The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-23

NJ I'LL TUn U[nllIIuH IL
OF DISABILITY BY SCOTT.
\ far attendance @, cx xservioc
mon Gtlc,ed Lieutenant Eoyes AMI
his party at the meeting at Ccnvcn
ton Kan lAsl night 10 hear OF the
latest rulings regarding relief and
service 10. man who served IN the
army or navy dUiGg the world wp".
Major Hugh Scott, s'atn superb
tcndcut Of public health service, gave
brief outline ot .hc Workings q his
department. explaining tha, - c'A-
Tal Lody hod been organized in Ard.
ra"le, composed oi representatives. ot
the various agencies which have in
thc rast hrca working on yari0li
claims for compensation, medical i-
tpltlon, c,c., ~ IT,, returned soldl"i
ami sllur. Vu" tli use Of this Cc?.
tral body win be In So coordinate
their "u,r'. thG ~ C.: nos viii -"
tErouah ,ho hands CT one person and
tr"> rcvcG oLl cation ord co.,.
qucp. 4 'ay. % secure prompt service
and to crab'o .a, various agencies
to work. together fer the welfare n
the mon ara "r..,h WHO were IN
tiir service.
l'ndor the present arrangement any
rpi son who has or thinks they hay"
claim Tor CONDENSATION should take
their discharge certificate 70 the Red
Cross Home Service station in tho
northeast room at Convention Han,
fin ont forms 52i and $50. then go
to Puhlic Health OFFICER, Dr. Water
Hor1v. for examination. Those WHO
go no. think they have clliin
for compensation arc instructed to
use the same method and apply for
., certificate or disability for tE,r
,Nn protection IN later years. 10
som, instances even whore hospital
records are not available II is rcrom
mcudrd ,hlt application hn made for
tls c,rlificatr in order to obtain
what is known as &C. number '--
. compensation number, which puts
60 man ON records IN such n way
that ii hr latcr dcveiop1 sr'ny dis
ability that is ,racoahlp 10 bis ser
Vie. in the army, hr stands boc-
ter chance Of securing relief
The Importance OF making these
claims for compensation was brought
out ia calling attention to claims for
medical attention, which cannct bo
secured unless claims for compensa
,ion nave been filed Where these
claims have been filed, and medical
attention becomes necessary because
of some disability made worse by
service in the army, incurred in the
army or in ary way tracoahlc To
service. the government viii pay hog
pita fees. transportation meals, etc.
There are some - or 30 hospitals
In me Initcd states which are avail
able for this purooso. Major Scott
emphasized the fact that when blank
forms are filled out, the printed mat
ter in the form should be read care
fully, in order that q man may know
what he is claiming ana also what
nc is signing lie told also Of the
advantages to be gained by joining
Il pos. Of the American Legion, stat
inC that he believed that IN a short
time a great deal OF this work would
be handled through the legion. Fur
thcr. he said the legion does not
cat much ice today, and probably
will not cut n great deal Of ice to-
morrow, but five years from now Il
VIII be a power
Dr. II. T. Holtzclaw, representing
the Federal Vocational Board, eN-
planned how vocational training may
be secured. Three things are nee
essary TO secure vocational training
from this ooard-an honorable dis
charge; disability which interfercs
with the trade or vocation in which
applicant was formerly engaged, or
disability made worse by service.
incurred in service or traceable TO
service: and disability certificate.
lie stated that the only way TO find
cut whether or not vocational train
ing could nc secured was 10 make
application for it in the same man
ner as claim for compensation is
made, using different forms OF course.
Two kinds Of training are provided
actual work in shops factories, etc,
engaged in tho particular line in
which the applicant desires training,
or institutional training in schools.
In Ardmore, anyone entitled to train
ing may be sent to schools which he
may select and which are acceptable
TO the board, anywhere in Oklahoma,
Arkansas or Texas. II he selects a
school outside Of that district he
must pay his own railway fare but
tic board will probably make the
other arrangements regarding tuition,
board, etc. Dr. Holtzclaw said that
az rule a claim for compensation
helps prove eligibility for vocational
training. He stated that lie wanted
it understood that the army has
nothing whatever TO DO with this
training; that the schools are not
schools and that no army
regulations apply--iu other words
first call, fatigue, taps. ETC." are
taboo, and are encountered no more
by man taking vocational training
that O. man in any other form Of civ
ilian eudeavor. lie also stated that
he desired that no one would think
that the government is giving W.
cational training to men; the men
have won it and the government,
through the federal board, IS trying
TO provide them with what is already
theirs,
In the absence Of Mr.. Kelley to ex.
plain war risk insurance II, II. Sayre.