The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-01-15
DISABLED MEN TO
BE NATIONS WARDS
Government Planning to Supply Arti-
fetal Limbs and Provide Adequate
Income for Living.

Income for Living.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-Various
government departments are making
extensive arrangements to care for and
rehabilitate men wounded in the war,
to place them in positions by which
they NAV provide for themselves, to
furnish them with artificial limbs at
government expense and to care for
those who are not able to care for
themselves as long as they may live,
according to a statement issued by the
Red, Cross Institute for Crippled and /
Disabled Men. which is working with /
the government to accomplish these |
ends
The statement is addressed as much |
to the public as to the one-time serv- |
ice men themselves, for it has keen
found in the experience of the allied
nations that public understanding and
appreciation are essential TO the success
of any government programme aimed
at the restoration of the injured to
Iself-support.
These statements have been issued
IN great quantities by the institute in
It's effort to place before the public the
scope of the nation 5 efforts to restore
/ its shattered men to usefulness under
the title of Facts of Interest to the
Disabled Soldier and Sailor Accord
ling TO information conveyed in the an
lnonnccment, many reconstructive meas
ures arc proposed.
The military and naval authorities
viii provide the disabled man not only
with medical care but also with special
treatment to put him in the best con-
dition possible to return to work.
While he is under treatment in recon
struction hospitals maintained by the
Surgeon General of the United States
army and the Surgeon General of the
nited States navy he will be offered
educational advantages which will pro
mote his recovery, put his time to good
use and improve his chances for the
future.
If he has lost an arm or a leg,
temporary artificial limb will be furn-
ished to him at as early date as pos
sible while he is still in the hospital
Later permanent artificial limb of the
most modern type win be provided by
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance It
viii be kept in repair and replaced
when worn out as long as he lives at
government expense
After completion of treatment and
discharge from the army or navy, If
he remains permanently disabled, the
Bureau of War Risks Insurance will
pay its warrior until the end of his
life disability compensation. This com
pensation is paid whether or not the
| 1
: risk insurance. After discharge from
he service, if he is disabled TO any
considerable degree so as to be enti-
lied to compensation for disability, the
soldier or seaman is offered training
FOR a skilled job in which his INJURY
viii not prevent his earning goo6
! wages. Compensation for permanent
disability will not be reduced or il
any way affected by what he may b'
eble to earn. 1t is determined by hi:
: 1hvsical injury alone.
Training after discharge will be pro
!, vided to him at government expense by
= The Federal Board for Vocational Edu
I cation, charged by Congress with thu
: responsibility of restoring him to self
: support
During the course of training, il
!, order that he may have no fnaneia
= worry, the disabled man will receiy
either the same pay as during his las
month in the service or his compensa
ton for disability, whichever is larger
). His family will continue to receive tn
same allotment and allowance as whel
- he was in the servieey
When training is completed the gov
eminent viii find desirable position
= FOR men who are included in the edu
II eational and reconstruetive measure,
r. This service will be performed by tn
'. Federal Board of Vocational Edueatio
h, II cooperation with the United State
i Employment Service
IN Labor unions and employers genera
t. ~ have agreed to cooperate with bot
he governmental departments and til
v, Red Cross in placing disabled me
m where they will be able to assume il
as dependent positions in the world.