The Alaska daily empire., 1922-02-25
COMPENSATION
 GIVEN TO ALL '; INJURED ME N
Cliff Wood Discusses Compen- sation for Disabled Ex-
 Service Men.

"The director u1 the Veterans Blu reau Colonel Forbes gave orders last fall that grand cleanup campaign was to be conducted all over the United States by the Veterans Blu reau, with the assistance and co operation of every post of the Amer. ican legion, Red Cross and other or ganizations having to do with .ae welfare of ex-service men" This statement was made today by Cliff Wood. contact officer with the Vc,- erans' Bureau, in discussing govern ment compensation to the ex-serviae man.
 Aid Men
 The bureau itself is very anxious that those men with disabilities, not only from battle, but from the ravage of disease and the outcome of acci- dents, either arising while in tle service or aggravated thereby, shall put in their claims at the earliest possible moment, if they are of Ich a nature that they will ever give any dpGltNidUlC liOuDlt. IL a IilHi II N't been examined the day after lis charge anything found wrong with him would have been proved to nave been connected with service by his physical condition at that time. When a man puts in a claim now, he may Know and we may believe that it is of service connection but the fact must be proved in some satisfactory manner before the bureau is able to give him his rights under the Com pensation or Vocational training and rehabilitation features of the act now under the jurisdiction of the Vet- erans' Bureau.
 Time Lost
 It will be readily appreciated tha. every day that goes by jeopardizes the good claims, and the proof b3 comes harder and harder as a man 5 old Buddies are lost sight of or die or forget details essential to estab- fish the claim. At the present time the War Department stands ready to promptly furnish the address as given at discharge of any man whose name, rank, organization on certal date is given, to any man wh, states that he needs the address t. get evidence for claim for com pensation The Legion Posts all oye the country and the Red Cross stand ready to try and ob. ain latter ad. dresses if the man fails to answer from the address given.
 Compensation
 If a man receives compensation he is entitled to the benefit of what is technically known as Section Train ing. This right gives the man an opportunity to have the government pay for books and tuition expense for any course that will assist him to become a better workman If a man has disability due to or az gravated by service which prevents him from following the occupation by which he earned his livelihood before he entered service, he can get Sec tion Training, which, in addition to the above, entities him to training pay while he is learning some other occupation in which his disability would not be a vocational handicap. A man who was a student and had no vocation before the war is rated as laborer.
 Leaves Monday
 Mir. Wood is leaving Juneau next Monday night on the Estebeth for Haines and Skagway. He expects to return some time next week and will go from here to the westward.
 During the time he is here until Monday night, he urges that all ex- service men who have claims they desire to file, see him as soon as possible.