The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-05
I.Horts Co-ortiinatcd

What the vocational education
hoard Is planning for the disabled
toIfiicr and sailor Is fyst tho genera!
program. and second the special edu-
sattonai problems The Offices Of the
-Geeu- general OF the army and the
navy have charge Of the Disabled
mon so Tar as their physical reuahiIi
tatiou is concerned The labor de-
onrtuent has taken up the matter OF
placing these men in industry The
bureau OF war risk Insurance is rharg-
I'd with the insurance phases OF the
matter: and 80 on. Through inter
aenartmental conferences all these
boards commissions and agencies
nave been searching out every posi-
Bile item in the necessary program,
and when congress begins the fnat
erafting OF the legislation, II will have
II hand information upon the problem
rom every angle and every corner
Of the globe.
Az result OF this work. the re-
turned American soldier of this war
Tiil he cared for as the returned SOL
5ier OF no other war was ever treated.
He will not bs turned adrfft on the
world, dazed by his war experience.
with no support but n meager pension.
Nor will he he immured In A soldiers
home TO waste his life in idleness
He will be given what every Amert-
ran wants--a chance to make good
In spite OF his handicap--sc and
classes of every kind will be open to
MIN free, and there. under the best
medical care while at the same time
Iatier the obstruction OF the best Noca
ional teachers that UNCLE Sam can
employ. he viii learn trade which
will make him self-sustaining the rest
81 his life.
The statistics show almost unhe-
i.svah.e results from ne systems Of
socati onai reha bilIfRtiou nov obtain b
ng In every warning nation. Masses
IL men. despite the best hospital care
which modern science knows. would
hsre returned TO their homes. desper-
are for work and ignorant af their
swn capacity fnr employment. Jnde
TeIoped, unadIustec To The new way in
which war had decrned that they must
I've. had they not been reclaimed An
sfYcial French rehabilitation as APP
piied to one group uf about 1000 men.
affected a totai gain To the nation
above the cost of pensions and allow
,nces. of nearly $4,000 In other
words, the money Invested IN VEGA
ionai reclamation paid dividends
which the richest corporation might
we'll envy
Undorlyins nc whole question Of
vocational rehabilitation are cons
srations both uf sentiment and o.
found political economics. The scott
mental reasons for such a progra
ire obvious but tho other reasons ar
not quite 40 plain They may. how
svsr be summed up in the phrase
'conseryationof man power" In other
words. every dollar expended In re-
making the wounded soldiers and sail
srs must he regarded as dollar In
rested in national efficiency and hence
1 dollar invested in national prosper
Nv and success in fighting the trade
var which Is due to follow the present
war of arms.
What vocational re-education will
10 is outlined by the experts of the
FEDERAL board for vocational educa-
aon. Summed up in a few words, the
,ase may be stated as follows:
Economic Renesifs.
Afrfat ianal ra-educet'oe will re-e@-
AL "a, " trsf6i .nfs'as, ~ saitar
" al, s'.atf'e.,Gent selfvrespertinsr eco-
$500 anif- ANY o;has poliel VII In