The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-07-04
MONTANA WILL RENDER
AID TO WOUNDED MEN
Veterans Welfare Commission Out
lining Plan to Aid WOunder Sol
diers, Sailors and Marines.

MISSION CollSiSIlHS VI CHlSS lhSi w
appointed by the governor, was Great
ed. The governor appointed MAJOR
C. l.. Sheridan of Bozeman, Captain
William Cults of Butte and Corporal
C. E. Pew of Helena as members OF
his commission.
Commission Outlines Program.
While the commission has only been
in existence a few months, it has ac-
complished a great deal of work IN
getting in touch with the wounded men
in this state and it hopes through
this report to get in touch with more
of the wounded men so that they will
be we'll looked after. The text of the
report to the governor is as follows:
Helena, Montana, June Is, 1919.
Honorable S. V. Stewart, Governor of
Montana, Helena, Montana.
Sir: The Veterans Welfare Com
mission, appointed by you under the
provisions of House Bill No. $40 of
the Sixteenth legislative assembly sub
mits the following reports of its work
to the present time:
The commission, consisting of Ma
ior Charles L. Sheridan of Bozeman,
Captain William Cults of Butte and
Corporal Charles E. Pew Of Helena,
met in Helena on March 10th, 1919,
and organized by the selection OF Ma
ior Sheridan as chairman, Captain
Cults ~vice-chairman and Corporal Pew
as secretary. Helena was designated
as the headquarters Of the commits
sion.
Shortly after the organization OF
the commission, Major Sheridan was
ordered to report at Fort Smelling,
Minnesota, and has since been as
signed to duty, so that he is no longer
in a position to give personal attention
to the business of the the commission.
We respectfully recommend the early
appointment of a successor to Major
Sheridan.
Upon considering house bills Nos.
1852 and $40, the Commission is OF the
opinion that it has but S2OO, 900 at its
disposal. The fund of $4,000 pro-
vided for by house bill No. 262 was
turned over by the commission intact,
the former committee, of which Lieu
tenant Governor Mcdowell was chair
man, having paid their own expenses
in all Investigations conducted by
them. Under the provisions of house
bill No. 80, however, all moneys paid
out of the general fund under house
bill No. 1852 must be paid back out
of the money received under house
bill No. $40, so that $4,000 seems to
be the total amount available.
The general policy of the commits
sion, as established at its first meet
ing, has been as follows.
A. To render assistance in ecur-
ing employment for able1bodied vet
Grams.
3. To devote as much of the fund
as may be necessary to the relief of
sick or wounded veterans.
C. To assist in veteran welfare
work generally, and to compile such
statistics as will be helpful in the &C
Invites of the commission, and as
will enable the commission to disburse
the fund in such a way as to reach
those who are in greatest need of as
s%istance.
The commission found at an early
date that it is impossible to make
loans to able-bodied individuals as
the fund would soon be disposed of
and the most serious need-that of the
wounded men-would find US without
funds. Even in the work of relief
of the wounded we expect the Rec
Cross to continue it's local activities
and relief work.
The commission has appropriated
the sum of $4,000 and will appro
pirate such additional sums as may be
come necessary for the benefit of vet
Grams receiving vocational training
This money will be used to augmen
the government allowance where nee
essary, or for advances to veteran!
during the interval between the tim,
Of discharge and their actual recep
ton in the vocational training school
Each case will be treated on it's mer
it's and advances will be made onl,
upon recommendation of responsible
authority. Payments will be mad
upon the recommendation of the vo
cational training officer after the ad
mission of the applicant to vocation
al training. In case of advances pri
or to such admission the Red eros
chapter in the community from whic.
the applicant comes will ordinaril
be relied upon to s~ubstantiate request
for relief; subject, however, to tn
rule that the Red Cross is expecte
to afford such relief as it's funds ma
warrant and to call upon the commits
sion only for such assistance as tn
Red Cross is unable to furnish.
Relief in cases of wounded men VIII
cannot or who decline to take vocs
tional training will be administers
according to the merits of the case.
Many ideas with refel
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