Arizona republican., 1921-01-30

roads with. no doubt he means we'll but in looking up who these fellows are always against receiving a bonus and the like. invariably find that they are men of means, that any bonus that State might give would them material good No doubt this never got any further than the training camp perhaps he more of this war than you did Now MT. Editor, I'm not talking about myself al- though I am a returned soldier, saw all the service that could be in this war from the training ca,nns to two months service on the front lines. I am not asking something for myself or men in the same circumstances that I am, as am in better health now than I when went away. But am thinking of those poor fellows that didn't come back those fellows that wounded that did come back and unable to work and take care of them selves. of these fellows are in the insane asylums and some of them in the poor houses and some them starving to death for the want proper food and care. These are the fellows that I am talking about although you say that this State Constitution will not permit the Legislature to make the gift to anybody anyone, these men should be taken care of.
 Now of course. you say congress has passed q compensating all service who justly entitled to compensation But it takes from two eight months for a get his money after prov ing his Now, MT. Editor. how do you suppose these poor devils get along in the meantime? suggest that the state of Arizona least take care of our own men, thank you.
 PRIVATE FRANK ALPERT, P. O. Box 1lOs Phoenix, Arizona.
 To use a classical expression, we do not know tho writer gets all this stuff The editorial of which he complains contained letter from an service to the Minneapolis Tribune in which he said he preferred the soldiers bonus might be devoted the building of roads.
 Only part of the letter. the argument fin favor good is applicable Arizona for the cons- tuition of this state the question of bonuses entirely out of the field of debate. We could not vote bonus however much we might desire to do so but we are at liberty to build roads
 The writer also enormously puts us into the posi- ton of commenting what government has already done for ex-service men. position never occupied The neglect of the men who gave them selves up for their country is shameful chapter the history of this country We were going to do so much for them and have little. The little legislation that been enacted in their behalf has been left to the administration those who for the most part grossly incompetent. Ex-service men the writer says starving. Others are housed after fashion and neglected in private hos pitas and sanitariums where they have been farmed 
 Our treatment of the invalid ex-service men in this respect reminds us of the way in which New England towns used to take care of indigents who went on the town" They hired out or farmed out to graspng farmers who gave them to eat the least that would sustain life. barely GOV cred their naledness and shelter that was little bet ter than that the farmer his swine the little the poor unfortunates could do
 That is the way have treated the men whose praises we were sounding three four years ago, the while we were waving flags and declaring that nothing was too good for boys
 The writer feels strongly on this sub ject than we do. And wish that he might share the hope we entertain that this monstrous wrong will be lighted and that this national disgrace will be wiped out shortly when incapacity in the ton of our affairs shall be replaced by capacity