The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-11
SOLDIER RELIEF INQUIRY

thorough vestigaton of all the agencies for relief of our disabled veterans of the world war is now assured, following adoption by the senate of the Walsh resolution.
 These include the bureau of war risk insur 3nce the United States public health service and the federal board for vocational education A select committee of five senators is author izcd to probe into the activities of all these bureaus and report to the senate its findings, together with recommendations for such amendments and changes in cNsistin@ laws as it may deem necessary for the cNsistn% laws u~ mor service men and their departments"
 This iuvr~ti@atiou appears to be fully iu~ti- fled by the persistent complaints from the ~ic, and wounded soldiers that they are now Irrriv- ing the attention and care to whicl they arr cn. titled and which congress intended they should have.
 Senators and representatives have been overwhelmed by these statements Men sui frriug from tuberculosis are rendered p"nni- less through inability to secure action on their allowances; others have been obliged to for felt their insurance policies because of delay in securing their pay; others are not receiving proper medical treatment and arc uuartrrcd in hospitals that are ovcrcroWdcd anal not adapt eel to the purpose for which they are used. These and multitude of other complaints con tinuc to pour in upon the members of congress. until they are ready for an investigation and will develop the cause and point the way to d practical remedy.
 President Harding had been in office but d few weeks when he named an advisory com mlttee to make d survey of the disqualification and care of former service mon, having been convinced that some definite action should he taken quickly. That committee functioncd at once and as a result there has been d material Improvement in the situation. War risk cases are being expedited, disqualification measures are we'll under way and vocational training has been improved.
 And yet the flood of complaints continue Thousands of soldiers and sailors who fought the battle of the republic feel they are neglect eel by an ngrateful country, and the chorus of protests grows louder. It is evident that there Is something radically wrong in the system, something which cries for specific remedy and 1t is the purpose of the senate committee to discover the defects if possible
 According to chart which was published in the Congressional Record on May ?, there are about 25,OOO veterans of the world war in hos pltais, of whom l1,OOO are in government hos pitals and the other 10000 in contract hos pitals. There are 10000 others in need of hos pital treatment. At the last session of con gross $lS,OOO,OOO was appropriated for new hospitals, which sum it is estimated will be suf- ficient to care for 1000 patients, leaving 13,OOO incapacitatcd veterans to be accommodated Tuberculosis patients are increasing at the rate of 300 a month.
 Congress has been liberal in its appropria- tions for the of the sick and wounded for mer service men and for vocational training This IS conceded by the most emphatic critics of existing conditions, and by the veterans themselves No chacsa of stin2iness Of ungrot- itude can lie against the government, so far as providing funds is concerned so that it is gen eral opinion that the fault lies solely in the administration of the relief measures.
 It is probable that a number of changes in the laws will be found necessary in order to cut