The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-01
Uncle Sam IS Getting Results
In Rehabilitation Service Work
Here for Former Service Men

Many persons law hazf IDEAS 81
What lhc r~pVerpm.nt h dpinG or tfyi
BIS - 40 ~ uhe wof Of rthatIntating
f~urtuer service men who pecamc ~
eapcitated while IN thc ~rice some
haven't any idea at an about the
matter. The nrrmrr pnlscn knows
thert 4 a >ocationai training school
An MbNapcrunc. where The younE
men 80. and that's about an.
But Uncle sam - Ecifing results
flght here IN Albuauerqee : . that he
mrklrr Il borslblo fof youuE men
who kq4ed him and VINO. through
wounds Or htlneaa were unable 20
return 10 thelr former occupntious.
There r approximately zoo
Young men IN training IN Ainuquer-
que now. SOM are IN the Aibuquer-
que business college: others arr an
tho University, stIn others IN he
Western school FOR private Hecrc-
t1rirs, eono An the tiaiilog centof
and qoile a number IN diHcrent e.
Establishments Of the city, There are
also some IN the apprentice school al
the Santa Re shops
nogs Making Good.
OF the boys with the Santa Pc,
RD Bryan. general foreman " me
tar departmtnt aAse N q letter 70
tbs federal board oaicc here.
They are a good bunch Of fellows.
All IltercE4od n theIr Nofk and ! IN
sure they win make good
Tbe Saala Fe n cooperating Win
The federal board IN makinE a. pusel-
ole Tor many tx~-stfvict men 70 rake
themselves seif-pcppoltmg again. In
|qddifiQu 70 nAlning eorne IN the Al
'fuauofQuo SHOPS. Il also has some IN
the shops al Belen. Clovis and Ration.
tIn memionlnE epeQific cases OF re-
h~abihiaflou. the federal board cited
tae ase Of a soldier who was born
m lrplaud. He attended school there
until he reached the third grade. and
never worked AZ anything but labor
ing. tuberculosis prevented him
from going back % hat Kind OF work.
lie took up. training as a clam shell
engineer In April. is2o. and In Janu-
airy, THIS ar he becanie a fun
nedspd clam shell engineer az the
pay ~ 70 cents an hour. He has
saved several hundred doilarH out Of
MS wages
Anctner young man who went only
- far - the anffh saode in school
took Up training as an electrician n
In ak months and one day he became
|n mine electrician, and A. earning 81
cents an hour. He has several hum
dred dollars IN AR Albuquerque bank.
which was saved.
Stlil another ox-soldier took up
training 80 an air specialist In the
santa he shop at Ration. lie never
Gent keyond the sixth grade In
school. but after 10 months training
at Ration he successfully passed the
air examination. which Is rigid. be-
causo Il has 60 do with air brakes
land the persons engaged Ia this work
must sign Goecrnment reportH. This
You're man 10 now earning % cents
an hour.
Gees in Busincs<
Another former seryice man, d
Spanish American. was nfnt 70 a tIre
repair shop "a East las Vegas for
training. He got AS fura s the fnh
grade in school and then bccemc q
b~lackamith's helper. The disease he
contracted IN the army p~reciuded ms
return 70 hat job, 90 he went IN for
tl-h repalriltr. After u months ~
IIsast las Vegas he sayod $500 OF
$500 while learning 10 repair tires
and has now gone 20 Mora, hts home
town, 10 open a tire repair shop. the
money he saved providing him with
vulcanizing equipment.
A young man vas placed In the Al
huuuorQue business college. where
he. remained seven months and then
wna pat out on a Job. After two
months the firm with which he had
been placed hired him AZ n salary OF
also a month.
Theso are Just a few OF the cases
| Of rehabilitation right IN Albuquerque
which indicates that the federal board
l. having 81 Ia other parts o.
the county.
some former soldiers who became
| disabled IN tho wnr hut who nrc now
1T 70 take up training 80 ucy can
become self s~upp0rting are ccuse
u lodging the training, bccauso ;hoir
compensation a. coming An regularly.
10 grt thess young mon 20 star. a
bm was repcpty parsed by congress
making a mandatory en- the part OF
saeh men 70 begin training within
one year after the United states pub
Nc health service cerfifiee that he ~
M 10 begin. unless through Illness or
other proven reasons.
or cOurse. the men IN training cen
tiers aAe on jobs. where they are re-
nnaag rIRarEgIrE