The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-12-28
DISABLED YANKEES
DIE AS us. DALL|ES
Compensation Allowed
After Wars Wounded
Are in Their Graves

NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-Disabied
veterans OF the World war are dying
while agencies Instituted
TO aid them dilly-dally.
OF 100000 ex-so.diers whose dis
ability can be traced definitely to the
rigors OF service 10000 are in hos
pitfalls. Thousands sof others havo
been unnbi. 20 obtain compensation
or vocational training.
Typical cases OF government dalli-
n are found in reports Of Amer
lean Legion officials who have been
investigating. Here are some.
Fourteen wounded soldiers I'm the
q. s. Public Health Service Hospital
No. IL at New Haven. Conn, who
had put In compensation claims for
total disability. all died within the
past few months-although the war
risk bureau had every one Of them
listed as a total temporary" case.
One victim was Private steve CALAIS,
who for "A long time had claimed that
he should be rated ms n total per-
manent disability ease. The Amer
lean Legion took UP his case last
June s.. The claim was turned down,
the chief medical adviser OF the war
risk bureau declaring Oalas' disability
TO be only temporarily total" On
July II Galas died.
John Murray. n gon with tho
Third Field artillery. was shot In the
foot in France. His right leg was
nmputated In Camp Taylor hospital
and he was discharged with an arti-
flcial leg and $40 n month.
-Four, months later this award was
cut TO 1880 n month. on complaint
of the legion II was raised to $50,
and when the Sweet bill was passed
to $50.
Meanwhile Murray developed tu-
berculosls n efforts were MADE to
give him a total permanent dis
ability rating. emitting him to
s175.5O a month. This the war risk
insurance bureau allowed March i6.
1920.
Nearly a month after the award
had ben made. with payments for
nine months due, the legion wired
the bureau:
please expedite checks 50 Murray
can sign them before he dies In order
lo pay his own funeral expenses
The check arrived nine days later
two days after Murray's death.
Private James A. Day is the sub
tect Of the following report by the
legion officials:
This man submitted claim for
compensation ahuuA tAkhA hAbAAAAn
ago. The war risk bureau did moth.
ing about II. Recently his case was
settled by the following letter the
legion sent the bureau:
James A. Day passed away while
you were completing your investiga-
ton and making arrangements. No
doubt his last moments we're very
happy. thinking as he did that you
were 10 successful in obtaining moth
ing for him."
Private Charles II. Theobald. One
Hundred Thirty-ninth Field artillery,
got the flu from overseas exposure.
After being discharged he developed
trouble with a leg. which had to be
ampututed. lie had the operation
performed at his own expense,
The leg Infection was tho direct
result Of illness while In service, nc e
cording to anidavits OF doctors.
He made a claim ror compensation
in December, 1919, but this was de-
Eied In spite of u recommendation
by DIR. Charles II. Bird OF Green's
burg, Ind. government examining
surgeon with the submission OF ad-
ditiOnal affidavits the case was re-
opened last September, hut was still
pending when legion officials made
their last report.
The three government agencies d.
rcctly charged with looking after the
welfare OF eN-sorvice men are asking
congress Ia appropriate S323.0o0. 600
for the next fiscal year, divided as
follows:
Compensation ......... $780, 0O, 900
Vocational training see. 7s,0OO,0O0
Hospital operation. ..., $4,000, 900
New hospitals. ........ 3b,0OO.OOO
Here is the first aid legislation
which the legion seeks to have enact
ed:
Consolidation Of the three bureaus
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