The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-12

of men injured lu tho war the bedor- al Government ls making giant strides Go pIaco the NacJaunAfiy disabled sol dIrr back iu tnc economic ranks ot tho country. able Co compete with oth- or whole" mon and jo earn an iu- dopcnfcut Income for hiwSC[ Tho plan ot the Federal Board for Noca- uouaI Education, which has this work fin hand. Is a broad one, and though no actual figures arc yot available, t Is IScly th1y as many as 5o,ooo men who scvyv@ ju tho war Wi' have 10 be vc-cGUCatea either NCcaaonAly yt oCcupattOua1Iy,
 Under this ng,r yho Te1cr7l Roard 4s now yyorksuv osa what ts practically a four-ycar program, tuuuEA appro- priatious SO fag nav- uoou made only up to July. 19So Tn aunsAe~ mOutH, is ls promised 1e.ooh uon w1u be ap- proved yg go iu.o immediate tralu- IuE WstE tUe ouv1iuE for Jhc fall terms af gh- Ncafosslouz1 and toCHniC- al acNoogs ot tao Cosatgy. Inc forty tor gfsy ,Roasea& mon disabled lu tho service of tne coaary, wjU all be placed in tvaiatnE for various lines uc activity and nSar'y al1 of yRom VII have completed work for vocational and occlpattoual rehabilitation by sua summer la taaHa asI| a.lff aHaHI- t5rtty ot thr men so Ha rrhab5rtatcd viu have finished tHotr re-lrlint1ls within a year or two years, some of .hcm 8u loss thau six months and will be back on thcsr focr ln that time lu professional and indust-laj ranks
 So far no provision has becn made by CouCross for rchabt1t9 tiuc men whose disahfHties do not amount 10 a voc1 eoua1 or occupa atiNua1 hana3- cap IL Is believed possible here by thoso best informed on rccoustrnc1op 1ecisIation that Congress may yet Do asked 10 provide some uaoars of com pensatory training, as well as tho compensation they already paid through the War Risk Bureau to ms who have already suffered physical disabilities. without economic loss to thcm, Tn their country's service. To carry out such a program. iL is esti- mated the Federal Government would have to evpend upwards of a half billion dollars
 To date, the Vocational Educahon Board has r0t fn rouch with some 1G2.u00 men and has acrually survey c7 and lnrer-vicvcd 11O,135 soldiers sailors ana marines injured in service during the war. The majority of these will not be able 70 obtain re- rra ming under the act of Congress as ii now stands, even with recent amen d1neuts. All Of 111e rlen moro than 10 per cent disabled VIII receive money. composition lo The extent 10 which they are disabled but only those whose dlzaE1l1tles mean a han dIcan to them in tho occupation or vura tion they followed or in oTdin- grv lines of work can be re-trained ana fitted for a new trade or profes- sion. Of those a1rcad dv tnceTvieT-e 6 14S7G have been approved for training and T.35E Of these have ar- +uaTv. been placed in traiuiuE- Several thousand additional men will have bcen approved by October and these win rhe men now v-aitiuE will beEln thctr schooling when the schools re- open
 According to recent 1Eures rcpoTt- ed to inc Bureau of War Risk Insur- ance by tho army 14s,t2 men have been dIs.harEeG from service with a disab bnirZ-
 aDnrv casez showing 10 per cent disability have been reported the re rrrr states "A1 this rate fl seems .r5habIe that the total number of ..1ze5 of disability rosultin= from inc ra~ ana entitled to (monetary) com -arsat lion win be close to 100000
 vrhus far Canada has been the most ---f,9ra1 of other countries in grantrls g ra--raIning to It's soldiers, but figuriue on twice the perCentAEe allowed by Canada, and allowing an addiuoT2s. 5o.OoO disabled men from among Lna saf1rrs and marines. ft is possible 1ha' moi more than 20 per cent of thc rorn disabled. or something less fhat m Oo0 men win be el1E1bie for vocl- -iona1 and iudur-rLa1 rehahilltauon-
 TO keep within the written law is necessary that certain evidence o' sathered from the military records ,,H -hat the men to be approved b, physically eza11lDe,d- The pp.Eo - making the ruDst liberal possible in t,,ru~atarfOn Of an eases coming be fore 1t. In many eases that do no ar+uarv ,ornp within the law bu where the beard believes soIne1hinj qus1ht to be dome. 1t has used specla funds given st bg patriotic oTgar rllz;' .rfons. A 1arEN rsTUlvdnE fund elV el by the Erlzs fraterna1 oTEanlza1lo has heen largely used in 1ninlster1n to suCh caSeE.
 A central csae board has been es +ablished here to finally approve a cases sent in by dlstract boards. T hI ssvstgn iS necessary because the DO4I is operating under a budget system C expenses from Congress. This boar reviews on an average of 1000 cases day. The majority of these have be rejected. though if any more hbei al law should be passed by Consre, fin the future these cases would D re-opened and 5t is supposed the ma 5or1ty of them would then be ar proved The documents and eY dence in the case, or course, ar carefully preserved. so that tho e> pense of securing them again will ! lninimized.
 Should a more liberal law be pas' ed opening up possibilities for traiI ing for such a group of men it
 now estimated ft would take at lea S85O ,OOO, 600 to pay the support, tu ton and text book cost alone. Flu ther provision would have to be mao for traYeling expenses of the me
 medical attention and Fneehanle' appliances and for equipment an administration of the broader law. present the board is paying the tu Fas~+ hng