The New York herald., 1922-04-09
bined with very great human under

pined Win very great human UNDER
standing.
There are $50 tubercuar patients
still left at Fox Hills. / understand
that the order Is to begin moving the
ambulatory cases on Monday. One OF
the objections made to Saranac Is that
the patients would have to walk some
distance to their meals But Sea View
is built on the side of hill, and from
the last pavilion TO the dining room
there is a fifteen minutes walk--and
this uphill, and to be taken by sick
man three times a day., And the walks
are not covered. so that in wet weather
the patient walks in the wet And no
provision has been made for nourishment
between meals. which many tubercular
patients must have"
200 Beds at Liberty.
Mrs. Patterson said it had been re-
ported to her that 200 beds were avail
able in cottages at Liberty, enough to
accommodate all the men now at Fox
Hills If that disposition was decided
upon. Admitting that the Government
IS paying the city for the use of Sea
view and that the soldiers pavilions
are separate from those used by the
patents Of the city. she said the vet
erans. who. being ILL., are especially SEN
sitive, feel humiliated by being clapped
INTO the same institution as charity pa
tients. She believes this works against
a proper mental condition. which must
DC attained If the men are to be cured.
one ana those with whom she is work.
ng ieei also that the public needs a
waking up.
Il do not believe" she said yest,r-
Gay. that the men who died in Frame
q .nose suffering from the war are
reaiiy forgotten. Simply the everyday
ness OF HE has returned and in the
routine from sunup to sundown ~.
everage citizen has slipped back to the
duys before 1877. When some one wbo
IS working constantly for the soldier
tells OF the tragedy of some particular
case MS nearer says and feels. How
s'ry SAD, and wishes it were differen.,
fut comforts himself with the Thought
.uae sucn must be after war and that
'ne Government is giving the ex-sar-
vice men the best possible care. Also
ne smugiy thinks that he himself rs
helping because he pays the taxes when
support the disabled veteran.
Citizens Should Wake Up.
rs that enough? No. The Govern.
ment has appropriated money--n 4
etough. perhaps, but goodly sum. II
mas established bureaus, but il this
money does not reach the soldier 1t Is
money wasted. If these bureaus do NOT
lrnctlon adequately 1t is money waste1
enc 1t is the citizens business to see
What it is not wasted
We may blame Congress for some
things, the Veterans Bureau for very
much. the White committee for more
than much but should we not blame
ourselves? 1t is up to us, the citizens
OF New York. to see that our ex-service
men get every tender comfort that
can be given them. Let US visit the
hospitals and see for ourselves Let
US insist that our Senator's and Repre-
sentatives know the actual. unexag-
Gerated condition of our veterans and
act accordingly. Let u.s. men and
women, write strong letters to our Sem
ators and Representatives, demanding
that this ptiful handful of tubercular
men be permitted to go to Liberty and
the Adrondacks, where they will have
chance for life; to go to dry, health
full climate within reach Of their homes,
and not to a charity institution in the
damp low climate of Staten Island
Many organizations are keeping up the
fight against the Sea View. Among
them are the American Legion. the Lest
We Forget committee. Mrs. Arthur
Terry, president: the Junior Lest We
Forget Mrs. Casimir dc Rham. pres-
dent the Fox Hills Committee. Mrs.
Louis V. Ledoux. chairman, and the
Women's Overseas League.
Last night il was announced that
fourteen more tubercular patients were
transferred yesterday from Fox Hills 70
the Sea View Hospital and that by
Thursday or Friday 200 others could
be removed to Sea View and sixty-one
others sent to upstate hospitals.