The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
SOLDIERS COLLAPSE HALTS
ORATORS PLEAS FOR HER OES
Senator David l. Walsh and Rep. Jeffers Urge
A@ Vacations for Disabled. t,N

The pathos which surrounds
Americas wsr-seared veterans was
brought forcihly 70 the attention OF
several hundred Washington rest.
dents last night. during mass
meeting held In the auditorium of
Central High School. fo- the pur-
pose Of inaugurating 4 movement
to establish summer .convalescent
camps for disabled veterans in
nearby Virginia.
While eloquent. speakers were
ricturinS the sufferings endured by
the soldiers during the world war
and attempting to voice the suffer-
ings which are the lot of those who
were wounded. one shell shocked
hero from Walter Reed. was stricken
with an. epilept!c ft and fell to the
Moor
The speaking stopped Mothers.
whose sons had made the supreme
sacrifice OF who were still confined
In hospitals. rushed to render what
eve assistance they could. A
silence, deadly in contrast with the
re-echoing OF voices which had
preceded. was cast over the largo
hall.
senator walsh Makes Piea.
After considerable effort on the
part of physicians and nurses who
were in attendance. the wounded
hero was revived sufficiently TO en-
able his removal to the Walter
Reed Hospital In an Automobile of
the women's committee. The sneak
ing was then -esumed. The meet
ing was held under the auspices
OF the Disabled American Veterans
of the World War.
Senator David !. Walsh. Of Mas
sachusetts. told the mass meeting
that america cannot fail to do
the duty with which she is charged.
caring for her wounded and dis
abled soldiers"
lis u crime and We cannot have 1t
said that we are ungratefui to
those boys who went to the very
mouth of hell that We at home
might be safe and our liberties Sc
cure. The least, that any OF US
can do is to assist in restoring to
these heroes the health that is
theirs by right and of which many
we're robbed during their stay in
the war zone"
sunner Camp Planned.
Call the roll" continued the
speaker. "and let us see where the
people OF Washington stand on this
vital matter. Have we forgotten
the day when the streets Of this
city were crowded with people in
honor of the Unknown Soldier who
lies with the great in Arlington
Let's put across this project OF
sivinE these men every creature
comfort that can be provided
them"
Senator Walsh was the princi-
pal speaker at the meeting which
was called by John II. Dykes.
chairman of the national legisla-
tive committee of tn Disabled d
American Veterans Of the World
War. The organization is arrang-
ing for the building of a summer
camp at Bellevue, Va. where men
in the hospitals OF the District
may spend their vacations amid
surroundings that will help their
rehabilitation.
Pictures BeaeAciaI Results.
Representative Lamar Jeners. of
Alabama. a member OF Washington
Post OF the veterans organization
and a Distinguished Service Cross
recipient, pleaded for public sup
port of the project and painted a
picture OF the benefits that would
accrue to the disabled were they
afforded summer vacations. 1t was
during the address OF the Repre-
sentative from Alabama that the
veteran from Walter Reed Hospital
collapsed.
Representative Gilbert y. Har-
gen, of Iowa. spoke OF the great
need of summer camps for veterans
He stated that. for men whose con-
dition permitted OF their removal.
vacations at resorts such as is con.
templsted by the disabled veterans
organization were a boon and a
blessing
Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries. chief
of the chemical warfare depart
ment. in his address, stressed the
necessity of summer camps and va
cations for men who have been un-
der disqualification treatment for
wounds and disease as a result of
their experience in France.
Calls 1t "vitaI Necessity"
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Of the
women's committee. declared that
the work Of helping the project was
"a privilege and an honor" She
told her auditors that the provision
OF vacation sites for former serv-
ice men who were inmates OF hos
pitals was vital necessity. il we
are to do our duty as Americans
John Temple Graves reviewed the
problems Of the wars aftermath.
Representative r. Walton Moore, OF
Virginia. pledged himself to assist
the movement in every possible
way.
The beneficial results that would
obtain from summer camps were
emphasized by Representative wjn-
lam F.. Andrews. of Nebraska.
Health" he declared, was all
these boys OF ours ask and we can
give it to them. in some measure,
by providing them with summer
camps and vacation sites.''
At thA mhetinr there WARE selhC