The Caucasian., 1919-02-23
HEALING THE HURTS OF men
DISABLED IN The SERVICE
Mere Than 100000 Are nds Treatment ere and cyeseasgos
yisian Nade !os Compensation ana Observation-Disclosures
nens 20 Retra as and Restore Them 10
sssesuspos;ng Activity


the Yaas shaa che government stands
s9uacels SecS os s9s disabled GsAUGs
1neu, gas oaeeag go,abDwss
4'Ms oaeion hos 80 mDoso solemn OBJ
5sgation Chan neoline che Aurts o2 Que
soun3eG and eestoGans 1ue disabled
msn Co eiviS Nfo an0 opDostUntT. The
gover1mene oscogntzes ahis, and tho
sulfHlmens os Che osIigetion ts goins
medical d&isione 90 Che waE and @AUD
departments are rendering al aid chat
skin cn0 science nlaAe possible; Che
sedeeaa Ooasa toe vocotionSa educssion %
Ss commanded o. loO Go de1 bop enS
adapt che eemSininG capabilities Of sacn
gnan so Chat ae may ogaiD take bic HlSn
in Hhe ranks oe our Gresa civilian army
She cooperation enc interest Of our ciQS
Gems ds essential 60 THE pVogram Of Guey
Justice ana Aumenits. 4e Is DOT ehere
3ty. II is merely che payment OF draft
OF honor (Which the United States OF
America scceete6 When Dc selected Ghese
men. and cook them in theiF health ana
strength 60 figltf ahe battles of Che De-
9ion They have fought Che sood fight;
qhey 6ave kept the Faith. ana ehes nave
sSon. Now @e deep faith with aneme ana
every oitizess as sndoFseg ON Che general
obligation.
gndee authority and dis&GsioD oS Che
congress, complete arrangements SoP
rehabilitation of our aiisabled men bas@
Been made Sy Che federal board Goe goe
Qational oducations
According 60 estimates ua1e siHoe
Che announcement of the Gota1 Amerie
gan overseas casualties, ahese are aaoln
chan 100000 disabled Nen under areete
ment in the hospitals dn this countrS
eand overseas. OF this 0umber moro
than one-fourth hase been disabled os
disease Contrary to che general idee
OF the casualty list, 0nls Q sesy smaYa
percentage % the total nave euffeee6
disabilities which fesulted 90 Che a1ne
hutation of Fmbs.
% aeIe esesy asasa
It is not merely the meg Who have
cost arms or legs that che government
Is offering to retain ana restore to SELF
supporting activity, Gut Che federag
board offers its aiG % every man, gee
gardless of his disability, who 10 enc
Sitled to governments compensation
The board realizes than the many thOus
sands Of men who are suffaing fro11
the effects q shell shock, gassine,
shrapna and gunshaA vounQs which
weaken their systems, subeSculOsiSs
bronchitis, heart an4 nervous diseases
all may be unable to fe-ente9 their furA
mer occupations. 20 all these men, 40
to those with more evident handicaps,
the federal board is extending ODpOe-
tunity. ~-~---~---~ -.
Within the next Pew montAs several
thousand disabled men will be train
ing under jurisdiction of the federal
board and at the expense of the gov
ernment Those who had been actual
ly placed in training were taking
courses in wide range of trades and
professions, including q different oc-
cupations. Industrial schools, colleges,
offices and shops throughout the coun-
try are being utilized so that most OF
the men are being trained close to
their own homes. Thirty-one per cent
of the total row in training are taking
commercial courses, II per cent are
learning the various phases of agricu1-
ture, farm management, poultry rails
ing, dairying, etc. Others are studying
law, medicine, banking, and some are
being trained in engineering, teleg-
raphy, tailoring, window trimming and
designing accounting, store manage
ment, machinoshop practice, meat iaF
spection and traffic management.
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Quoted, or drafted into the military OF
naval service Of the United States who
is suffering from disability not due to
his own wiIful misconduct may be en-
titled to compensation under the war
insurance act. 1t is his duty to pre-
sent his claim for such compensation
in order that it may be passed upon
by the bureau of war risk insurance.
He can procure full information by
applying to the war risk insurance Of
ficer at the camp or cantonment, from
whom he may get bureau OF war risk
insurance form 526 which he must fill
out in order to prove his eligibility foH
such compensation.
Government Pays cos9
If it is not possible to get in contact
with this war risk insurance officer,
the soldier or sailor should call upon
or write the bureau of war risk insur-
ance at Washington, stating his case !;
OF he should call on or write the dis
trict office of the federal board for
vocational education in which he is To-
Gated.
Il the soldier or sailor is suffering
from disability, he is also eligible for
help by the federal board for voca-
tional education in securing employ
ment, which help will be given him in
cooperation with the employment
service of the department of labor. If
he is eligible for compensation under
the war risk insurance act, he is also
entitled to training and placement by
the federal board for vocational edu-
cation. provided he is not able to fol-
low his old occupation successfully
without training or needs to be trained
for some new and suitable occupation
for which training is feasible.
The federal board for vocational