Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-08-17
In Regard to Disable Ex-Soi
Sdiers Of Edgefield County.

TO disable E8-ool
diers of Edgefield County.
One of the greatest problems
the United States has had to
Ssince the war ended has been
thst of adjusting the compensation
which the disabled war veterans
were entitled to. The Bureau of1War
ER5sk Insurance has had the task of
ll.attending to this matter and from all
parts Of the country there has been
much dissatisfaction at the manner
which the Bureau of War Risk In
|shrance has dealt with the disabled
Veteran. There has been a lot of red
tape and much confusion and the
result has been that some. f the dis
|abaed men received adequate COM
pensatioh, while on the other hand
there are thousands who are not re-
eeiging what they are entitled to re-
|eeiRe and there are some cases where
disabled ex-soldiers are receiving no
compensation whatsoever. The Gov
eminent wants to do the right
thing and the confusion and
apparent unjust discrimination is. no
doubt due to the vast task which has
confronted the Bureau in that de-
paTtment has had thousands and
thousands of claims to handle and
when one takes the fact into consid-
eration that no matter how. closely
the rules and regulations of this de-
partment may have been followed, it
issuch a huge task that mistakes
would have been made had the Bu-
reau Sof War Risk insurance been a
hundred per cent efficient as an or
gaIization and from what I have
heard andsseen of its work in con-
nection with the claims of men from
this County, / feel absolutely no hes
litancy in saying that the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance has been mis-
managed and been absolutely an
organization; full Of chaos from with
IN.
Col Forbes, the director of the
Bureau seems to be, cognizant of the
fact that thousands of disabled vet
erans are not receiving what is their
.diies 5i from the hands Of the richest
and most power Go eminent in
INA a: view Il asass
ing the situation Col. Forbes has in
augurated what has been termed a
"Clean up Campaign" all over the
United States for the purpose of get
ting every disabled man, who is not
already receiving as much as he
should receive, cared for by ade-
quate compensation. This clean up
campaign begins in South Carolina
on August the Is and the Federal
Board has fixed an itinerary for the
"Clean up Squad"
Aiken will be Headquarters for
Edgefield, Saluda, and Aiken coun-
ties. This Clean up Squad will be in
charge of representative from the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance and
will consist of an experienced man
from the Bureau, a Doctor to exam
inc all claimants, Red Cross repre-
sentative and a representative from
the Natational Headquarters of the
Legion. The DR.. will have all. facil-
tiles for the filling Of all claims with
the government. The representative
from the Bureau will be supplied
with transportation and meal and
lodging requests, which will be is
sued to ex-service men so that they
will have free transportation to re-
turn to their various homes and so
that they may obtain meals and lod-
ging free, if they care to do so while
in Aiken.
This Clean Up Squad will be in
Aiken on August the 81, and if there
are any ex-soldiers in. this county
who believe they are entitled to
more compensation than they are
receiving at present, if they will
send their names in, shall be glad
to give them any information in con-
nection with this matter.
From what has come under my
personal observation, it is certainly
high time for the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance to put out Clean up
Squad to adjust the claims of ex-
service men, not only in those cases
where men are disabled and need
help, but also in those cases where
men of full physical ability are re-
ceiving more than they deserve.
There are lot of ex-soldiers of
both the white and negro race are