The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-08
VETERANS BUREAU
CLEANUP SQUAD
WORK DONE
Special Drive to Reach
All Disabled Soldiers In
Vermont Completed

The Vermont Clean Up Squad
of the U. S. Veterans bureau has
just completed thorough canvass
of this state and has brought be-
fore every ex-service man in the
state what his rights and privIl-
eyes are in regard to compensa-
ton vocational training and in
surance. Not only was the Squad
active at all county fairs exam
ming and rating cases, but numer-
Gus Legion Post meetings were
addressed and ]. w. Muirhead as
chairman of the Squad also adj
dressed the American Legion
State Convention at Rutland.
The Squad began it's activities
at North Hero and in two days
handled 20 cases. The next stop
was at Morrisville where in two
days 55 cases were examined and
acted upon.
The Squad then came to St.
Johnsbury, where thew handled So
cases in two days. The next two
towns visited were Barton and
Newport, in the former town 80
cases were handled by the Squad
and in the latter place, 35 cases.
At the Franklin county fair in
Sheldon, the Squad had tent on
the midway and in two days, acted
on SO claims. The next stop was
at the Addison county fair at
Middlebury, then to Middlebury,
Rutland, Bennington, Manchester,
Montpelier, Barre, Burlington, st.
Adams, Ludlow, Bellows Falls,
Woodstock, Randolph Brattleboro.
On October 8 the Squad OPEN
ed up on the Vermont State Fair
grounds at White River Junction,
where they remained a week. MI
merous claims were filed here from
all parts of the state.
From the above itinerary it is
obvious that the state has been
pretty finely combed and many
men were seen who did not know
of the U. S. Veterans Bureau un-
til notices were printed in the 10
cal papers and in one town a
claimant was seen who was dis
charged from the Army in Deem
Der, 1917 for tuberculosis. He had
never filed a claim and was ig-
norant of his right as an ex-sol-
der. He CHANGED to read of the
good work being done by the U.
S. Veterans Bureau in one of the
local papers and decided to avail
himself of the opportunity of
visiting the Squad and was sur
prised to learn what his rights
really were as a disabled ex-sol-
der, There were several similar
cases along the line and to reach
just such cases has been the ann
of the Squad.
The local Red Cross Chapters
and American Legion Posts and
in some nlaces the Veterans of
Foreign Wars assisted in the
Drive. DR.. Bates, Morrisville, DR..
Tierney of St. Johnsbury, DR..
Somers, Newport and DR.. Thomas,
Enosburg Falls, were among those
who assisted.
The Squad consisted of J. w.
Muirhead of Burlington, chairman
and Vocational Officer, DR.. L. J.
Clancy of Boston, Medical Exam
iner and Rater, DR.. M. P. Hanlon,
Medical Examiner, John F. A.
Giblin, Training Officer, and
George N. Welsh, Contract Repre-
sentative. Edwin CAN'T of Spring
field, Mass, ably assisted the
Squad, as advanced Agent and
Publicity Man.
The Squad has worked tirelessly
for the past two months. On
many occasions working late in
the evening in one place and leav-
ing before daybreak to be in an
other town to put in a full day. 1t
is hoped that every-service man
who has a claim has been reached
and it would seem that with the
above itinerary every ex-service
man in Vermont must have been
we'll cared for.