Arizona republican., 1919-01-01
GOES ID PREPARE
 WAY FUR TRAINING
 WOUNDED SOLDIERS

En route to take up his duties as vo- cational advisor, R. Thane Cook, of the rehabilitation division of the federal l board of vocational education, arrived 1 in the city yesterday from San Fran l cisco. MT. Cook, who was formerly 1 principal of the local high school, is on l his way to Prescott to make a survey of the military patients at Fort Whipple
 MT. Cook will put into force in this 1 state the provisions of the Smith Sears act, pertaining to the rehabilitation of wounded or disabled soldiers and sail l ors Asked if a disabled soldier could l profitably be taught a new trade, he replied:
 i Yes he can. if he will take the train | ing. Hundreds of thousands of wound | ed and otherwise disabled men have 1 been trained for new occupations in 1 Europe and Canada. What Europe has | done, America can do.
 1 Our congress on June 27, 1918, de- | cided by a unanimous vote that dis 1 abled American sailors and soldiers i shall have a chance to be retrained for | civil life, and appropriated S2,O00,000 l for this purpose. This money. and more if necessary, is to be spent in re- training all incapacitted men in the 1 military branches for civil life. It is l to pay for travel for tuition, for board, l for lodging and for the other necessary l expenses of those who take the courses provided.
 l Congress has done more than pro-
 vide for retraining. It has also pro-
 vided that those who come under the i provisions of this act, and who are i honorably discharged, may get con- | pensation. This compensation may be total or may be partial. according to the extent of a mans disability. This
 is measured by the disabled mans pres
 ent earning power, compared with his previous earning capacity.
 If his disability does prevent him from returning to employment without 1 training, and he elects to follow a course Of vocational training provided by the federal board, the course will be fur
 nished free of cost and he will also be
 paid, as long as the training lasts, a monthly compensation equal to the sum
 which he is entitled under the War
 Risk Insurance Act or a sum equal to
 his pay for his last month of active ser
 vice, whichever is greater. In no case
 will a single man or a man required by
 his course of instruction to live apart
 from his dependents receive less than
 s65 per month, exclusively Of the sum
 
 man living with his dependents, no less than s75 per month, inclusive of the
 amount given his dependents, will be
 paid him.
 If a soldier has sustained an injury
 which does not prevent him from re-
 turning to employment without train
 ing, and he elects to follow a course of vocational education offered by the . federal board. the course will be fur , nished free of cost ohim. In addition , the compensation will be paid but nc allowance will be made to his family The federal official plans to leave
 this morning for Prescott in order that the survey may be accomplished as eX- |. peditiously as possible. He is unde- cided as to the length of time he vii 7 be required to remain in the mile higt . city, but at the conclusion of his worl there will return to Phoenix for a visi1 : before leaving for his headquarters 1T , San Francisco.