Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-25
DISABLED SOLDIERS
OFFERED EVERY AID
United States Employment Ser
vice to Place Trained Men
in Permanent Positions.


sailors i'm industry is ready To operate.
Through an agreement entered into be-
tween the United States Employment
Service and the Federal Board for Nocn-
tional Education, the men will bc trained
and placed in permanent situations where
their physical Deficiencies will play no
part in the positions they are To hold
Under the machinery for fitting the
disabled for a successful career, the Federal
Board for Vocational Education will train
and bring men to the door OF employment.
The Employment Service, through the CO
operation of its 700 branch offices scat
tered all over the country, will list all
opportunities available and will assist m
every way in bringing the returned sol
dicr and his job together
The following agreement signed by
J. H. Dlnsmore, Directors ieneral OF the
United States Employment ScrVicr. and
C. A prosscr, Director of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education, has been
sent TO all district offices of both ofRhnl-
cations.
PROBLEM or TRAINING.
As soon as the army authorities hive
decided that any disabled man Is 10 bc
discharged from the hospital and return
To civilian life, II becomes the duty ot IN"
Federal board through its vocational all
viscrs in hospitals 10 deal with the problem
Of training him and of placing HIM NJ
civilian employment This task involves
five possible steps
(aj Election by the disabled man Of
| "A course Of training
(hl Preliminary training to TT hun
for n definite occupation ar pursuit.
tc) A probationary period of employ
mcnt in that occupation or pursuit
I'D Placement IN suitable employ
mcnt in the occupation or pursuit
(cl Follow-np work to safeguard his
interests
In advising as 70 future employment,
renrcsentatIves of the Board Will equip
themselves with information concerning
the requirements and opportunities ot
the various occupations Much Of tins
information will be furnished to the men
in printed form The representatives,
will also be informed concerning the kinds
Of occupations from which certain types
of handicap are shut out
As general policy, q handicapped
man will not bc directed toward m
ovcrcrow,led or waning occupation III
which present or future competition
might make permanent employment un-
certain In order. however, t. realize
fuIly upon the mans lutofc I and ability,
he " II given the widest possible
range of choice among those desirable
occupations IN which he can, with his
spccial handirap successfully engage.
In this connection, the board wll seek
advice from those experts III the hospital
who have effected the man physical
rehabilitation
EACH CASE HANDLED foCALll
After the vocational adviser has assist
ed the handicapped man - choost
suitable occupation, his case, with fuil
information. will be refer red 20 the Ofhcc
of the district wherein the man las
received physical rehabilitation Ivory
case there Will be considered individually
on its merits by Il local board made up Of
two representatives Of the district Office,
one of whom will bc physician; and two
representatives chosen from the locality,
one of whom Will he an employer and one
a representative of labor Ii necessary
the man himself, accompanied by the
vocational adviser, may appear before
| the local board.
Through the district vocational office.
where a medical officer will be stationed.
the health OF the disabled man Will he
cared for while IN training by the board
After he secures permanent employment
he, as beneficiary under the WaT-rlSk
insurance act, will he cared Tor by the
War Risk Insurance Bureau. should
there be any recurrence OF disabilities
due 10 military service
Manufacturing establishments, offices
and farms Will be employed - give
preliminary training, especially Ter these
| occupations not Vel regarded Is beng
within the school or college field In
every case. however the Federal hoard
will require the course OF instruction
to be adapted 10 the interests and needs
Of the disabled man, To nc definitely
planned for him as learner. and U be
arranged or approved as we'll as - be
Inspected and supervised. By its agents.