The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-18
IIlRGED SOLDIERS
Ire URGED TO STUDY

Naw York, March ls,---FSf*nsiou OF
IN the hospitals. hitherto exclusively
&he h%ld OF the Red Cross, hss been
E3SQuested by that relief crren 'z9' tor
Eaecording 70 a statement issuNd bv ~"
AastaeaaI war ss,erk ceynAil " 1s,tsa
Is ~. which ~ IS ra.s-,i r@,-&.--. ~ ~
III Gross the following oorn'unlra-
A1cn from Surreon-Gen"rsl Cor@a'.
srss1f.her~ In quite a held for vonr work
~ connection with tho hospitals. and
$8& 4houid be taken ,rp ~ each hospital
EA4tfou9h the educational officer
EFFORTS to render effective assistance
IN this feld will be made hv the
Ri G. A. through tts department oF
81 ohswtcs1 et3uca'' sud the ciucn
y fional bureau with its program that
has q feature designed especially y"
rive aid to the solution az he employ
kMsent problem
MI sSsasTr The erdemyOr 20 hold down me
#AFncunt of unemployment. the STATE
&anent says. three main stops haTe
saeen taken. Ever since the signing or
F4ha arynistlce Va" have urged sl} e1h
EHNtlonhi secretaries 10 advise Wsu ~
Z 6eneral to ro 'hack TO the homo 1oTu
%atsA The old fob rather frHn ~ unset
s@tle them by presenting fho attractions
@Df unfa n1iiiar city occupations me
szsDne DEFINITE vocational recou7nior17-
S4ion which ws have approved has been
IAN favor OF agriculture Work rms
advice has recently been confirmed fH
Mn n,en1ora ndum from The national
of the United states en-
%Nl0ymeut service IN which we are
&AHged TO follow exactly this Inc
An urgent memorandum has been
sanent 10 all camps, in which secretaries
are requested to support I'm every pos
S3Ih1e way the order of the war depart
nent by whirh men arc allowed 20
Femain In camp instead Of being dis
Aarred, until they have definite pros
bMcfs of en- rlovweni We have re-
efved reports from camps which in
ltAals that an Unexpectedly large
hum Der of men are taking advantage
THE order 20 remain in camp
I'VE are urging that all men who
cAn possibly do 40 SPEND the months
mmediately following discharge ir
fade schools. business schools. Y. NJ
y A. classes, correspondence schools.
koileges or educational institutions OF
SGhef types Such study serves
aoQhle PURPOSE: il acts as buffer oc-
Upation to keep men busy untti labor
EOnditions are normal. and Il quail
yes men to DO better work than pre-
iouriy"
The United States employment ser
rice is considering the suggestion OF
AZ r. NJ. G. A. that IT'S branches have
section devoted 10 the advertisement
pS educa tional opportunities II IL
Expected that the ~ lecture service
ril1 he extended te the hospitals.
~cur types OF mon are now I've n@
F@aehed through Ibis service hc
500 .Uae men in the home camps Who
have not been overseas. the men re-
burning from overseas. permanent
Army detachments and men In naval
Nations For most Of these men
khare liz class work, chiefly In English
Ind vocational subjects
The program of physical work for
tA1ounded soldiers and sailors IN the
3xeciamation hospitals has been APP
41eO~ed by Major Granger. head Of the
division OF the surgeon
A&AkxArs Office. This program is
swvailahle AT all hospitals where the
stnxNdical ofacer requests the eo~opera-
a43oA of the Y. NJ. c, A
E6S purposes Of ella ssihcation. pa
43eGIASp are divided into FIVE groups:
SSV0unded men. those suffering from
sAerSous disorders such as shell shock.
SWaoefere from heart disease. disease
and pulmonary patients,
4ncludsng men who have been ssssed.
S(sAsees, have been devised to nj the
Limitations Of patients In the various
classic ca lions. the aim being 10 pro
wide fscyeation and develop pyhysical
rcwer and ease through competition.