The Belding banner-news., 1922-02-01
j. S. VETERANS
BUREAU ANXIOUS
To ADJUST CLAIMS
SEEK TO HELP ALL DISABLED
SOLDIERS / N NATIONWIDE
CLEANUP CAMPAIGN

THE u. S. Veterans Bureau in
its new hospital cleanup campaign
is making a special effort to adjust
the claims of all ex-service men who
have been hospitalized, Col. Charles
X. Forbes, Director of the United
States Veterans Bureau said today,
This campaign will reach all men
in hospitals who have not as yet
made formal application for compen-
sation, ann investigate those cases
which have not as yet been awarded
a temporary total rating since date
of disqualification"
when it is recognized that there
are 11,730 veterans hospitalized for
tuberculosis alone, one can readily
Imagine the problem the Veterans
Bureau is up against, stated Col.
Charles r, Forbes. "There are
8,346 neuro-psychiatric cases and
S,819 general and surgical cases in
these hospitals. The largest num-
Der of tubercular cases are hospital
lied in District No. 5, comprising the
states of Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida and Tennes-
see where we have 2,303 of these
cases. In district No. ii comprising
the states of New Mexico, Colorado,
Wyoming and Utah, where the cli-
mate is also conc ucive to the recov-
cry Of tubercular cases, there are
2,045 cases. The number of tuber>
cular and neuro-psychiatric cases
will continue to increase and 1T is
expected that the peak will be reach
ed in 1925 when it is estimated there
will be $4,000 vetar&ns hospitaliZ-
ed"
A total of 1852 hospitals where
eX-serviee men are now hospitaliZed,
including contract hospitals, army
and navy hospitals, public health
service hospitals and soldiers home
will be visited during this COM
paign. There are at present to,
tai of 28,895 claimants of the Vet
erans' Bureau in these institutions.
This number represents the most
seriously disabled veterans of the
WorlI war. A large number of
them have been in the hospital ever
since they, were wounded overseas.
Several thousands uro-psychiatric
and tubercular cases are counted in
this number There are at present
four hospitals in the PHILIPPINE Is
lands taking care of Veterans Bur-
eau's beneficiaries; six in Porto Ri
CO and five in Hawaii. Among the
hospitals enumerated above are
from Is navy hospitals, army hos
pitals and 9 soldiers homes hospi-
tails.
The awards on these cases will be
made in the district Offices. The ex-
aminer, medical officers and voca-
tional training officers will visit
these hospitals in this campaign and
will bring the mans folder contain>
ing his case to the bedside and with
both the claimants case and the
claimant himself personally present,
these representatives of the Veter-
ans Bureau will be in a position to
make definite decision on his
claim. Those men in hospital who
have not made application for COM
pensation will be assisted by these
men in the preparation of their cas-
es. They will assist them in obtain
ing the necessary evidence and in
stuct them in the proper procedure
of filing their applications. This in
tensive campaign has been inaugu-
rated in all districts and before the
campaign is completed all these pa
tients in these various institutions
will have an opportunity to talk
their case over personally at their
bedside with these experienced rep
resentatives Of the government.