New Britain herald., 1919-06-11
L0NERGAN ANXIOUS 1 10 AID WAR VETS
Will Try to Secure Prompt Atten- ton for All Claims
Especial to the HeraldD

Snan Augustine Lonersan. who estab- lshed a reputation in the 65th or War congress as a champion of the officers and enlisted men of the service. is bound to see that the soldiers sailors and marines who were injured in the service are not forgotten by the Re construction congress.
 He recently conferred with officials of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as with officials of the Board for Vocational Education and the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in re- gard to the work being done for dis abled service men. He favors in creased compensa tion for totally dis , abled men.
 The Vocational Education Board naturally does a great deal of the work. In order to take training under this board a soldier must have re- ceived injuries in the line of duty dis abling him to the extent of ten per cent. or more. Officers in the field in vestigate and their reports determine action in each case
 Tn retraining injured service men, the board makes use of all educational institutions, public and private. that provide courses suitable to it's needs. It also uses factories, shops, stores, Navy Yards. banks comm ercial insti- tutions, in each case contracts being made by which the board supervises the instruction given. The board pays tuition at a rate not greater than usually charged by such institutions In addition to books, etc, the board allows $75 per month subsistence to single man and $S5 to a married man without children. provided the wife lives with him while he is train ing. If she resides apart from him he receives $75 and she $30. while allowances are made for the Childrelh~
 Before the board undertakes to train the men, compensat ton must have been granted by the Bureau of War Rick Insurance for disability greater than ten per cent. The board cares for any disability arising in the course of training not due to war dis ability. The board has fourteen main offices and seven sub-offices in the United States. with 300 supervisors who assist in getting in touch with the men in the field and the hospi- tals. At present about 5000 men are in training at more than 300 institu- tions for 120 different occupations. Receiving stations try each man out before he is definitely assi gned, and 300 are now at such stations. Con- necficut work is managed from the &district office at Room I'll. No. 2S0 Il Broadway.
 H L. Smith is chief of the rehabi- #lita ton bureau and his staff has re- ¢ly taken over a large admins &trative building in Washington.
 The surgeon generals office. &Ehrough Major A. G. Crane. accord Hing to information supplied MT. #T4onergan. co-operates in every way with the federal board, publishing Garry on" also in the interests of he men. Tn the navy. Surgeon Gen #eral Braisted informed the congress- man a system in therapeutic and ocational training based on well formulated plan is carried out. Any &nan desiring to avail himself of the benefits of this training and vocation ## education is given an opportunity ko select his vocation and to receive Instructions therein under skilled in tructors. The navy and marine
 orps, alike. co-operate with the & oard
 The bureau of war risk insurance
 as two particular functions in addi- on, to passing on the disa bilty. and furnishing artificial limbs. It must give Hospital and surgical service
 fhich it has been attending to since
 he organization of the bureau. Its
 uty of furnishing artificial limbs is
 constant operation. and so far near
 q thousand orders for artificial
 (mbs has been filled, as fast as ippled service men have applied
 pr them, and it is estimated that
 bout 2,5500 amputations are yet to
 e provided for by this means
 Several amendments. mostly of 5L
 inor nature, are to be presented to
 present congress. having to do
 ith the work mentioned, and Con-
 -essman Lonergan is interested in
 en1. Any disabled soldiers. sailors
 hd ma rines of Hartford County,
 Iho are not receiving training to
 Aaich they are entitled under the
 Nv, should get in touch with the
 ngressman.