The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-30
Plan HOMES
FOR VICTIMS
0FLATEWAR
Mentally Disabled M-ser
vice Men and Women
to Be State Care.

Springfield, Ill, March 30.-Im-
mediate erection of cottages at Ell
gin and Jacksonville for the tenn
porary care of mentally disabled
ex-service men and women, and
construction within the next two
years Of a permanent home for
them, is Governor Smalls plan for
the care of Illinois unfortunates
Of the World war. The governor
announced his plan following a
conference with American legion
officials and members of his cabi-
net.
Legion officials headed by Will
liam r. McCaulley, department
commander of Illinois, have en-
dorsed the governors program,
which makes Illinois a leader
among the states to prepare for the
care Of disabled veterans.
The new home will be known as
the illinois Rehabilitation Home
for Ex-service Men and Women"
| the governor said. He added that
the 52nd general assembly will be
asked to pass legislation to locate
the institution and to appropriate
funds with which to complete it.
In announcing his plan Govern
or Small said:
Proper care for these men and
women must be arranged at once.
1t is a:debt, am sure, the state
Of Illinois viii be glad to pay. Our
program will proceed as rapidly
as the necessary legislative author
| ity permits. The ex-service men
will be given every care and all
possible medical attention. Every
facility possible for vocational
training is to be afforded. We pro-
pose to rehabiltate these men and
women, if there are any of the lat
ter, who have given their all to
the service of the state and ma
4, ton.
Expert Care.
I'VE will ask the general assem-
bly, for the necessary power and
appropriation to build a perma-
nent home for these men and
women, where they may be segre-
gated and given better and more
expert care than is possible at any
of the present state institutions.
"The general direction of the
work will be placed in the depart
ment of public welfare, It will CO
ordinate its work with the federal
board for vocational training. The
plans are now complete. They have
the approval Of the American le-
gion and I feel certain that they
will meet with the necessary ap-
proval of the general assembly"
4 Commander McCauley said:
"In behalf of the ex-service men
and women of Illinois, I want to
thank the governor for the splen-
did cooperation he has given the
department. His plan is most COM
plete and practicable. The gov
ernor has proven himself a true
friend of the service men. Our de-
partment has been looking to the
immediate needs of the service
men, but when we went to the gov
ernor we found that he was long
way ahead of US. His plan had
not only solved the problem Of
immediate care but Of future and
permanent attention. It provides
not only for segregation in idea
quarters but to the fullest exteat
for every facility for vocational
training which is so necessary l!
these men and women are to be re-
habilitated."
Judge C. H. Jenkins, director oi
the department Of public welfare
declared that his department was
ready to go ahead at once with tht
governors program.
plans for the unit cottage:
which will temporarily care fol
, these men and women at Elgin ant
I Jacksonville are ready" he said
I'VE hope to have them erected
/ and ready for occupancy within
the next few weeks. Architect
, will go to work ut once on planl
: for the permanent homo to b'
erected some place yet to be se
lected and work on that buildin,
will be started as soon as the ne
cessary legislative authority Il
granted
Final development Of the gov
Arnor's program cAmo following
the completion Of q survey Of thu
American legion which disclosed
THAT about 400 ex-service men aEt
hAinw carAd f0r IN I1lfnOf0