The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-10-29
A. {. +. SOLDIERS IN POOR FARM.
WORLD WAR HEROES NEGLECTED
BY GOVERNMENT; NEED CLOTHING

CHICAGO, Oct. STANDARDIZATION
discioses hat ninety former service
men, most OF them having seen serV-
Ice In France have been f0rmed
to the Cook county tubercular institu-
tlon on the county poor farm at oak
Forest. This investigation resulted
from indignation Expressed by women
who spend their time and money to
materially help and cheer the boys.
The men are sufferers from the
white plague, In all stages, some OF
them In the NAL grip ofath" monster.
The government having contracted
through the public health service
with Cook county TO take care OF
them has turned them over complete
ly TO superintendent Harry Bailey of
the poor farm End to DIR. Henry Wild
man, county physician there.
No One To watch For Men.
There Is no representative OF the
army of public health service who IL
responsible for the treatment of these
former fighters ut the institution. to
see that the contract is enforced, or
that the men get the treatment to
which they are entitled.
To the party Of the second part
is left practically the entire RESPONSE
bllity and authority which could be
assumed by the party Of the first
part"
The government through. the pub
lie health service, OF which DR.. Henry
Witte. with headquarters In the Siegel
Cooper building is the Chicago head
pays Cook county $3.50 n day for.
the care of each OF these men.
Ihe report OF superintendent Bailey
for last year shows hat the county
spent 31.0S08 per capita daily on the.
care OF the tubercular patients. d
This Year $i.25 a Day.
This year Superintendent Bailey
says the per capita cost will probably
reach t1.25 n day. Cook county APP
pears TO be making $l.25 n day on
lis contract with the public health
service, The taxpayers of Cook
county do not want To make money
by exploiting the sick soldiers, and
superintendent Bailey says he doesn't
want TO-.
In fact. he docs not for tho reason
that this $3.50 "a day Is not paid over.
TO the tuberculosis institution for use.
on the soldiers. IL IL paid into the
general fund Of the county. Tho SOL
diers are maintained just as he
charity or the poor pay patient n
maintained out OF tho appropriation
given by the county board to that In
stitution.
Conditions Found Bad.
Bot h public health service dp-
pttAh nut W NC AHt Onit |nllfuA
arm that has temporarily forgotten
thege soldiers. Sailors and me rines-
for there are all classes, Of service
men there. from Illinois. Wisconsin
and Michigan. A great number of
them are Chicago boys. Conditions
were such ar TO make any n blush
for the efficiency OF the government
In caring for h mcn who went into
service to meet death or whatever
canie without red tape delays or
bubbles.
Feet that had helped the American
colors across France and Germany
IRON Brest to .coblenz were, found
bursting through tho hast pair Of
shoes their. soldier owner possessed.
Breasts that had been haired to the
bullets and b%ayOnets that made the
Algonne forest a hell OF death were
again barred to the Autumn winds
through great holes In the owners
last cotton shirt.
Trousyrs Are Tattcrcd.
Once sturdy legs that had taken
their. owners oyer the top Of many a
sheli-xyept trench were almost i'm
m0destly visible through the warp OF
\ -tRsr pair of-wOrk trousers.
Al this because tho red tape OF
the government War Risk Insurance
bureau has withheld from most OF
these lads the $50 a month eompon-