Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-01-12
Uncle Sam and the
Disabled Soldier
BY DR.. Frank Crane.

Wulle there IS So IuuCu CIAl1C1Sm VI
the Government going on, and now that
the war is over, nobody seems to have
kind word for Uncle Sam, would
like to call attention to one really good
and first class thing heis doing.
The Government has appropriated
$9O,OOO,0O0 to help all those who have
been incapacitated by the war to fit
themselves for jobs
That is quite a tidy sum. Do you
know about it? Are you disabled
soldier, or do you know of one? If so,
here is the chance to find out that the
Country that asked men to fight for 1t
is not altogether ungrateful.
Every week hundreds of service men
are discharged as cured from the Gov
eminent hospitals, and at the same time
returned to civilian status, but these
young men in many cases are not phys
ically and mentally able to take up
their former vocation. The Federal
Board for Vocational Education has
$90,OO0,O0O at it's disposal and is pre-
pared to give training to any disabled
ex-service man honorably discharged
since April Z, 1917, who is unable to
carry on at his former work without a
real handicap and whose condition
makes such training feasible. In this
way the Government has provided a
comparatively happy and independent
future for such men, .,r,
The Government pays men from
$4,000 to $1,000 per month, according
to a mans dependents and the cost OF
living in the locality in which he is
trained. These men are trained at
many of the best professional and trade
schools in the country others are train
ed on the job with some practical firm !;
still others prefer to keep their present
positions and study in night courses
Without training pay in order to adj
vance themselves.
If a mans eligibility can be estab-
lished. he can be almost Immediately
enrolled in a school or placed in train
ing for trade with some firm.
Men from out Of town will be fur
nished free railroad transportation up
ON request and given meals and lodging
where necessary. 60
Lack of schooling does not make a
man ineligible. TheuBoard will ell
deavor to train the most illiterate
foreigners. Many men think it is nee
essary for them to leave home towns In
order to get training Of any sort. AS
the Board places a great many men IN
placement training on the job 1T is
quite possible that man can live at
home while taking training.
If any man has reason why ne
cannot accept vocational training at
the hands of the Federal Board, ne IS
urged to bring that reason to the at
atention of the Board. If he is right,
his case will be retired to the Board,
inactive files until he wishes to open II
again. If he has been misinformed'
the Board will set him right. Inc
Board states it is continually running
into men who do not know that they
NAV be entitled, for instance, to com
pensation from the War Risk lnsur-
ance Bureau. and also to training under
the Federal Board.
Yoy may have heard eX-sOldiers or
others say that the Government drafted
them to fight, and now that it's all over,
it tse:them aside. and cares nothing
for them, /
If YOU have read what I have writ
ten here you know it is not so.
All that you have to do is to write
to the Federal Board for Vocational
Education, % West Firty-third Street
New York City, and you will receive
full information.
That does not mean you may have tC
come to New York The Board has
branches all over the County in almost
every large city. But you can write
to the New York Office and find out.
If you are in any way disabled why
not receive this help? You are en-
titled to it, and the Board is anxious tt
find you.-Copyright, 1920, by Franz
Crane.