New-York tribune., 1922-06-19
Hospital and 2 Sanaioriums
for Tubercular Veterans
in New York Decided On
at Washington Conference
Local Officials Visit Presi.
dent. Who Orders Graves
at Staten Island Gem
etery To Be Put in Order

As the result Of recent vist 10
washington By Commander Deeean'
Colonel c. ". wickersham, chairman
az the state hospitslizat!on committee
.,d , Carnett Day. chairman OF the
s,.nrd district rehabilitation COM
..t..oe this state will nave enough
.+os,i,sis 70 care for the tlocreoIoIb
-so,vico men. TIE three oiieia! 5
.ssi.cd President Harding and oatilhea
- e.tuation. Colonel FORBES OF tne
vc.c-ans' Bureau, was also Vlsl'eo -
IRE pfograr decided on at last tri,
s..'s conference includes bOv-ooe
t-s-i.ai sor tuberculosis patients a.
. i.tertv y y. q 250-bed sanitaiiam or
* rroer nart Of the state and another
..berrulo,is sanitarium near Fongn-
,.o..,ie With capacity OF between
S-o e-J ZOO beds Actual work on tne
fos,ital az Liberty Will &c s'a''e1
"'So. 'Co.,e,ssder Doogan also laid before
p-.siIent Harding and Colonel fofDes
~ eituation at ocean view NeiNss .
etc,cr leland. The President sara he
...', stoekod 20 learn that such eonu'-
go cvir,ed and ordered tnat steps
he tsken al once 70 remedy 'he s'''"
~,l,l Tolonel Forbes communicated with
80 lcesl branch Of the EeteIans
Roresu and ordered the dist5'9.. M, ~,
eger 10 have the graves easee III i.aA 80"
,reSiately. Shall fences VIII De p's.iii ,.iii
round the graves and heaas'oN'' "'''
be SCI properly. .,,.o, adoptcd
when shown reso4e 80 :. "a
he .he Richmond County legion ~ 80
rrderstood that President hatuins o.
favorably Impressed. WIN VI, S.a.e
ire..o, o,.@soi.fion adorted BY the Hieh-
Co,r+.. organization follows
"'e',r ..,,i, 80 u has been brought 20
,..@-tio, of the Richmond County
.o..-,,t.oe. the American Legion pc
a-.e.or. Of New York, that numerous
,o--,... meas remains reposS
Oec,, View Cemetery, Oak"ooa'
90, leland. and these graves are
.,'e'-,.-o'y reelected and abandoned ~
49, ic-,o,oo.cr~roert OF the United States'
60 vybicb they sacrificed their iNes'
an "vbcreas. these ex-serviee men are
t.~,,5 In plot among non-serVlee
80 ~ the merchant marine WIZ W.
,r,y connected with the gov
-. service. and from information
1.l3,ed from O reliable -ource ihay
..o.c,sre now confined in sea view
.,d o.bcr hospitals in the Ci'y o.
So. ,-ort g,ho arc unfortunate enough
5ta l., .he future and be buried az
- non. oxnense will be inferred
f. ocean View Cemetery' ana =
aWbcreas. the American Legion o.
ptot-ond county, New YORK, repre-
.o..;r, approximately $500 eX-serYiee
,.,r Who served in the World war ana
..so are looking forward toward the
fnture with the idea IN nina thal 4"
80, proportion Of these ex-serNlee
,-or no doubt, will die IN desti'u'e ,
r,rcpr,stanees. compelling buriaI ny
.se United states Government ~ ae
cordancc with an existing "a" gov
ernins veterans burials' tneieloIe'
be il 49, p;.bro,d
60. COMMITTEE. the American Le-
80 Document Of New York, in
.i.f ,1oet,nr assembled FOR the pur-
- ~es-ectfullv petition our Repre-
lcr.atives I'm the House of Congress
and +te Senate, 90 US. their good o.
Cos in securing an appropriation Tor
tho prroose of purchasing q plot OF
crosrd within the confines Of Rich
,nord County. the Richmond County
Committee. the American Legion De,
rsrtmcr. o. New York 20 be consulted
regarding an appropriate site, IN which
sro veterans VIII be segregated ana
4ro bodies of our buddies lying un-
horored in Ocean View Cemetery TO
be d',irserred and be rebured in the
proposed national plot; and be 1t
further
Resolved. that a copy o. this reso-
luton be forwarded 70 our Representa-.
f.vcs in the House Of Congress ana
.to senate. all veteran and patriotic
bodies within Richmond County and
the public press"