The Washington herald., 1921-03-09
DISABLED VETS
HEAR AID CHIEFS
AT PRESS MEET
Bureau Heads Agree That
Merger of Effort Is
Essential.

soldiers. members OF
the National Press Club Post of the
American Legion. last night accom-
plished for disabled soldiers of the
country what had never before been
attempted.
Director U. w. Lamkin. of the
Federal Board for vocational Train
ing; Col. r. @. Cholmeley-Jones. d.
rector of the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance.; and DR.. w. 8. Terriberry.
chief Of the General Inspection Serv-
ice. representing the surgeon gen
eral of the Public Health Service.
met for the frst time in the same
room. discussed their respective
problems and heard q score of other
representatives Of veteran orga
cations. boards and commissions tell
what the nations disabled soldiers
need. -
These three men all agreed that
there should be a coordination OF
their bureaus respective functions.
Outlines Defects.
Director Cholmeley-Jones, OF the
War Risk, said the $1s,600.00o re-
Gently appropriated for new hospi-
tails should have been $35.000.ooo as
recommended by the Secretary OF the
Treasury. He declared that dim
Guilty of proper supervision Of men
in hospitals lay in the fact that
1000 of the 1000 now receiving
medical attention were scattered In
l 500 hospitals. some of which were
practically worthless.
Director Lamkin, of the Federal
Board for Vocational Training. re-
ported $4,000 men had been placed
in 1000 schools and $500 industrial
plants, of which 95 per cent were
making good, a higher percentage
than that of college students. Lam
kin recommended that all service
men industrially deficient should be
trained while in the service.
stitt Also Talks.
Rear Admiral E. r. Stitt, Surgeon
General of the Navy. explained why
disabled men could not in the past
be cared for in beds reported avail
able. He said that these available"
beds included many in contagious
wards, not available except to cases
similar to the few already occupy
ing the ward.
Maj. Max wainer. formerly per-
sonnel officer of the War Risk Bu-
reau, recommended that former
service men receive preference in
appointments of the Civil Service.
in addition to preference in exami-
nation, already allowed.
Those Represented.
The following additional officers
and organizations were represented
at the meeting: Secretary of the
Treasury; Adjutant General, Army;
Surgeon General, Army; Central
Committee of the American Red
Cross, Commissioner of Education.
morale branch of the General Stan.
Walter Reed Hospital, st. Eliza
| beth's Asylum for Insane, office of
the Quartermaster General. Dis
| trict Supreme Court, board Of man.
ayers Of the National Homes for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers: Come
back" Walter Reed newspaper;
| Public Health Service, Commission
er of Pensions; Department Of the
District, American Legion; National
Legislative Committee of the Amer
ican Legion; Disabled Emergency
Officers of the World War, National
Disabled Soldiers League, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, National Disabled
Soldiers League. Veterans of For
eign Wars, Spanish War Veterans.
Grand Army of the Republic, and
members of the House and the Sem
| ate.
Credit for bringing these men to-
gether belongs to Capt. William W
Smith. commanding officer' of the
Press Club Post, who was assisted
by Capt. James NJ. Proctor. senior
] vice commander.