The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-10
Rounding Up the Veterans
An Unattached Fighter
BY FREDERICK J. HAskIN

coming to light of day for the first
time.
An Unattached Fighter
There is, for an example, the case
of c. H. Pearl, Grand Rapids, Mich.
veteran who lost his left hand and arm
as a result of a shrapnel wound in
Cured in the trenches. Pearl is ap-
parently "a soldier without a coun-
try"
1t appears that this unproven vet
eran enlisted in the American ambu-
lance service of the French army in
1917. After serving his enlistment he
applied for transfer to the American
expedionary forces, but on advice OF
/ the attache, he Teentered the French
service for three months. Six months
: later he was wounded and sent to a
! hospital
Four weeks afterward his organiza-
ton was transferred to the United
| States army, but Pearl was not sworn
into the United States service be-
cause he was in the hospital and was
overlooked. Consequently, when re
leased he was a free agent and not
:
/ obtained position with the quarter
! masters department, but his condi
/ ton became worse and he reentered
the hospital. Upon his release he
worked in France and last July came
! back to America.
| When the Michigan cleanup squad
! arrived in Grand Rapids 10 handle 10
! cal claims for compensation, Pearl
gnnliGl 70 II 1,,a IN HE
injuries, but he was unable TO show
! by official records that he had served
the United States during the war
Neither could he prove that he was
] actually in the service Of any coun
/ French hospital
| Nevertheless, Pearl is getting a
| square deal regardless of his inability
| technically to prove that he was ever
! in service. His case is deemed to be
! one of those in which certain tech
| nicalities must be temporarily re.
| moved in favor of simple justice.
| From Michigan also comes a unique
| demand of another veteran for new
| glass eye TO be purchased by the
/ government The former soldier lost
. his eye in service and among other
CCIiIp Sl4SdJ lOuS w DIS d"GIu6u a glass
| eye. A few months ago his glass eye
| was stolen together with his clothes
while he was in swimming. He asked
| the government for a new one immedi,
| etely, but the claim was disallowed.
! Had the eye been broken, the ruling
/ read, it wOul have been replaced, but
| inasmuch as it was stolen the govern
| ment could assume no responsibility
| IN the matter. The veteran asked The
| cleanup squad to make an effort to
| obtain reversal of the decision which
| is now being done.
| Veterans Ingnorant of Rights
! There are many instances of veter
| ans having been found and compen
| stated by cleanup squads, who did not
know that they were entitled to gov
| ornment aid. At Stockton, Cal. a bat
| tie SCARED eX-serVice man desirlne
| compensation came before the clean
up squad. He said he had heart trou
Bile. So slight was his heart ailment
however, that the examining physi
clan found that it would not entitle
him to compensation. But to his grear
surprise he discovered that the We
had scar about 10 inches long and
inches wide on his hip where a muscle
had been shot off
His chief complaint seemed to b.
that he had heart trouble, but he cas-