Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-29

campaign to solicit funds and Carle-
ton Finley and Charles Poulin were
appointed members Of the commit
tee to draw up definite plans.
It was voted to hold a meeting next
Thursday, May I. at American Leg
ion hall. and all disabled veterans are
urged to be present.
The work Of the national asso-
c!ation is well and Interestingly set
forth in an editorial entitled what
the D. A. V. Is Doing for Your
written by the National Adjutant,
Raymond A. Lasance. which appear
ed in the Disabled American veter-
ans Weekly, issue Of April % last,
published at Cincinnati. Ohio:
What do l get out Of it?" is the
frst question prospective members
ask.
Dividends on what you put into
it." is the true answer because you
must sow before you can reap.
No stock has ever paid better
dividends In cash and service than
membership in the D. A. v.
Eight months ago a cut In Voca-
tional Training pay was proposed.
The D. A. V. single handed fought
this cut We won! Result-a cash
dividend to every trainee OF $1,000
every month.
Since then we have secured a
Filing permitting trainees to keep
their books and tools and also to
continue in placement training a
reasonable time after completing
school training.
Every day we are adjusting Diff
flculties in Vocational Training and
capitalization without publicity but
Efficiently and satisfactorily. We
maintain a real claim service with
headquarters in Washington, D. c.
one block from the Veterans Bureau
and have a liaison representative
in every one OF the fourteen district
headquarters.
! We have recently settled more
than 5000 Individual claims and are
! taking care Of an average OF rs new
cases every day.
| Every one knows that we get &C.
| ton and get it quickly because we are
specialists and give our entire time t.
the disabled man and because W.
| only take up cases we know to bt
worthy of consideration.
Maybe your claim was not one o.
the 5000 we recently settled. How.
ever. it may be one Of the next 500
and then you will appreciate the val
ne in dollars and cents OF what we
are doing every day for the disabled
men of the nation.
Our national legislative headquar'
tiers is working ceaselessly to secure
laws to help the disabled man sucE
as the Langley bill which provides
$16,O00,O00OO for more hospitals ant
the new Sweet bill which will pro.
vide increased insurance and com.
pensation benefits.
7 Our local chapters are providing
entertainments for men in hospitals
club house facilities, and summer va.
cation camps. Above all they are in.
stalling the spirit Of true comrade.
ship and mutual helpfulness.
The disabled man who Is not al.
. ltduy lHcIAUSl obACiS C1AoA Z
sighted because the day will come
when he will need our help In his
case. Meanwhile, he is losing the
big dividends which membership III
the d. A. v. pays. But the biggest
dividend a member gets out Of the
ID. A. " Is not the money return MOI
the vocational training or hospitali'
zation. The greatest dividend which
our members get out of the d. A. V
is the honor and the JOY which
comes from friendship and fellow
ship In our great and exclusive ma
tional fraternity. This membe rshiI
is an honor which cannot be bought
! for money and for which many mer
would now, that it is too late. pay
richly to possess. That honor Is re-
served for disabled veterans of the
World War and none but our mem.
J bers can share 1t.
| The d. A. v. is doing for the dis.
abled man what no one else can dc
/ for him because in the last analysis
we are the men who were hurt anC
disabled and we are the men who
must make our own fight to come
back as independent and self sup
porting citizens of this great nation
and this is what the d. A. V. was Or
ganized to do and Is doing.