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Evening star., 1921-02-13

He may fall afoul the flawse of some
of them over patronage, which would
be natural enough if it should come
about. but it is thought by his col
leagues that he will remember the
sad experience of President Garfield,
and take wisdom therefrom. He widI
therefore be in peculiarly advan-
tageous position to keep. in close
touch with the Senate as the ratifying
branch of treaty making, and be
aware of the existence of dangerous
hurdles before he rides up on them.
x x y
One difficulty which republicans ap-
prehend in early formulation of legis-
lative policies is the existence of the
new blood" in the House and Senate.
and especially the proportion of it in
the House. Probably good many of
the new representatives do not them
selves know just what they will do
as to policies and will let circum-
stances as they arise bend them.
There is speculation how far the
congress VIII De dpie 10 MAINTAIN It's
distinctiveness as a coordinate branch
Of the government. free from being
unduly swayed by the executive 1t has
been the fashion, in the past two
years especially, to rail out in Con-
gress against Executive domination"
Reams of debate on the subject clutter
the records. 1t would not be far from j.
a shrewd guess that Senator Harding's
speeches will show some such utter
ances. ,t.
Skinny on your side" has been the
insistent demand IN Congress while
there was q democratic President in
the White House. How will 1t be under
President Harding? a..t.
(ospyEisht. ls2l. By The Warrington staf.)
Evening star., 1921-02-13
LEGISLATION Is Under Way
to Remedy Conditions
Nearing Scandal.
PLEDGE of Lincoln Recalled
to Care for Him Who
Bore the Battle.

problems of the disabled former
soldiers. according to Senator Cap.
per and Representative Rogers.
The hearings on the Rogers biff
before the House interstate and
foreign commerce committee bear
this out. The argument for re-
organization of the whole ma
chinery has been directed against
the system. rather than against the
administration. though the ad-
ministration has come in for IT'S
share of hard knocks. An
outstanding complaint is delay.
Justice delayed is Justice denied,
the ex-service men say.
The Secretary of the Treasury
is reported to have expressed the
opinion that the bureau of war
risk insurance and the public
health service could well be trans
ferred to some other branch of
the executive, since their activ-
tiles have no relation to the fiscal
operations of the government.
Col. E G.. Cholmeley-Jones direc-
tor of the bureau of war risk in
surance, agrees that it is unsatis-
factory to administer separately
the several services to former,
service men, and the surgeon gem
eral of the public health service
is quoted as having recommended
some measure of coordination.
The board for federal vocational
education, however, has not look
ed with favor on a merger.
The testimony before the House
committee when the Rogers bill
was being considered revealed de-
lays in the operation of the sys- 8
tenn of aid for the former service
men that were tragic. o..
1t was shown, for instance, by
witnesses, that six weeks consti-
tutes the average period required
for the machinery to unwind after
a man makes application for gov
Ornamental aid, while in many cases
the delay has continued for six
months or year.
1t was shown, too, that many men
in hospitals with dependent families
have never received a dollar of
compensa ton to which they aSe en-
titled. Thousands of men ceasing to
be war risk bureau patients be-
cause they were ready for voca-
tional training lost compensation
because when they were dropped
from the war risk roll there was
delay in having their names placed
on the vocational training roll.
OF the 1900 hospitals in which
the former service men are cared
for. less than 100 are government
owned or controlled. The men are
farmed out to the others. and IT
has been impossible for the govern
ment to supervise all these hospi-
tails. Men who are tubercular, it
was testified, have not received the
treatment to which they are en-
titled.
Further, it was brought out that
a total of 100000 has been over
paid to men who were not dropped
from the war risk bureau roll at
the same time they were placed IN
the vocational training roll, and that
the war risk bureau has been trying
to get back some $10.00O.000 over
payment of allotments and allow
ances disbursed because there was
delay extending for weeks and some
times for months between the dis
charge of soldiers and the receipt
CONTINUED on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1921-02-13
Official Red Tape Imposes
Unnecessary Hardships
on Disabled Men.
CONGRESS Stirred to Action
by Public Indignation
Over Revelations.

ing, and all disabled men Tempo
rarily unable to follow any gain
full occupation. The bill also ex-
tends the time in which ex-service
men may apply for hospital treat
ment from one year after dis
charge to one year after the pas
sage of the act.
4. Retirement for disabled Off
GERS of the emergency forces on the
same footing that retirement is
now enjoyed by officers of the
Regular Army. Incidentally, this
has already been granted the emer-
rency officers of the Navy. 1t is un-
gust to discriminate between the
dirr9aed emergency officers Of the
Army and those Of the Navy, and
also unjust to accord different
treatment to the disabled emer-
gency officers and the regular Of
ficers Of the Army.
4 X X x
The country and Congress are
nitude of the task Of caring for
the disabled men who took part in
the world war. In the contro-
versy which has waged over
whether the soldiers should be
given a bonus" the troubles Of
the wounded, the diseased and the
insane have been more or less
cast into the background. There
has never been any controversy
oyer the fact that the fullest aid
should be granted the disabled
men. Every one has agreed to
that proposition. 1t merely has
not been done, as the facts
brought to light in recent weeks
have indicated.
Figures are dry reading. But
they sometimes tell graphic tales.
For instance, $4,000 men who
donned the uniform Of the United
States during the war hold dis
charges which Indicate various
degrees Of disability. Already
.268,S02 of these men have been
judged 10 per cent or more dis
abled and entitled to compensa-
tion under the war risk insurance
act. More than 125. 900 Of them
have been pronounced vocational
ly handicapped. and $4,000 Of them
are receiving vocational training
from the government.
1t is estimated that 10000 men
with disabilities traceable to. their
service have asked and received.
hospital treatment from the. gov
eminent. 1t is said that 5000
enter the hospitals every month,
against $500 who leave the hos
pitals-an increase Of 1900 men
seeking hospital treatment every
thirty days.
The disabilities of the men have
been classified to a considerable
extent. OF the $4,000 discharged
with disabilities. 46.310 have been
classed as tubercular. 7s,5Ss as
mental and nervous cases, $4,000
as surgical. 62,8s9 as eye, ear,
nose and throat cases, 22,s47 as
miscellaneous. and 229,3S8 as
medical. The rest have not been
classified.
+ + 4
When Congress put through the
war risk insurance act and the
vocational rehabilitation act IT was
inclined to pat itself on the back.
It seemed that the last thing in
the way Of aid for the disabled
had been accomplished. The legis-
lation was good, there is no doubt,
and has accomplished good. But,
judging from the protests. the op-
Evening star., 1921-02-13

He is not known to be "at outs
with any senator. and factional differ
ences are said to be at the minimum.
There are shadings of differences of
opinion, but they are not classed as
pronounced enough to warrant per-
sona1 estrangement or even GOODNESS.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
Shows But Few Outward Signs Profound Changes Due March

a-horseback, hitch his nag until he
took the oath Of Office. and then en-
Bile back to the White House through
the mud on Pennsylvania avenues In
times which the oldest Inhabitants
can recall Washington at this period
before Inauguration would be bustling
Evening star., 1921-02-13
BY G. GoUL1 LINCOLN.

YNCLE SAM who has been
nodding while disabled
soldiers of the world war
failed of proper care and
compensation, is lat last oelns
prodded into actioIl. 1t is time, II
the testimony given before con-
mittees of Congress can be be-
lieyed. For there are former SOL
diers in hospitals today. two years
and two months after the cessation
of hostilities-someo of them with
dependent families who have not
received a nickel of the govern
ment compensation to which they
are entitled. Applicants for COM
pensation for vocational training
and even for hospital treatment
Uait for months bdfore awards are
made.
Abraham Linco11. WHOSE birth
day was celebrated yesterday.
touched the high 4ote IN his Sec
.ond inaugural address. urging the
proper care OF meh who bore the
brunt Of battle fof their country's
sake. He said:
with malic> teFard none. with
charity for all 18th firmness in
the right as God gives US to see the
right. let us stri>,elon to finish the
work we are in. toibind up the ma
tion's wounds, to c&re for him who
shall have borne tip battle and for
his widow and lf.s Orphan. to do all
which may achieve and cherish a
iust and LASTING pe&ce among our
selves and with aIHnations"
4 = +
The civil war Wis drawing to a
close, and Lacoln lsaw clearly the
problems thar awa3ted the disabled
men and their dep ependents. And
now. more than two years after
the close Of another great war It
appears that the mfchtnerys estab,
lished to care for tie disabled SOL
diers is out of gesF. Consequently
senators and Representatives in
Congress are getting behind pro-
gram Of relief Il lsEislation-already
sponsored by tk American Legion
which seeks ITO accomplish the
following pp1boses:
1. The ee6solidation Of the gov
ernment agencies which have to do
with ~ disabled veterans into one
buree6 in the Depsrtment OF the
IuIkrior. This means the war risk
Assurance bureau. which looks
after the compensation Of the dis
abled; the Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education. which seeks to
train the disabled to play their
parts in the workaday world
again. and the public health serv-
ice which looks after the ills OF
these men.
2. The erection Of sufficient hos
o;ta1s to care for the men who need
medical attention.
2. The enactment Of legislation
contained in the so-called Wason
bin. which has passed the House.
but has been tied up in the Senate
finance committee for the last eight
or ten months. This measure pro-
yides for the establishment of four
teen regional branches Of the war
risk insurance bureau and as many
suboffices as may be needed. 1t
makes possible the payment OF
premiums on the government in
surance through any post ofhce.
and relieves from the payment of
premiums on their government in
surance all disabled men in hos
pitals or taking vocational train
Evening star., 1921-02-13

paying about SO day for the care
of the former service men in some
1900 hospitals. asylums and other in
stitutions, where they have been
placed. The revelation of these facts
due in large part to the activities of
the American Legion and other or
ganzations of the veterans-has
spurred Congress to tackle the prob
lem of providing additional govern
ment hospital facilities as speedily
as possible.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
now in conference carries s6,1oO,o0O
to provide 2,275 additional hospital
beds for patients of the bureau of
war risk insurance and the Federal
Board of Vocational Education, at
the following places: Boston,
New York, Perryville. Nd; Nor
folk, Va; Whipple Barracks, Ariz.;
Chicago, Lake City. Fla: Atlanta,
Louisville, Fort Bayard, n. M;
Evansville, Ind. and Pittsburgh.
Of this sum 100000 is to be avail
able for increasing the hospital
facilities at Fort Mckenzie, Wyo.,
and Fort Walla Walla, Wash. The
Secretary of the Treasury is direct
ed to take over Immediately those
forts for this purpose. He is direct
ed to take over Immediately these
Roots, Ark.
Further the bill carries ST., 900
to be used to erect or purchase ad-
ditional hospitals. the Secretary of
War being authorized to select the
site with the approval Of the Presi-
dent.
The Langley bill, which passed the
House, proposes the erection of five
new hospitals at a cost of $2,500,000
each, one in the central Atlantic
states. one in the Great Lakes re-
gion, one in the central southwest
ern states one in the, Rocky noun
tain states, and one in southern
California. This measure contain
plates The expenditure of 100000.
to improve hospital facilities at J.
Fort Mckenzie and Fort Walla
w:aii1 ~fth Instructions that these
forts be turned over to the Sec
retary Of the Treasury.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
made valiant efforts during the con-
sideration Of the sundry civil bill in
the Senate, to have the amount, for
disqualification increased to approxi-
mately $30,o00,0oo. $15.0o0.00O to be
Immediately available and the re-.
mainder to become available during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922
He had the backing Of number Of
other senators in this effort, but the
members of the committee on appro-
priations insisted that it would be
physically impossible for the gov
hospitals during the coming year.
and, although expressing great will
ingness to make all necessary ex-
penditures. declined to accede to the
amendment proposed by Senator
Robinson.
x X X x
What will be the upshot of the ef-
forts to merge the various govern
ment agencies now looking after the
needs of the disabled soldiers re-
mains to be seen. Senator Capper
has fathered bill for this purpose
in the Senate. and Representative
Rogers of Massachusetts, has intro
duced a similar measure in the
House.
There is grave need of read
iustment which will connect the
The mirror., 1921-03-10
Saltwater Minnesota, Thursday March 10, 1921.
TRUTH ABOUT THE so. CALLED~WlLD TRIBES
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which is 10,500,000. When, there
fore, writers speak of a people just
being redeemed from the abyss of
savagery, the statement applies only
to this insignificant portion of the en-
tire population of the archipelago. 1t
does not apply to the other portion,
the 100000 civilized and up-to-
the-minute Christian Filipinos, trans
formed into mediaval Europeans long
before the Americans came, today fast
being Americanized, and actually con-
Quoting a republican form of govern
ment, unbaffled by its intricacies. Yet,
the general impression of America is
that all the inhabitants of the Philip
pines are as fresh from the paleolithic
stage as a newly-hatched chick is from
its egg.
The most numerous of the so-called
pagan tribes are the Igorots of Luzon
and the Moros of Mindanao. The
latter, however, are Mohammedans,
and have civilization of their own.
In intensive cultivation of the soil,
in the way the Igorots cultivate the
steepest mountain side, this world and
age have yet to look for their super
iors. One has to see the rice terraces
of the sub-province of Ifugao rising
like giant steps up the sides of steep
mountain canyons to height of three
thousand feet or more, if he would
realize the colossal industrial under
taking, the marvellous engineering &C
complishments of these simple people.
In the words of an American writer,
those terraces present an inspiring
sight; and viewed in connection with
the primitive condition of the people,
there is nothing comparable to them
in the world. The pyramids of
Cheops, or the tallest skyscraper in
New York would appear Insignificant
beside these clear-cut, Herculean
achievements of the worship
ping Igorot:" Water is conducted in
bamboo conduits or bitches for long
distances along the mountain ridges.
These terraces have won the admira-
tion of world engineers. 1t is csti-
mated that they have total length
of over $4,000 miles, while their walls
average s feet in height, and were
constructed by hand-laid rubble with
no cementing ingredients.
What is now known as the Bureau
ofPublic Works started in 1901, with
the consulting engineer to the Philip
pine commission as the chief and with
an engineering representative as
member of each provincial board
throughout the Islands.
The insular government of the
Philippines is farther advanced in ef-
fcient machinery for public works
development than is the United
States. With modified English bud
get>system covering annual appropria-
tions of funds; laws so drafted that
every project of an engineering char
acter becomes an insular (same as our
nationally one when any insular money
is applied to that project; practically
all engineering activities-provincial
and municipal - centered in the
Bureau of Public Works where there
The mirror., 1921-03-10

alton OF lnSular, provincial and NUM-
cipal laws; in design; in construction
methods; in inspection; distribution
of construction equipment; all these
make for the maximum of efficiency.
The early building construction
was of timber, dhobe rock "a sort of
volcanic lava that is easily barred out
and smoothed off with axes), corral
and bamboo. The native houses are
small, of bamboo with nipa or grass
roof. The better classes used timber
construction with clay tile roof. To-
day reinforced concrete and galvan-
lied iron are used with increasing
favor. In reinforced concrete con-
struction the Philippine Islands are
several years ahead of the United
States.
In 1901 it was impossible in the
rainy season to get mile out of any
city or town because of the mud and
lack of bridges. Today there are
2,541 miles of frst-class road, I252
miles of second-class road, 1914 miles
of third-class road and 1926 miles of
steel, concrete, stone or brick bridges
and culverts. Men who have travelled
the world over have stated that in no
place have they found macadam roads
or reinforced concrete bridges COM
parable to those in the Philippine Is
lands. The annual expenditure to-
day on this class of construction alone
approximates four and a half million
dollars.
The original railroad SYSTEM was
known as the Manila -Dagupan Rail
way Company, an English-built road,
running from Manila north one hun
dred miles. There are at present 755
miles of railroad in operation. The
city of Manila operates in addition SO
miles of electric railway.
The lighthouse problem was hard
one, in that there are 5000 separate
islands in the Philippine archipelago.
However, mariners pronounce it the
best existing system in the Far East.
Where formerly all vessels dis
charged their cargoes on lighters,
steamers, now tie up alongside modern
docks. Many large sugar or other
industrial stations have private docks,
some with conveyors from the dock to
the factories.
The insular government has re-
Gently initiated freeport at Manila
that will entail an expenditure OF
S16,OOO,OOO to $20,000,O0O. This
will permit the United States to have
throughout the Orient and Far East
a commercial base for the distribu-
ton of American commodities.
The pacific conquest of the noun
tain people, as well as of the Moros
of Mindanao, is fast being achieved.
Head-hunting is now dim memory.
The Moro bandits of the south have
settled down. The land where
Pershing first made his name is being
completely transfgured. The creed
of Jesus Christ is enlisting believer
after believer. Trade and intercourse
are hurrying with their stimulating
touch.
The mirror., 1921-03-10
Vol. XXXIV: No. 32l

The summer capital of the Philip
pine Islands (Baguio) is located in
the heart of the mountains of North
ern Luzon, where Igorots abound.
Daily, multitudes of them can be seen
coming down from their homes
among the pine trees, bringing the
products of the their plantations to
the market, buying of the Christian
Filipinos whatever objects attract
their taste, and otherwise mingling
peacefully with the visitors from the
lowlands. Daily, they can be seen
serving as walters in hotels, working
as messengers and statesmen in stores,
or acting as guides through the fast
nesses of mountain. In recognition of
their. civic virtue, the charter of the
city provides that there shall be an
advisory council composed of Igorots.
Igorots play baseball and tennis; they
send their children to school. Many
of them are in the University of the
Philippines. Some are professional
men.
The same process goes on simulta-
neously in the fertile islands of Min
danao and elsewhere where nom
Christian peoples can be found.
Thousands of pesos are appropriated
every year from the pockets of the
ten million Christian Filipinos and
spent for the n-Christian tribes in
the form of schools, hospitals and
agricultural implements. Teachers,
doctors and nurses from all over the
Islands are carrying message of good
will wherever they go. The nom
Christian peoples are actually repre-
sented in the National Legislature of
the Philippine Islands, there being
one Igorot, one Ifugao and two Moro
congressman in that body. 1--WE are
one in spirit, one in BLOOD" said the
foremost citizen of the Moro people,
Senator Hadji Butu.
In the Second Liberty Loan, the
lgorots alone subscribed $4,7OO. They
gave it for the Great White Apo be-
yond the seas Woodrow Wilson), a
free man fighting for free men," They
gave it on the plea that the Great
Apo was asking them all Ito help him
win freedom for all the world" Con-
slider the extreme poverty of these
brave and promising people; consider
their distance from the arena of the
conflict; think of their mountain huts
and of the scanty knowledge of world
affairs; and then measure the splen-
didness of the gift by the spirit back
of it!
1t will surely be question of only
a decade or so when the non-Chris-
tian peoples of the Philippines will be
completely won over to the ways and
manners of civilized races. Being inn
mune from medieval influences, and
being reared exclusively under the
ambient air of Americanism, they are
destined to be a vigorous element in
the ensuing processes of the Philippine
nationalism.
1t is not fair to predicate Filipino
capacity for self government on the
looks, attire and backwardness of these
unofending people. They are to the
Philippines what the Indians are to
America. They are being approached
in the most friedly way and they are
responding eagerly.