The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-29
THREE SUB-0FFICES
OF VETERANS BUREAU
ASSIGNED TO INDIANA
PALLADIUM NEWS BUREAU

PALLADItu NEWS BUREAU
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-The state
of Indiana will be included in the ter
ritory of the seventh district of the
veterans bureau, which agency was
created by a recent act of congress,
known as the Sweet BILL to admins
ter relief to disabled veterans of the
late war.
The veterans bureau represents a
consolida ton of the bureau of war
risk insurance, certain soldier relief
agencies of the United States public
health service, and the veterans re-
Mobilization division of the vocational
| training board. Fourteen regional di-
visions of the veterans bureau are
provided, and in each regional dis
trict several sub-offices will be estab-
! lished. 1t is announced that three of
the sub-offices for district seven will
| be located in Indiana. The headquar
I tiers for district seven will be located
at Cincinnati.
/ Indiana Sub-Offices
The Indiana sub-officeS will be To-
Gated in Evansville, indianapolis and
South Bend. Bureau officials in the
sub-offices have no authority to ad-
/ judicate claims. 1t will be the duty
of these officials to keep in touch
with disabled veterans within their
territory, compile evidence in connec-
ton with their claims, and then sub
nit the claims to the district office
for adjudication.
That provision of the new veterans
bureau act which authorizes the sew
eral regional district offices to make
final disposition of claims of veterans
residing within their territories is ex-
pected to speed up settlement of
claims. Hitherto all claims had to
pass through the former bureau of
war risk insurance in Washington
Expect Efficient Service
The organization of the Cincinnati
district office has practically been
completed and it is expected that it
will be functioning at maximum eff
cheney soon after the first of next
month
Only new claims for compensation
and for insurance and new applica-
tons for vocational training will be
handled by the several district Of
fices, it is stated The central office
of the bureau in Washington will con-
tinue to handle all compensation and
insurance claims filed before the en-
actment of the Sweet bill. and the
| soldiers rehabilitation division of the
!. veterans bureau at Washington will
look after pending applications for vo-
f cational training. This plan was de
cided upon so that the new district
offices could begin operations with
clean states.
Make Mistake
Many disabled veterans, unac
quainted with the provisions of the
. new veterans bureau act, have been
coming to Washington to file theil
claims for compensation Most Of
them are not financially able to sup
port themselves here and have fire
A quently had to call upon the vetera rs
organization for help.
Should this migration continue
: Washington would have an army OF
= = veterans to care for during the com
y ing winter. Veterans organizations
L throughout the country are now beine
: urged to notify disa bled soldiers Il
: remain at their homes and have theil
: claims presented either to the near
. est sub-office of the veterans bureau
. or to the district office.
u Relatives of soldiers who elected tc
allow the bodies of their loved ones
Il to remain in army cemeteries abroad
{ are expected to derive comfort from
Z the report which has been filed by tbs
: Commission on Fine Arts, now in the
: hands of President Harding. Member:
= of the commission made an extensiv,
{ tour of inspection of the American
cemeteries abroad and they have ad
fIn
e are excellently cared for.
+ 4, The commission plans to have per
Il manent cemeteries in France located
at Suresnes, Romagne, Belleau Woo
and Bony, and a permanent cemeter,
at Brookwood, England. near London
Originally there were approximate,
, 2,400 burial places with $4,000 isolated
graves of American soldiers and ma
, rines in Europe. Of the America,
dead who were buried abroad request.
have been made for a removal of 6!
" per cent of the bodies to the Unite.
G. States.
Is The commission proposes a plal
lie whereby the tasteful appearance nov
le presented by the American cemeterie
as shall be preserved for all time
e. Grounds will be secured of suficien
in size TO provide an appropriate spac
ii. for each grave. Uniform headstone
is Of marble are to be erected, and tree
T. are to be planted to cover each entir
,e burial area. The trees are to be III
IN great feature. They are not only to b
planted around each cemetery but ais
I'd TO border the roads leading to it fror
,e the nearest town. Trees indigenous /
n. the United States that will also gro,
o abroad are to be selected
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