Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-10-19

available to clerical help. With the
additional space it is thought that the
government will discontinue the rent
ing of private buildings for govern
ment work and thus save many hun
dredS of thousands of dollars a year.
1t is pointed out that one of the
greatest examples of an archives build
ing is shown in the land office build
ing, which is now about 90 per cent
used for files of the government. This
building, it is said, is one of the best
office buildings in the city and cost
about million dollars to build.
The archives building is the begin
ming of the Identification of the Mall,
which was started by the government
several years ago. Following the
starting of the archives building, it is
probable that the public buildings COM
mission will recommend to congress
this fall program for government
buildings in Washington that will be
in keeping with the beauty and utility
of the governments aim and the plans
VI lilS IlIlS arts COulIHlSSlOu-
The government now is paying about
100000 less u year for the rental of
private quarters for government use
than it was when the public buildings
commission was authorized, it is said.
The commission was given an appro-
priation of $4,000 when it began work
and to date has expended less than
half of it.
The work of the commission in hous-
ing the government bureaus has pro-
crossed so favorably during the exist
ence of that body and the lessening Of
work incident to the war is such, that
many of the temporary buildings are
to be torn down soon.
1t has been announced that CorcOran
courts, the council of national defense
building and Sanda court, in the state,
war and navy department building,
will be demolished soon. A new build
ing that will be a distinct addition to
the Mall is nearing completion. 1t is
the building in which the works of art
owned by the government are to be
housed. These valuable works of art
are now either stored or are taken
care of in the national museum. 1t is
hoped to be able to open this National
Gallery of Art yet this fall.
Good Work of Army Hospitals.
Eighteen months ago there were Co.,
$40 soldier patients undergoing treat
ment in the army general hospitals in
the United States, and of this number
%, 800 or 43 per cent were receiving
the benefits of reconstruction treat
ment BY last December this number
had fallen to 1850, of whom Ii, S75 or
&C sper cent were undergoing recon-
struction. On July l of this year 6,751
remained in the hospitals, and of this
number 4,SQS or II per cent were I'M
dergoing reconstruction. Sept. IS,
when the latest reports were made,
from the hospitals, only 1929 enlisted
men and 457 officers remained under
treatment in the army general hospi-'
tails.
Of the enlisted men, only 1,116, and
of the officers only $50 were overseas
patients. The percentage of those in
hospitals who are receiving reconstruc-
ton treatment is steadily increasing,
while the number of war patients is
constantly decreasing. Only the other
day the secretary of war announced
that the army has now nearly COM
pleted it's task of treating the sick
and wounded of the world war. That
the system adopted and followed by
the war department for the rehabilita-
ton of the disabled soldiers has been
productive of highly satisfactory re-
suits is evidenced by the volume Of
letters received at the department ex-
pressing the appreciation of patients,
parents and relatives.
Most of the Patients Cured.
"What has become of all Of those
thousands of shell-torn, shell-shOcked,
and shell-racked patients that looked
to Uncle Sam to restore them to use
full status?" asked the secretary of
war the other day, in discussing the
work done for the disabled soldiers.
Answering his own question, the sec
rotary said: "a few have made the
supreme sacrifice and have gone to
join their comrades, who persisted on
the field of battle or in the hospitals
of France The vast majority, how
ever, have been discharged either as
cured or as having reached the maxi
mum Improvement expected in their in
dividual cases. Why do we see so few
on the streets with crltches at the
present time? 1t is because the for
mer service man with missing leg
has been supplied by the government
with the finest type of artificial limb,
which permits him to walk about unnO-
ticed with men of normal extremities."
The chain of army hospitals estab-
lished in this country during the world
war has gradually dwindled until only
eight remain. These are at Hot
Springs, Ark: Denver, Colo; Wash
ington, D. c.; San Francisco Cal;
Staten Island, n. Y; FIT. Mcpherson,
Ga; FIT. Sheridan, ILL.,; and Oteen,
n. c. None of these hospitals is now
operating at capacity. All that has
been said here refers TO the govern
ment's care for soldiers still on its pay
roll. OF the vast force of 100000
soldiers demobiliZed since November,
1915, many still require hospital treat
ment, and many others, the govern
ment assumes, will at some future
time require treatment for conditions
resulting from their military service.
The care of these discharged soldiers
does not devolve on the war depart
ment, but under congressional legisla-
tion is pIaced in the hands of the