The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-11-19
For SERVICE MEN

If YOU were in the armed service
during the late war YOU should be
taking stock of your health now, if
you have not done so already.
The government of the United
States through the War Rick In
surance bureau is working ON the
bis job of checking up nthe dis
bilities of discharged men, If you
were INJURED in the war contracted
any disease during your period of
service. or suspect that your health
has been impaired in any way by
reason OF your service, you should
apply to the War Risk Insurance
bureau, Washington, d. c., for GER
tificate of disability. The bureau
VII send you to physician in your
own town for examination, that it
may be determined just what your
state of health is and S likely to be
All this costs you nothing, and you
may be doing an injustice to yourself
if you do not take advantage of the
governments offer within yeal
after your discharge.
If you are in doubt about how tc
proceed in this matter, go to some
well-informed army officer for in
formation. The recruiting station
officers at Brunswick VII be glad to
help you, because they are anxious
to see that ex-service men are salts
fled with the results o. their service
These gentlemen vii not try to drag
You back into the army il you call
upon them for information. They
desire 10 help eliminate causes fQi
dissatisfaction among the men whit
have served with the colors.
An officer of the recruiting ser
vice has given out this stltcmcnt.
which has nothing TO do with re-
cruiting. but much to do with sery-
ms the discharged soldier.
The war has brought the Gov
Crnment face to face with IL
brand new series Of problems.
Starting from thu broad angtcd'
viewpoint that a man who has
been injured in tie service OF his
country is not an object OF chart
" but a person who is entitled
to compensation and medical re-
licf exactly as tho man who suf-
fers hurt at the hands of indus
Try this department is 10 take
all necessary measures to insure
that every person who contracted
disease or suffered an injury in
military service il Inc of duty
shall be recompeE ed therefor.
Also that each man shall receive
such medical and surgical atten-
ton necessary to return him TO
health or to bring the maximum
relief possible in his particular
case.
Any ex-soldier sailor or ma
rine who may need any mechan-
ical device such as false limb,
eye or other apparatus shall be
furnished the same free of cost.
Not only is it intended that
person receive Il remuneration in
the case of disability but that
every means at the command Of
science be used to return him
TO such state Of healtl' and high
decree of physical efficiency "a
possible.
Many men have been die 1arg-
cd from the service with records
showing sound health who have
later developed scrous trouble
,.-,.J, ,,nt,,ro tt,at pnVt lin
that such trouble existed prior to
seaaraton from the service. other
men have developed serious trOu-
bles after discharged from the
service The previous endical hs-
tory OF these cases are nvestgat-
Cd and all eases the soldier
is given the benefit t all doubts
as ii is the nOlcy to be- as broad
in this work as possible.
More than FIVE thousand cases
pass through the Medical depart
ment in Washington every day
a case. every four seconds is 4
passed Gil and action tlken.
The action OF the Government
may seem SLOW in reaching some
Of the cases but the stupendous
task before it is shown by the
figures from the records. There
were 5,C41,470 men called during
the war and it is estimated that
the number discharged GAL 900
men had some form of disability.
The law provides. that man
injured in the war may apply
for a certificate of disability for
hs own protection in case his in
jury gives Inn trouble n the fu-
ture. Many men are not doing
this and are allowing the year Of
rraco tn slim bV