The sun., 1918-07-14
WAR CRIPPLES
WILL FIND JOBS
AWAITING THEM
England Plans Suitable In
struction to Fit Men
for Work.
TRAINING IS UNDER WAY
London Exhibition Shows the
Skill of Wounded-Wage
Scales Adjusted.
TRAINING rs UNDER WAY

sp,cid, Correspondence to TIVE Srs.
I,oxpoS. June 29.--The soldier broken
IN the war will have his chance OF future
employment at work suitable to his
MANNED condition and at wage that
will enable him to live without seeking
charity. The only reason Ger any pos
sih,c failure of the plan will be due to
refusal on his part to take part In the
training which has been provided for
him.
The Ministry OF Pensions and the Min
s,,y OF Labor are making every effort
10 provide suit able instruction and to OBJ
tain POSTS for the men as they are
trained.
Already courses of training are estab-
lnhed in the engineering and building
trades the manufacture OF aircraft.
wholesale and retail tailoring. the maxi
ing OF leather goods. furniture making.
diamond cutting. wood carving. toy MAX
ing and many other trades.
An exhibition is now open in London
In which are displayed the methods of
training and the resulting variety of
work turned out by the disabled soldiers
or sailors.
During the early days of the exhibition
a conference of delegates from allied
countries was held In which details Of
the after care. work and the treatments
for the restoration Of the wounded were
given.
Plan for Aiding Blind.
Sir Arthur Pearson described the
methods in use at St. Dunstan's for the
treatment. training and reeducation OF
blinded soldiers. He said that the actual
reeducstion and training was divided
into two sections. the classroom and the
workshop. the mems working day being
divided between the two.
TypewTiting was taught in the class
room, while in the workshops the largest
number of men were learning cobbling.
Some men learned mat making only.
Basket making, the Oldest Of the staple
industries for the blind, was taught in
many varieties. Tho other industry
taught in the workshops was joinery.
The men of St. Dunstan's acquired
these industries in quarter OF the time
usually supposed TO be necessary to
teach blinded man a trade. Short
hand writing, by the aid of a machine
which enabled the Braille characters to
be taken down. was also taught, as was
telephone operating.
Dealing with the provision of surgical
supplies, Sir William MacEwen said that
when hospital. for the limbless was
established in Scotland they were told
that, In view Of the thousands OF men
who had lost limbs in the war, II would
b. impossible 10 get enough artificial
substitutes unless aliens We're employed.
To meet the difficulty n skilled limbs
committee of physicists, engineers and
surgeons was formed, which had directed
the production OF limbs by wood carvers.
pattern makers and mechanics in ship
ard thus they had been able, by en-
poyinG home industry alone, to supply
artificial limbs in sufficient quantities
and quality to satisfy requirements.
new industry had thus been created.
Methods OF Treatment.
Prof V. Putt OF Bologna dealt with
the surgical treatment pertaining to
amputatlons, He described the methods
Of DR. Giuliano VanghettI. who first con-
c,ived the idea and the means of draV-
Ing living energies from the stump of
81 ampqtatei limb and Transmitting
voluntary movements to an artificial
Terher. 1t is now possible for a man
VINO has lost both hands to use n knife
and FORK at table. dress himself and
even shave with safety razor. This
miracle Is due TO the treatment known
as generalization, and the perfection to
winch artificial limbs have been brought.
IN order to obtain this voluntary
movement the muscles are allowed to
orerlap the bone OF the stump and are
30 arranged as TO give two protuber-
sn'es similar in shape and size to two
small fingers. The muscles are 10 ar
ranged as to give alternately the hexion
ana extension movements and where
Tia; cannot be obtained a rotary move
n"-- can be given. In this way artificial
!mus, instead of being merely supports
'or the stumps, can themselves be
nt-iTulated
IN another department a meat safe
., which one workshop has sent $50 to
franee--Can be seen, and touching side
Or This exhibit was a tray of things for
one armed men, jigs Of this and that
sort 20 enable one armed men to cut
wood and wire, and to polish frames
r4''rs for one armed clerks, billiard
rests for the one armed player. &c.
one exhibit was a pair of bellows
which Illustrated training In five differ
.At trades-metal turning, woodwork.
leather work, carving and polishing
one saw an excellent pair OF boots made
by soldier who before the war was
Iaborer on farm.
The wages question has been serious
problem hut the difficulties have been
largely solved. Up to the present very
fe" Of the trained men transferred to
employ ment have failed to obtain wages
ot Slo and over per week. 1t Is hoped
mat with the extension Of the work or
me department exchanges WORKING
under the Ministry OF Labor the
employer who considers that mans
pension Is an opportunity to cut wages
VIII find himself badly left,