The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-24
mercer COUNTY.
SOLDIERS WILL
, TAKE TRAINING
Federal Nan Spends Three Days n
County Looking Up Disabled
Ex.serviee Men.

]. Louis Vance, . representative
of the federal board Of vocational
education, who has been in Aledo
for the past three days looking up
disabled service men who are eligA
ible for training under the direc-
of the federal board, and who inter-
viewed many men during his stay
here, left last night for Moline.
where he will be located the re-
mainder Of the week. On Monday
he will be in Rock Island.
Several Mercer county men &C.
cepted the straining. while Mr..
Vance was in the city and several
more expressed q determination TO
accept the offer at a later date.
Those who accepted are, Ed. O.
Bowen, s. J. RehR, G. H. Moore
and Marshall Davis. Mr.. Bowen
has already been placed in the Ale
do Machine company In Aledo.
where he will take mechanical
training. Mr.. Rehen will also take
up automobile work. Those who
declined to take training are Rich
ard Willet of North Henderson and
John Street of Viola. Those who
are eligible for training and who
have not yet decided just what line
Of work they will take up are
Francis Eakman, George Cooke,
Glen Fisher, Hayden Pritchard.
Willard Maher and Harold Hodg-
son.
In speaking Of the training offer
ed by the federal board Mr.. Vance
said: There are two kinds Of
training in school or college, which
ment. Institutional training means
training i a school or college, which
means that the board Will send the
applicant to school, pay for the tut
ton. books and supplies, and pay
him during the period he is in
training. Placement training means
training on the job, or taking up q
vocation through actual experience,
such as learning a trade or some
line of business for which school,
ing is not feasible. The board will
find a place for him in some shop,
mill or factory, where he can learn
by experience. The board will fur
nish him with tools or other essen
tials and pay him training pay.
"The training pay varies from
$50 to 500 according to the local.
ity) for a single man. An addition
al allowance is made for each de-
pendent. The board now has over
$1,000 men in training. In addi-
ton to these, there are about 5000
men in training In hospitals. In
order to begin training the men as
soon as possible, centers have been
established in 100 different hospi-
tails, where the men are taught a
variety Of subjects.
Some idea at the vast amount
OF work involved in training may
be learned when it is known that
over 900 trades and professions are
being taught the men. To accom-
plish this, the training board is
using 1900 educational institutions
and 10000 shops and factories. The
men receive their training pay twice
a week from the government. Prac-
tically all the men who are eligible
for training have been notified.
New names are being added to the
list every day, but As the months
go on it will be increasingly diff
cult to connect q mans disability
with service for men with whom
the board has not established con-
tact.
For this reason disabled men
who are interested in vocational
training should get in touch with
the nearest federal board Office.
The local Office for Mercer county
is located at Rockford. J. H. Lee
the local supervisor"
Men placed in training are fol-
lowed up from time to time to see
that they are making the proper
progress. The men are also exam
ined by q public health director to
see that the training is not detri-
mental to their health. 81.
Mr.. Vance stated that he was
very much pleased with the Co
operation given him during his stay
in Aledo. He wished especially to
thank the Red Cross and the bust
ness men whom he met while here.
He expressed belief that the men
of this country were Of the type
that should take advantage of the