Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-01
TRADES CAN BE GIVEN TO
MEN DISABLED BY BATTLE
Government Has Committee Whose
Duty II Is 10 See to Reha bilita-
ton of Crippled Soldiers.

| 'Oh va >f'pt"u F'pitiittS.
WASHINGTON, June so.-Every
man who goes in the army or navy is
now certain that II the AGsrmans
shoot him up" he will not be com
PEELED to sell pencils or shoe laces
to eke out an insufficient pension, or
be immured in soldiers home to
rust out the years until death comes
to his relief
The United States government has
studied the whole subject OF voca-
tonal rehabilitation Of wounded and
disabled soldiers The experience OF
all the belligcrents has been gone
over carefully and the marvels of re-
education accomplished by some of
them are fully noted The federal
board for vocational education has
been at work on the proposition since
August, 1917. The result Is found
In the Smlth-Sears act. which passed
congress June II, and provides
comprehensive scheme OF rehabilita.
ton for wounded and dlsa bled men.
Canada has been doing this work
with great success and all OF tho
Canadian experience hrs been freely
biNNU w AlN AluiNFu pthttB. nt uIftC-
tor OF that work has been actively
cooperating with the federal board
for vocational education, and was
sent by his government to appear
before the senate committee and tes-
tify at the hearings OF the bill. which
passed both senate and house with
out dissenting vote.
Can Always he Taught.
II has been demonstrated In Eu-
rope and Canada. that no matter
how badly a man may he wrecked
physically, as generality he still has
latent capabilities for something use
full. " those capabilities may he
specialized into some line of trade
the wounded soldier already knew,
that Is done. The experience he has
had and his knowledge OF the trade
Is valuable foundation to build
upon.
II the trade he is familiar with
does not offer an opening then he Ia
induced to enter an allied trade
where his previous knowledge will
be OF value. In some cases the man
Is entirely re-educated and for an
occupation entirely different from
that which he had previously fol,
lowed.
It Is seldom that man is so
badly shattered that he cannot be
trained to something useful. which
he can pursue in the consciousness
that he Is doing mans work for n
man'sapay and that he is back in the |
current Of civil hfe. n useful and |
happy citizen who asks no odds of |
anyone when II comes TO making |
n living. /
Has large Task.
The task to he discharged by the |
federal board for yoca tional educa.
tion is large one. Figures from |
tho various countries show that for !
each million men in the armies there |
will be | per cent. or 10 900 men to !
he rc-sducated This does not in. |
clude the wounded who are able 10 |
and eventually do return to thefr |
occupations,
that thersAhre Acknowledgement"
legiess arm1eSs or sightleas man
They are far In the minority The
figures which have now got down |
to fairly accurate averages, show
that the 010 half Of them will he
nurelv I'm edlcai" as against "suroi- 7
car caecs And ~ the r 1000 that
are "su -pical' that In. which need
the attention nf surgeon az aFaine'
that Of the physician son will he
cases NJ dlsnem herment," where the
men have loFt members NJ the body
Three hundred win he cases where
leg has hsen lost and POO where
arms have hren lost In II 900 re-
turned inval!fed Canadians there
were less than forty cases OF blind
ness
The real nrotlen ls the man who
has suffered profound shocks to HE
gvsfem and perhaps has hean ron.
Tcred incanable Of standing the
strain NJ his former occupation. A
for instance. comes out
with shell-shock and his nervous
svster, Is In tatters. Ha could not
stand the racket In boiler factory.
but he. with his knowledge NJ iron
and steel working could easily he
made into, sav an expert lathe oper-
,tor where there is m noise. And
n on along the whole line Of re
ldiustYn ents.
The federal board for vocational
.ducation IL the source otVnost ~
ne war training courses a Js go
nF ahead With n rs t2lSeFn,s re- ],
educational war3tte. Ph6HG y ds.--A