Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
MANY NAT|ONAL|TIES
IN SOLDIER SCHOOL
Vocational Training Given to
Wounded Veterans at
colIingswood
SOME TAKE 4-YEAR COURSE

Coming from the war disabled and
untitled for their prewar occupations.
men of the army and navy who have
been discharged are finding the gov .
ernment as willing to go to extremes
for their rebuilding as the service men
were to offer their lives for the gov
ernment.
AS n result the men who came out .
of the war 10 per cent or more disabled .
arc being rehabilitated without expense
to themselves. to which is added by
the government S75 n month for single .
men and 500 for each married man to .
keep them and their families in com
Portable state during the period of being
3 restored
Or. Daniel r. Hodgdon, formerly .
professor OF the science department Of
the State Summer School Of Ceilings
wood, n. j.. is now director OF the
Newark College of Technology. which |
school has been selected by the govern
ment as a unit for tie vocational cdu-
cation of the disabled army and navy .
men.
Nearly 100 men have already been
Z admitted to take up different courses.
Among these courses are mechanical
drawing. sign painting and lettering, ,
electrical engineering. machinery, auto
mobile engine building, architectural
drawing and designing and numerous
other trades. Lower courses in English !
and mathematics for those with little
schooling or those from foreign lands
may be had.
There are many different nationali-
ties in the school. and they have become
Americanized,
Many Have Lost Limbs
Some of the students have lost one or
both legs. others lost an arm. many OF
them have been wounded with shrapnel
or bullets and still others have been
gassed, shell shocked and otherwise dis
abled. Every one of them come directly
under the eyes OF Doctor Hodgdon and
his faculty OF instructors.
Here are sketches of a few Of the
boys at the institution:
Vladimir GeorgcvitCh. Serbia. came
here in 1916. enlisted in 1917, in Sew
enth Division machine gun battalion.
fought at st. Mihiel now nervous
breakdown, preparing to be mechan-
ical engineer.
Milk Calak. Austria came here in
sa1o11, enlisted in 1917, Seventy ninth
Division infantry, fought at Nerdun
III st. Mihiel. gunshot wound, learn
machinist trade.
.Nhn Zett. Russian. came here in
1913A enlisted 1917. Third Division.
Infantry. shrapnel wound at Chateau
Thierry, shrapneI still in body, ma
chinist.
Joseph Rudzinski. Poland came here
in 1907. enlisted in 1917, Third Divis-
ion, infantry. bullet in left leg at Yer
dun fought at Chateau Thierry, auto
mechanic.
Furey Scuro. Italian Twenty ninth
Division. infantry. received six shrapnel
wounds.
Bronsilaw Staszkerucx. Lithuania,
wounded in right leg, taking prepara-
tory course for higher education.
Theodore Bell, American Mission
Indian, born in San Francisco in 1895,
COW -puncher in Arizona, hunter in
Alaska. enlisted in 1917, Ninety first
Division, Fifth Army Corps, shot in
abdomen and leg, electrical engineer.
julius Treadwel. negro, entered
service 1918, Ninety third Division
infantry. a foot was shot off at Ar
1Eonne, where he laid two days on battle
field, married, will be a mechanical
engineer.
James Tansey. Ireland. came here
1912, entered service 1918. Ninety
first Division. infantry. wounded at St.
MiSiel, snipers bullet in left arm which
was amputated.
Shell Shock Victims Worst
DR.. Hodgdon says that the she'll
shocked victims give the greatest
trouble in getting their normal mental
condition returned. To get them in
ferested In their studies and to keep
their attention requires skillful man
agement, DIR. Hodgdon said. Remark
able progress has been made with such
students. it is claimed.
The warrior students like 10 gather
in the chapel and sing. They sing the
''Star Spangled Banner, and Amer
ica" with a vim. and after those
patriotic songs they get down to the
war songs, love lyrics and home tunes.
II has been found that seventeen
different nationaiities are represented
in this school A number are not able
yet to speak English well, so they are
learning the language in connection
with their vocational work. They be
lieve that they will finish the work sci
before them, which, in many cases,
will take four years.
Several of the men are high school
graduates and are taxing four years ir
electrical engineering and mechanical
drawing. They are high spirited anc
full Of enthusiasm and know that they
must learn to be expert in something
or become a burden on someone els,
during the rest of their lives.