The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-24
AID TO SOLDIERS.
Uncle Sam to Give Disabled
Men Free College Education.
New Newspaper at Funston Will
Explain Restoration Work.
PRIZE FOR THE BEST NAME
Kansas CantOnment Becoming
Great COnvaIeseent Center.
Fighters Go from Camp Into
.s New Vocational Training.

Uncle Sam is going to give every
disabled soldier who wants to take ad-
vantage of 1t, a college education free
of.charge in order that he may become
expert in a vocation that will pay him
as much or more none than the one
he left to respond to his country's CALL
Furthermore, he will have his trans
portation expenses paid to and from
the college, together with. the cost OF
All materials. and receive salary OF
S65 month while engage IN ms
studies The conValescent center VI
Camp Funston, the function OF Whlch
is to give the disabled men the maxi
mum physical restoration conslsteilt
with the nature of their disablllty IN
the shortest possible time is about 10
begin the publication of newspaper
and will award a prize to the soloier
who suggests the best name Tor the
sheet. 20
The newspaper will contain news OF
the restoration work, comment on ex-
ceptional cases and -eep the genera,
nubIic as we'll as the soldiers informed
of the progress of the great ullu nue.
taking. The first number Will be OUT
this week, at vhich time the contest
for the adoption of a name Will pc
opened. 10 49,
sick and wounded men from base nos
debarka ton the final heartenlnS pro
cess preparatory to their discharge. II
consists of four platoons, eacn III
charge of a physical director WORKING
under a medical officer. The wound
ed man first goes into the fourth
nIatoon. where the exercises are hght
and consistent with his physical con-
Cition AS he makes greater progress
toward recovery, he is transferred 10
the second platoon. where the eXer-
TCYIH
the second and first platoons and fin
ally graduates into the company prop
er. receiving a final examination, al
Which time the exact extent OF MS
disability Is recorded before he re-
ce.ves his discharge. During all TINS
time the men are given an educa-
tional course in reading, writing,
arithmetic and other studies to fit
them for the colleg? course they may
take up later.
May Attend College.
All men whose disab' lily amounts to
ten per cent or more, have the prlVl-
lege of attending college and choosing
their own vocational course at the eX-
,pense of Uncle Sam, and it may be
taken up any time within five years
after the discharge has been granted.
The opportunity is open to all sol
diers. in all branches of the service
whether they have been overseas or
not Those injured on this side of the
water are included.
This proposition is handled thru the
federal board of vocational education
and the war risk insurance bureau,
but it is absolutely separate and dis
tinct from the war risk insurance and
the compensation hitherto provided.
It is also independent of the land
project for returned soldiers and sail
ors which the government has acted
upon. 1t is merely another and
proba bly, the most laudable of all the
governments efforts to provide for it s
disabled heroes.
Train For New Vocation.
A mans disability is considered as
ten per cent or more if he is wounded
in such a manner that he is unable to
resume the occupation in which he
was engaged prior to entering the
army. For example, if he was en-
pioyed as a stenographer, and has
lost an arm in the service, he would
no longer be able to follow his original
pursuit and it is the intention of the
government to educate him in a call
ing at which he can make an equal
or greater amount of money.
The convalescent center is divided
into two sections-the line organiZa-
ton, in charge of Capt. +. G. Crowley
and the medical organization, in
charge of Capt. Is. /. Wyatt. The
contest for the selection of a name
for the paper that will appear for the
first time this week is open to every
TO participate. The rules will be ex-
planned in the first issue, according tC
Captain Wyatt