Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-31
The Irish Free State will wage
a verbal battle royal with tie
Irish republic" in the United
States. The Free State repre-
sentatives, James 0'Mara, Gen.

authorized by congress rs years
ago.
vocational training is an import
ant part Of the work of this gov
eminent agency. At the close of
last year more than 100000 vete-
rams were receiving this instruc-
ton from the government. More
than 10000 of these men were re-
eeiVing, in addition to the train
ing, what is called maintenance
pay" the amounts ranging from
$50 TO $40 a month. Since the
government undertook the work OF
rehabilitating the vocationalN
handicapped veterans about 1856, 900
nave taken advantage of it.
c. r. Forbes, director of the bu-
reau is authority for the statement
that this government has been
more liberal with its disabled SOL
diers than any government in the
world. For the relief of these vet
Grams. a total of more than a bill
lion and a quarter dollars have
been expended. The end of the
work of this bureau is not in sight,
by any means. 1t is estimated that
eventually the number of veterans
to receive vocational education
alone will amount to between
100000 and 100000.
Recently a conference was held
here Of the leading lights of the
educational world. This confer
ence made many recommendation
to the veterans bureau, and these
recommendations are being car
ried out to the best of the ability
of the officers of the bureau. The
nations best known experts in neu-
rOpsychiatric and mental disorders
recently concluded conference
which bids fair to assist the bu-
reau materially in decreasing the
number of mental cases and to pro-
vide a cure for men with disor-
dered minds.
mo stone has been left unturned
to provide the disabled veterans of
the world war with every possible
advantage" says Director Forbes,
"and statements to the effect that
the government has been derelict
in its duty show an absolute lack
OF information Of what has been
done for them"
The work of the bureau is not
easy, by any means. Handling SO
many death and disability claims
is an enormous business in itself,
rivalling the business of big in
surance company which has built
up its organization with its grad
ual increase of business through
many decades.
Peculiar Cases Arise.
Often one case will cause the
bureau no end of difficulty Recent,
ly a death claim came before the
bureau which showed that the vet
eran who had taken out the insur-
auce was related to 4 per cent of
the population of his home town.
The late Bonnie r. Taylor had the
policy, which named his father as
BENEFICIARY. The father died. leav-L
ing the money to the next OF kin.
The veterans bureau requested a
list Of relatives falling in what is
known as the permitted class'
and this is what happened;
The bureau received a list five
feet long containing the names.
ages. and addresses of brothers,
6 sisters, 6 uncles, aunts, 20
10 nieces, brothers-in-
law, sisters-in-law, and a step
mother. OF this total OF "a living
relatives, exclusive of cousins, SO
bear the name OF Taylor. The re-
relatives include the
names of Berch, Summers, Davis
Campbell. Droadwater, Gross, Lem
on, Bornes, Thornton, Manning and
Ponder. on examination of this
list, it was found that 50
Of these relatives are now residents
of Crystal Springs. Thus, accord
ing to the last census figures given
for this town, Bonnie Taylor was
related to trifle more than 4 per
cent of the total population, which
to 1895. The Oldest of
the relatives given in the list is an
uncle Of 20 years. The youngest is
a nephew born in January of this
year. All Of them live in Missis-
sippi.
AS long as Taylor's father lived
the case was simple enough. The
veteran had a term insurance poll
icy for $4,000, and the veterans
bureau forwarded a check to the
elder Taylor each month for
$2S.75. The complications started
when the elder Taylor died. 'eav-
ing no will, when 204 installments
of the government insurance re-
NAMED unpaid.
The solution of the situation was
based on the inheritance laws in
effect in Mississippi. In the end
the uncles and aunts, sisters-in-
law and brothersin-law, nephews
and nieces, as we'll as all cousins,
were excluded from tho benefits
Of the government insurance. The
monthly amount is to be divided
between the Q brothers. sisters,
and the stepmother. Hereafter q
check for $1.92 will be forwarded
each month to each of these sur
ViViug relatives Of thp forn1ar sp1-