Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-08-01
SCHOOL 0PENtFOR
BLINDED FIGHTERS
VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION AND
REHABILITATION At HOSPITAL
IN BALTIMORE.
MEN TAUGHT USEFUL TRADES

1eidlers In Field and Camp Get Man,
Books-secretary Wilson Explain'
General Mobilization Of Labor foI
War Industries.
tFroM Committee on Pubic Information.
MISUNDERSTANDING federal sol
diers, sailors and marines are belnG
received now for vocational instruc
ton and rehabilitation at Hospital
Training School. General Hospital No
Z. the former home Of Mrs. T. Ha-
rison Garrett, at Baltimore, Nd. The
hospital Is QUILTED to accommodate
$50 men and has large recreation
fields and an extensive acreage in gar
dens.
Col. James Bordley Of the surgeon
generals office In charge Of the re-
education of the blind, has announced
the appointment Of o. Fl. Burritt Of
the Pennsylvania Institute for the In.
struction of the Blind as the educa-
tional director Of this army hospital
training school, with Miss Jenny A.
Turner. former designer for the Mas
sachusetts commission for the blind, as
a reconstruction aide. Miss Turner
has been working with the returned
wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed
hospital, Washington.
The blinded soldiers from overseas
will be discharged from the hospital
after they have been taught practi-
cal self-supporting trade, have been
put in good physical condition, and
taught to read standard printing in
raised type. The men will be sent to
their own home communities and
placed In the trades for which they
have been trained. Red Cross work
ers will watch after their welfare.
Cooperating with the army medical
department, the Red Cross Institute
for the Blind is now making national
survey Of industries open to blinded
soldiers. Instructions will be made
to conform with preparations for these
Industries. The federal board for
vocational education Is arranging
plan for the economic and social SUI
pervlsion Of all wounded and manned
soldiers.
The war service committee Of the
American Library association reports
that $4,000 books were shipped to
American soldiers In France up to
July /. The books went in tonnage
space granted at the request Of Gen.
efai Pershlng on the decks Of trans
ports, where they were used by the
men on the voyage and unpacked for
use In France; In naval vessels for
naval bases abroad; and In Red Cross
tonnage for the hospitals In France
and England.
A total Of more than 100000 books
have been supplied by the American
library association to the camps and
stations In the United States and over.
seas. approximately 100000 Of these
books were purchased. others having
come as gifts from the American peo-
PIE through the public libraries of the
Nearly 40 library buildings
have been erected, and 600 camps In
America, alone, have received collec-
hons Of books.
Two hundred librarians, including
leaders In their profession In this coun-
Try, are giving their time TO library
war service. Most of these are serv-
Ing as camp librarians, assistants, and
in the field; others are in
dispatch Offices for the shipment of
books to France.
Methods Of thrift now enforced In
The army quartermaster generals Of.
Ice, including the repair Of clothing
and shoes, where possible. have cut
town the issue Of new clothing and
noes from 80 to 40 per cent In some
Instances.
The plants where the mending. is
done are run in connection with forts
md camps BY the camp quartermaster.
When soldier tears or rips a gar
msnt he turns II In to his supply Off.
Ser. When the soles Of his shoes wear
ut or the heel runs down, the shoes
20 back to the same officer. These
garments and shoes are taken to the
repair shops managed by the conser-
vauon and reclamation offlcer. When
repaired and put In order they are re.
turned to the original owner II pos.
'ible, and II the original owner cannot
~ located they serve some other sol.
lief.
Hundreds Of women are being en-
'loyed By the war department In the
work Of repairing the garments Of sol.
Hers and In the iaundries at camps
md cantonments. Preference In this
is given the wives. sisters.
md mothers Of men In the service. BY
'aying 81 month soldier is entitled |
o q weekly bundle Of laundry In which
he number Of articles is not limited. |
DO not waste ice, says the United
'tates food administration. Do not use |
Is a luxury to serve with salads, |
ruits, and sea foods and do not put |
more than Is necessary In glasses Of |
Fater, tea, and other drinks.
There is to be no curtailment on |
he use Of Ice ns a necessity, but Il |
hould be used carefully In localities |
rhere any shortage Ia indicated. II