreGt helps him get a
Job. Thousands IL employers are
listed by the department as giving
preference TO disabled re-educatsd
men. Dominion, provincial and
municipal Eoverrm 2--s give them
preference in civil service employ
rlent.
IN many cases the man earns
more than he did before his disa-
blity.
One man, a farmer, lost a leg;
row he is an expert farm tractor
operator. His knowledge of farm
ing added to his newly-acquired
knowledge of mechanics makes
him twice rs valuable as ne was
before.
LOw-paid Iahorers. who have
lost legs, get courses in English,
civil service, commercial work.
mechanical drafting. arithmetic
and take Jobs as clerks. secre-
taTies. s-enOEraphers. bookkeepers,
craftsmen, earning more money than
before tEoy were disabled.
Another disabled man, a Greek,
who could neither read nor write
last JenUary. has learned to read
and write English very well and ex-
poets soon to open his own fruit
business.