The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-17
W0RKMEN TO HELP
EX-SERV|CE MEN
CLEANUP SQUAD OF RED
CROSS AND LEGION ARRIVE
IN GREENWOOD FRIDAY-IN-
VITE MEN FROM ABBEVILLE
AND MCCORMICK.

campaign recently instituted by the
American Red Cross, the American
Legion and the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance, R. G. Glover, representing
the district Red Cross Office in At
lanta, and George C. Bailey, of the
American Legion, were in Abbeville
yesterday, conferring with DR.. G. A.
Neuffer and w. D. Wilkinson, local
representatives of these agencies.
They state that the cleanup cam
paign is genuine effort on the part
of the government to eliminatae the
grounds for 'kicks" on the part of
the ex-service men. They say that
there are in every community cases
of genuine need, cases which simple
justice demands that the govern
ment should remedy. The greatest
difficulty has been, they say, to get
in touch with such cases. Now by
going into the communities, as close
" to their homes as possible, this
squad can greatly simplify matters,
eliminate futile correspondence and
speed up the adjustment of claims.
The squad arrives in Greenwood
next Friday and will establish head
quarters at the Community Hall. The
squad will be in Greenwood through
Saturday, during which time, the
members will have one end in view
and that end is to get in touch with
every eX-service man, who has a
claim against the government, and
set in motion the machinery to get
quick and satisfactory adjustment
of that claim. > ~.'
The paramount idea of the clean
up squad is to cut red tape that has
prevented hundreds of disabled vet
erans and ex-service men in general
from receiing the compensation that
the government is glad to give. In
this work the Red Gross and the Le-
gion have every assurance from the
government of complete and whole
hearted cooperation.
Under the plan of campaign, the
squad, composed Of experts who are
thoroughly familiar with every detail
of the workings of the War Risk In
surance Act and the Vocational Re-
habilitation Act, will get in person.
al touch with every man who has
a claim or who thinks he may have a
claim, take up his case as an indivi-
dual proposition, avoid lengthy and
nerve wrecking correspondence-and
get results.
With that purpose in view the
squad will visit centers in every
state in the Southeast and before
the campaign is concluded, every
county in the section will be cover
ed. 1t is believed that by bringing
this opportunity right to the doors
Of the veterans every man entitled
to compensation, will get it and get
it speedily.
The squad furnishes the big oppor-
tunity for the veteran to have
Strengthened out all his difficulties
Of compensation and vocational
training and medical treatment right
at home. 1t is, as well, the chance of
many to find out if they have claims
and if they have, to get them filed
properly, so that response will be
satisfactory and immediate.
To reduce trouble, delay, and ex-
pense to a minimum, the squad will
furnish each disabled veteran, who
reports at squad headquarters, with
transportation back home and meals
and lodging until his business is COM
pleted.
While the squad is in Greenwood,
it will take up, in addition to the af-
fairs of local veterans, the affairs of
ex-service men in Abbeville and Nc
UCormick counties.