Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-09
Many Unable to
Obtain Awards
Compensation Allowed After Wars
Wounded ARE In Tlleir Graves

N"unoed arr ~ itifir ofaNe>
NEW YORK. Jan. S.-Disablcd vet.
srana a. the Wosld war are dying
while government agencies Instituted
% aid them dilly daily.
OF a0o.O00 ex.soldicrs whoe disih.l.
ny can be traced definitely % The re
.rs OF service 2oOo0 are in hospitals.
Thousands II others have lsyn unable
{ obtain compensation o. vocational
training.
TYPICAL cases II government dam.
ance are found IN rcporiz q American
Legion Officials who have been inycs'f
eating. Here are some:
Fourteen wounded soldiers Ca tho
L. s. Public Health Scryicc llospii ]
No. 81 nc New Haven. Conn. wh)
had put IN compensation claims t0f
tulal disability. all died within the
past few months-aithUugh the War
Risk Bureau had everyone % them
lifted as a total Temporary" case.
One victim was Private steve Gaia1.
who for a long time had chained Tint
be should be rated a. a total pcrml.
nent disability cas- The American
Legion took up hls case last June =.
The claim was turned down. the chief
medical adviser q: 'hc War Risk Bu.
reau declaring Galas disability 60 he
only temporarily total ON July ~
CALAIS died.
John Murray. wagner With the
Third Field Artillery. was shf@ in the
foot IN France His rlght log VS.
nmputated in camp Taylor hospital
and he was discharged with an aril'
nciAl leg and $40 a month
-Four months later this award wns
cut a. us.s0 a month. on complaint
of the Legion IL was raised o. So. and
when the Sweet ban vas passed 10
$50.
Meanwhile Murray Developed tub, I.
cuiosis and efforts were made o. give
him a total permanent disability roe
Ing. cntltlin CHIN O. 1880 q monih
THIS thu War Risk Insurance Bureau
allowed March Is. 1890.
Nearly a month after the award hsl
been made. with payments ior uirf
months due. the Legion wlrcl ih, be-
reau;
''rlease expedite checks ~ Murray
can sign them before h. de- 81 ord =
20 pay his own funeral expenses.
The check arrived nine DAYS htss
two days after Murrays death.
Private James A Day u ihe sub.
sect Of the following report hy the Le'
gion officials
This man submitted claim for COM.
persation about .igh; months agn
The War Risk nur,ai did nothing
aooui H. Recently his ease was 81.
ted by the following letter the Lsgioa
sent the bureau:
James A. Day passed away VII .
you were completing your iav'si.e'.
lion and making arrangements ~
. doubt his last moments were very
happy. thinking as he did that yuu
were No successful In obtaining moth.
Ing for him."
Private Charles Il Theuhald. l3sih
Field Artillery. got the flu from over
seas exposure. After being discharged
he developed trouble with @ Lex. which
Ind 10 he amputatei IL had The
operation pSsfcrlae1 NJ his eva "a
penss.
The leg infection was The direct ".
s1lt o. Illness NhiN ~ rffNlats AcNt'N'
ing 10 affidavits Of doctors.
lie made a daim Tor compensate
On December. 1919. but this was de
MED IN spite q accommodation ~
DR.. Charles X. Bird u Grc.nsburg.
Ind. government examining surgeon
With the Submission q additional ri
fidayits the case was rcopcncd last
September. but was stan pcndinE whel
Legion officials made their last report.
The three government agencies %
rcctly charged with ;ooking after n
welfare q ex-servlce men are gskinz
Congress 20 appropriate s323.ooo .oes
f>x the next fiscal yeag. divided a.
follows:
Compensation .-s... ..... .s4ee'e''Vv'
Vocational training ....... 1s.o'c.ee'
Hospital operation ....... toeee 90
New hospitals ....l ...... $1,000 o.
Here II the First aid" legislator
which the Legion seeks 10 have -
acted:
Constellation az the three bureau
uTser one executive department.
HeEpitai treatment for all veteran
.WmAaR hy serylce. -.