Evening journal., 1921-07-05
UNCLE SAM IS
MAKING OVER
WARS INJURED
Continued from First Page.

something like 1000 patients regu-
iarly before very long.
Ten thousand Delaware men vol
unteered or were drafted in the
World War. OF these it is figured
about $500 went from Wilmington
and rural New Castle county.
Experience has taught the army
medical staffs to look for about ten
per cent. of total force requiring
treatment as wars aftermath.
"A war in a physicians eyes is by
no means over when an armistice is
signed and fighting ceases" said DR..
Samuel "In one sense it has just
begun, because for years afterward
many of the participants are
certain to suffer some physical dis
abilities as a result of the unusual
strain they have undergone.
"These disabilities may not show
themselves for months, even years,
after they were contracted. In nu-
merous instances the men do not
realize. when. suddenly, they find
themselves going down with tuber-
culosis. that the germs OF the dis
ease were contracted in the trenches
or camps.
Again, let us suppose a man was
gassed. He was given the best treat
ment possible in the field and later
| i'm first-class hospitals far behind the
fighting lines. He was discharged as
cured But one never knows ex-
actly what gas will do. Years after
the war, perhaps. the gassed man
will begin to show mental troubles,
or his lungs will go bad, or some
weakened organ OF his body will
cease to function properly.
Here is where the government
through its Veterans Bureaus come
into active play It would be good
thing for every former service man
to undergo a thorough and COM
plete examination. He undeCfoes
such an examination when he takes
out a life insurance policy, and he
owes it as a duty to himself and his
family to take every precaution be-
sides.
There are men here in Whining
ton today who have come out Of the
service believing themselves in first
class physical shape. Yet in two or
three years they may begin to suffer
} ills which now are hidden unless ex-
posed by a thorough test"
DR.. Samuel has found a great many
cases of incipient tuberculosis direct
ly traceable TO the war. and makes
most careful examinations Of the
lungs His suite of offices is equip
ped for almost every possible. test
J and his assistants are trained to the
minute.
"The United States Government" D"
continued DR.. Samuel, "is doing all
of this medical work absolutely free
of cost to former service men. Un-
der the provisions OF the so-called
Sweet bill, backed by the American
Legion, which has passed the House
Of Represent entatives in Washington
and is expected to pass the Senate
this coming week, a virtual time
limit of five years for free treatment
is made.
Y "Delaware's men should not de.
t lay taking advantage of the facilitie.
E offered for their care. If a man il
5 examined by me and I find that h'
is unable to work, am able to pro
- vide support for him and to senC
e him. II need be, to hospital or san
- itarium. already have a working
] contract with the Delaware Hospital
n Then 1 have contracts with the hos
- pitals at Milford and Lewes fol
emergency cases down State.
My offices also provides voca
tional training for men. who. by rea
son Of war service. wounds or Ill
ness are, unable TO resume their pre-
vious avOcations There are nearl.
= 100 vocatianal students now at tn
University of Delaware. Newark, an
% colored ex-service men at the Col
| lege for Colored Students in DO
yer.
For the benefit OF the down-Stat
men I should like to emphasize tha
three fundamentals Of the Veterans
Bureau are application, transporta
tion and examination II a ma
down-State will mail me an appli
cation for examination, and is un
able to afford the transportation.
> will furnish it Moreover, II he
/ obliged to remain in Wilmingto
i over night for his examination, tn
y bureau will supply him with hot'
IS accommodations.
There IS no excuse for any Della
l. ware ex-service man suffering ply