The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-08
PROVIDE WORK FOR
CRIPPLED SOLDIERS
Are to Be Given Every oppor-
tunity In Addition to 1nsur-
ance and Pension.

New York,-American soldiers and
sailors crippled in the war are to be
given every opportunity. in addition
% wal risk insurance indemnity ana
PENSIONS, to learn new trades or pro-
LESSONS in order that they may re.
sumo their place of usefulness In civil
life without the handicaps that ordi.
iarily surround a man deprived OF
lrms, legs, sight or hearing.
One of the most interesting fnsttu-
ions that has been established here
as a result of the war. is the Red
Cross institute for crippled and dis
lbled men at 81 Fourth avenue,
where four schools, the nuclei of others
.hat are, it rs said. to be organized n
Chicago, ST. Louis and other places.
ire now under way teaching cripples
he manufacture of artificial limbs,
linotype and monotype operating, me-
ehanical drafting and oxycetal1ne-
welding. These -four local schools have
teaching capacity for 800 men.
The recent passage by congress OF
the Smith-Sears bill, providing an APP
preparation of $2,O00,o 900 to be used In
the discretion Of the federal board OF
vocational education contemplated II
is said, the elaboration of the plans
which are now being worked out IN
this city. Soon, it is thought, there
will be additional schools in many
r llS pdllo u lC AiASSN
| other studies and trades will be added
! TO the list. The new law authorizes
the communicating OF private and
] public institutions for h reeducatfon
Of crippled soldiers and sailors and,
(, where necessary, the building OF new.
(, schools. =
Learn Good Trade.
Four trades were selected for the
New York school because they were In
\ fjaiiS that Uara MT nyarcrnUdad E A
soldier or sailor, for instance, instead
If having to pay $3.50 to 5000 for an
artificial limb may procure one for $50
and, if he desires, be taught to make 1t
himself, at the same time acquiring a
trade that will pay him 81 to So a day.
Frank r. Bigier, a cripple for 81 years
and minus a leg and an arm, Is the in
austrial agent of the institute which
was founded about a year ago by Jere-
+, niah Mi1banh with an initial endow-
ment of $4,000 and a building in which
to carry 0n its work Mr.. Bigler came
rom. Kansas City, Mo, his services
being loaned by an industrial corpor-
alton there, to instill optimism and
! good cheer into the minds of all re-
turning war cripples.
Douglas c.. McMurtrie, director Of
the institution, a graduate Of the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology and
IN charge of the department of print
liz az OH los q
a study of the social and economic re-
construction of cripples for. more than
! eight years. Mr.. McMurtrie made 1t
clear that while h institute has no
official arrangement with the govern
J uent authorities relative to the utili-
Eation of its facilities in the rehabili-
tatlon Of war eripples, that department
oeing In charge of Surgeon Gen. Will
Lam G. Gorgas, when soldiers and sail
ors are discharged from army and
navy hospitals then the institute will
Differ them every chance to come
oack." Positions will be found for the
men, and where they are unable to
pay expenses while learning their new
trade. funds will be advanced them as
; q loan to enable them to continue their
training until competent toStake a job.
The institute, however, is a national
activity of the American Red Cross,
responsible to the war council through
; the director general of military relief,
Jesse II. Jones. 1t is the only non
commercial institution of the kind in
the United States, avs Mr.. McMurtrie,
n its purpose is broadly humanitari-
Ian, taking in civilian as well as mill
tary cripples. 1t Is not a charitable
institution, but intended to be self sup
porting. "Already the national author
tiles have gone on record" said Mr..
McMurtrie, as accepting without res
ervation responsibility for the after
care of men injured in the service. The
surgeon generals office. of the war de-
partment is now ~preparings to provide
for wounded men, not only medical
and surgical care, but also the curative
advances afforded by the simpler forms
OF occupation. Phe government Is fur
ther ~inaugurating vocational training,
having as its object rehabilitation for
self support. The government, how
ever, is disposed to make use of, under
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