The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-09-17
DISABLED VETERANS TO
Be CARED FOR NOW.
Combined Soldier Relief Bureaus to
Comb Country for
Disabled.
by J. C. 5arnes)

l6y J. C. 5arnes)
The greatest concern OF a Nation
who has been at war should be for
the care and comfort Of her great
Army of Disabled. Her very exist
ence depends upon her attitude toward
the man who answered the martial
call and, who in the performance O.
his duty, received a disability which
would not permit him to carry on as
before the war.
A nations loyalty is reflected in her
methods of handling these men. A
Nation who compensates her wounded
and MANNED, who restores their pre-
war charming capacity, who provides
for the dependents of the man, who
because of his service, is no longer
capable of doing so himself, and who
by her acts and her laws demon
strates that she recognizes and ap.
preciates the sacrifices made in hel
behalf, has discovered the secret Of
perpetuating everlasting loyalty and
patriotism which will reflect to her
glory and beterment down through
the ages.
The creation of the Bureau of Wal
Risk Insurance which deals with com
pensation, disqualification and insur.
ance for ex-service men and the Fed
eral Board of Vocational Training, Di
visions of Rehabilitation, whose duty
it is to train men who are disabled to
such an extent that they can not re,
turn to their pre-war work, was fol
the purpose of demonstrating that the
desire Of great people was for the
adequate aid and assistance of the
men who sacrificed the greatest o.
all blessings, good health, in the ser.
vice of his Country.
Thousands Of Claims Handled.
These two bureaus have been op
Grating since the war and claims OF
thousands of men have been handled
Up to July Is, 1921, 654.335 claims for
death and disability compensation had
been filed with the Bureau Of War
Risk Insurance and 2S6,96S Original
awards of compensation had been
mode, representing millions of dol,
lars. During the week ending July IA
1921, 1880 new disability claims were
filed and the work of disposing OF
these new cases as we'll as the old
is in full blast.
More than 100000 men have enter,
ed Vocational Training under the
Federal Board of Vocational Educa.
ton, Division of Rehabilitation since
its establishment over two years ago
Few people realize the scope of the
Bureaus dealings with ex-service
mems problems. The machinery set
up in the United States for this pur.
pose far surpasses that of any Other
country. Uncle Sans liberal and com
mon sense methods deserve the praise
of the Universe.
Forbes Orders Cleanup.
Colonel c. R. Forbes, director O.
the Bureau has just issued instruc.
tons to all district managers of the
Bureau throughout the United States
to start a Cleanup drive in their dist.
riot. Colonel Forbes says the pur.
pose of the campaign shall be as fill.
lows:
To fully advise all ex-service per.
sons of their rights under the War
Risk Insurance Act; To assist dis
abIed ex-service persons in securing
compensation, medical treatment, and
hospital care; to inform and assist all
claimants regarding the procedure
necessary in filing claim for Compen,
sation and insurance; to assist those
whose claims are pending in securing
final action where additional evidence
is necessary to connect their disability
with service, or other data required
by the U. S. Veterans Bureau, and to
provide for mediate physical examin.
alton where necessary and promptly
furnish disqualification for urgent
cases.
:. Colonel Smith Gets Busy.
Colonel Dallas B. Smith, District
Manager of the U. S. Veterans Bureau
District No. 6, with headquarters at
the New Hibernia Bank Building, New
Orleans, Immediately set to work tc
organize thee lean-up squads in Dist.
rict No. 6.
There will be three squads in thi
district; one for each of the three
states, Alabama, Louisiana and Miss,
issippi. The squads will consist OF
I Medical Examiner, Compensation
and Claim Contact Examiner, a Vo
fcational Training Expert, represen,
tative of the American Legion and 9
representative of the American Rec
Cross. There will be an advance man
who will precede the squad from seven
to ten days whose duty it will be tc
give the drive wide publicity through
posters, hand bills, American Legion
Posts, Chambers of Commerce, Home
Service Sections of the Red Cross
Churches, Postmasters, and every
available means in order to insure +
large number Of applicants when the
squad arrives.
All the above named organizations
are being asked to help and many
others, including the Rotary Clubs
Kiwanis, the Lions Club, the Knights
of Columbeu, the EIks, the Masons
ETC. These organizations will be ask.
ed to lend their support in this great
drive to bring to the very door Of the
man who offered his life for his Coun
try, chance to file his claim against
the country he aided.
The drive will last approximately
three months. The squad will go into
every parish and county in the three
states and will thoroughly comb the
country in search of men who may
have claims against the Government
resulting from their service in the
World War. There is a chance fol
you, for everyone to do a good turn
for some deserving ex-service man by
informing him of this drive. Any com
munication directed to Colonel Dallas
B. Smith, District Manager U. s. Vet