The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-08-08
PROVIDE WORK FOR
CRIPPLED SOLDIERS
Are to Be Given Every 0ppor.
tunity In Addition to Insur-
ance and Pension.

New York.-American soldiers and
sailors crippled in the war are to be
given every opportunity, in addition
% war risk insurance indemnity n
PENSIONS, to learn new trades or pro-
LESSONS in order that they may re-
sume their place Of usefulness In civil
lie without the handicaps that ordi-
iarily surround q man deprived OF
arms, legs, sight or hearing.
, One OF the most interesting institu-
lions that has been established here
rs a result Of the a Is the Red
Cross institute for crippled and dis
lbled men at 81 Fourth avenue.
where fou schools, the nuclei Of others
that are. 1t is said, to be organized in
Chicago. st. Louis n other places.
ire now sunder way teaching cripples
he manufacture Of artificial limbs.
linotype and monotype operating. me-
chanical drafting and oxycetaline-
welding. These four local schools have
I teaching capacity for 300 men.
the Smith Sears bill, providing an ap-
propriation of $4,000. 0G0 to be used in
the discretion of the federal board OF
vocational education contemplated, 1t
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
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other studies and trades will be added
TO the list. The new law authorizes
f. the communicating of private and
public institutions for the r~eeducation
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
fields that were not overcrowded. A
soldier or sailor, for instance. instead
Of having to pay $3.50 to 5000 for an
artificial limb may procure one for $50
and, II he desires, be taught to make 1t
himself, at the same time acquiring a
trade that will pay him 81 to So a day.
1 Frank r. Bigler, a cripple for 81 years
and minus a leg and an arm, Is the In
iustrial agent of the institute which
! was founded about a year 6 by Jere-
, niah Milbank with an initial endow-
ment of $50, 000 and a building in which
to carry on it's work. Mr.. Bigler came
from 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
n. charge of the department of print
4 tIR at SOluIIlUld SIllNClSity, ido ioNS
A study of the social and economic re-
| construction Of cripples for. more than
eight years. Mr.. McMurtrie made 1t
clear hat while the institute has no
official arrangement with the govern
ment authorities relative to he utili-
| cation of its facilities. in the rehabiii-
tation of war cripples, that department
being in charge of Surgeon Gen. Will
lam C. Gorgas, when soldiers and sail
/ ors are discharged from army and
| navy hospitals then the institute will
Differ them every chance to come
pack" Positions will be found for the
men, and where they are unable to
pay while learning their new
trade, funds will be advanced them as
, q loan to enable them to continue their
/ training until competent to take 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 H. Jones. 1t Is the only non
| commercial Institution of the kind in
| the United States, says Mr.. McMurtr!e,
! and its purpose Is broadly humanitari-
! an, 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 preparing to provide
for wounded men, not only medical
, and surgical care, but also the curative
advances afforded by the simpler forms
of occupation. The government Is fur
| Their inaugurating vocational training,
having as its object rehabilitation for
! self support. The government. how
| ever, is disposed to make use OF. under
due supervision, such private assist
| ance as may be offered and found Of
value"