Arizona republican., 1921-09-07
GOVERNOR URGES
 AID FUR DISABLED
 VETERANS' BUREAU

Declaring that the Veterans Bu- reau now is actively engaged in set ting disability claims of ex-service men, Governor Campbell yesterday issued a proclamation calling upon all citizens to operate in the full est extent in bringing these claims before the bureau for speedy settle ment. Following is the proclama- tion:
 WHEREAS, Adequate machinery for the speedy settlement of the claims of our nations disabled ex- service men and women who sus- tained injuries while in defense of America in the great war has been provided by the passage of the Sweet act, approved by President Harding on August g. 1921; and,
 WHEREAS, The Veterans Bureau, comprising the United States public health service. the federal board for vocational education and the bureau of war risk insurance. is now engaged in an effort unparalleled in the his
 tory of the nation to make amends for the delay which has attended the
 settlement of the disability claims of
 our citizen defenders for nearly two f and one-half years since the signing
 of the armistice; and
 WHEREAS, This bureau, under
 Director-in-C Chief Colonel Charles A.
 Forbes and Major Louis T. Grant, district manager of the twelfth dis trict, has inaugurated a cleanup campaign" in which two groups of officers of the bureau are now tour- ing the states of Arizona. California i and Nevada. notice of which is pub
 lished in bulletins displayed in every
 postoffice of this district; and, WHEREAS, These groups have been given authority to act immediately upon the cases which may be pre- sented in person to them by the dis abled veterans; and.
 WHEREAS, A special effort will
 be made at the following points in | Arizona on the dates given:
 Tucson, September IA and 15; Hol- l brook, September 23; Bisbee, Sep | tember Is and r; Winslow, Septem-
 Der 24; Phoenix, September 19 and 20; Kingman. Septen-b Der 26: Pres
 colt, September 21 and .2. to render 1 speedy justice to all disabled veterans 1 who may present themselves with | their honorable discharges and such other affidavits as they may be able to procure, at that time before the examining board; and,
 I WHEREAS, A solemn responsibil- ity rests upon all American citizens | to cooperate and assist in every way possible to bring about speedy ad- IUlnlSlIdllOu Ol JuStlCe tO Ill or Oul citizen defenders in recognition o
 the immeasurable service which they
 rendered in the hour of the nation.
 need: and,
 WHEREAS, The "clean-up cam
 paign' referred to will afford prompt
 and speedy relief to thousands of oul
 injured defenders;
 NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas E Campbell, governor of the state ot ri dn horahxy Col and grateful citizens and upon al patriotic and welfare organization. of this state to cooperate to the fullest extent with the Veterans Bu, reau in this campaign and even a the cost of time and personal sacri- flee to seek out and bring before th' officials of the bureau soon to toul
 our state all disabled ex-service mer and women who have not yet received the we'll deserved assistance whicl
 has been provided for their benefi | by a grateful nation. It is expressl, ; urged that the press give the fulles measure of publicity within thei power to the efforts of fhe fedora government through the Veterans Bureau to speedily bind up thu wounds of those valiant men ans women whose bodies were broken fl the triumphant defense of our be loved America.
 II IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I hav hereunto set my hand and cause'
 the Great Seal of the state of Ari zona to be affixed.
 + Done at Phoenix, the capital. thi Sd day of September. In the year o our Lord 1921.
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL. | Governor of Arizona. ERNEST R. HALL,
 | Secretary of State.