Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-09
care OF MANNED HEROES
10 Be DISCUSSED TO-DAY
Conferences on Rc.Education AMI
Employment OF Soldiers at
John Marshall School.
UNUSUAL MOTION PICTURE HERE,
Film Will Depict How Men With
~ Mechanical Limbs Are Enabled 10
Conduct Many Kinds OF Work.
vi Governor to Preside.

lone OF the major costs OF war con-
sists in the thousands or crippled and
disabled men which arc left III its train.
In the past such soldiers have been
Unidentified for their injurieS-and in
sufficiently ~ pest--by pension bounty
Or admiSsion 10 soldiers homes. In
either instance. they have been rcle-
gated TO a lie OF idlcncSs and depend
cTce.
lsOne OF the most interesting features
ot<the conference on the education aud
employment OF disabled soldiers whisA
the Red Cross has arranged for This
aftarnoon and evening in connection
with the Home Service Institute bein"
given at the School Of Social Work and
Public Health. will he Il moving picture
in,which the remarkable progress made
by the allied and the American gov
ernments III putting disabled soldiers
.on~their feet again" viii he shown in
detail: The process OF trainin. me.
adopted by the British and Italians,
lind now by the AMERICANS.
THE average soldier disabled in bat
He is thrown into state 81 extreme
Acknowledgement. SAY those Interested
in the conference to-day. The loss or
superabie obstacle TO future economic
activity. This state OF discOura%cmeni
is one Of the first things that must
be overcome. they declare. This Will
not be SO difficult in the American s"i-
diers, because three wears OF cNpc-
rience by the allied governments nave
shown what remarla Bile PROGRESS can
be made in fitting disabled men Tor
industrial positions. and Tor employ
ment on farms: IN factories ana IN o.
fees. All Of the steps ~ mis- process
are clearly brought out By the pictures
to be shown.
MECHANICAL ARMS AND LEGS
ARE PROVED AI.MOST III MAN
For example. the first feature OF the
Job in re-educatin1 a soldier who has
lost an arm devo!ves upon the army
surgeon. He must conserve the mans
working capaciiy, me mrXihiiiiy Of me
out of the hospital in good general
henfth. The medical man can heal the
stumps, but he cannot grow new limbs
fciai substitute for arms ana legs can
he. provided. :.nd some OF these me
- natural arm is operated BY mus
cies- which pull tcndons as they con
tract and release Now. ihe muscles
need not be those of the arm itself.
can be made TO operate the arm il the
proper connections arc made. So In the
complicated modern arms steel wires
or rawhide cords act as iendons. link
ing up fingers, wrist and elbow with
= now muscular combination. Eeac-
lions are provided for by springs. Thus
act as clerk or bookkcepcr.
After the soldier has secured the
artificial limb and learned how TO use
IL tho responsibility for mis- future
shifts TO expert social service work
ers and the employers q. The ccmmu-
nifty. The Richmond meeting to-day,
therefore. Is Of special interest to the
many employers OF the city. who have
aignitied TO John Irschbcrg. state
Commits Sioncr of Labor. their willing
ness to employ disabled ncu in their
business
SEECIAL MEETING TO-DAY
r<4v FOR EMPLOY Frs or CITY
For this reason special meeting
for employers has been arranged FOR
4:S0 in the auditorium Of the john
Marshall High school Mir. llirsch-
berg and the Chamber "f Commerce
&nl-.be in charge OF this meeting.
Another meeting. OF special Interest
70. the social workers and local iicd
{ Cross members win be held in tn.
rooms OF the Professional Woinau's
Building, 30 East Grace Street al =
O'Clock. TIL. meeting which is OF most
general interest viii lie the mass meet =
ing in the high school AZ ) O'Clock
tonight.
Tho list Of speakers a, The three
meetings includes: George &. Grccner.
division director OF The Foderai iiu-
reau, for Vocational Education. Wash
fnEton, -. c.; Curtis i.akenan, naiioua |
director OF the department ot After
Care Of the DSrAltd S&ldicrs Ameri-
can, Red Cross ..IV s.ir+ n;ton, -. u Or.
Thomas G. BeaSlcy.- :: wel!-linown
speaker for the Eea Cross. Washing
ton, D. c.
+ Governor Wcstmor"land Davis has
been asked TO preside.