The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-04-20
UNCLESAM WANTS
TO HELP VETERANS

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Uncle SANS favorite nephew is the
vocational training man.
So one might surmise from infor-
nation received from Frank O. Alley,
in charge of the United States Vet
erans' Bureau at the Agricultural
College. That the government is do
assure the comfort and welfare Of the
ing everything within its power to
nations battle-scarred war veterans,
is shown by the fact that this organ
ization was built up to look after
their needs. The scope Of the bureau
at the college is, of course, mainly
local.
Thirty-seven men are in the college
courses this term, and 20 more are
being held over, while they complete
their work in special sub-collegiate
courses. tl -s .-a#
Thirty-five former students in the
Farm Husbandry course are now do
ing. what Mr.. Alley termed project
training work." Oh their own farms.
The bureau keeps in direct touch with
these men, constantly. .a
Agriculture is the most popular
course with the vocational men now
in the college, 18 veterans being in
agriculture. Of the rest, five are in
architecture, two each, in civil and
mechanical engineering, two are
chemical engineers, and one is enroll
ed in the School of Science and Lit
erature, four are pharmacy students,
three veterans are ambitious to
stretch their title Of veterans" to
the longer and loftier title Of veter-
iharians. All are succeeding well,
in Mr.. Alleys opinion. III.
Gunshot wounds, which cause afro
phied muscles and shrunken limbs,
are among the most common disabili-
ties suffered by veterans, Mr.. Alley
said. Shrapnel and high-explosive
shells, also found more than one man.
A large number are suffering from
gas effects, which, in many cases.
have permanently. undermined the
health Of the mersvs CHLORINE gas, TAX
en- into the lungs in 1918, has caused
some tuberculosis and bronchial VIC
Tins. Phosgene gas has caused cases
of heart trouble and mustard gas
causes various forms Of skin troubles,
said Mr.. Alley. Miss S. E. Thomp-
son, a special nurse, is at the A.. c.
on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, of
each week, to look after the health
of the disabled veterans here.
At the downtown office of the U.
S. Veterans Bureau, of which Mr.. C.
T. Hooverson is in charge, there is a
force of about thirty people. There
are two doctors and three nurses con-
stantly at work building up the health
of war veterans, many Of whom were
ruined in health just by the exposure
to the cold and wet and filthy condi-
tions of the trenches ~
The Fargo office, located in the En-
erson- n-Brantingham Building on N. p.
Avenue has charge of all Government
work for ex-service men of large
territory, including part of north
western Minnesota, nearly all of
North Dakota, and part of eastern
Montana. It takes care of all of the
veterans problems; including compen-
sation claims, War Risk Insurance, vo-
cational training, health and hospital
service, etc., besides furnishing infor-
nation and advice to former service
men. All of the Government organi-
cations for aiding veterans are now
combined under the U. S. Veterans
Bureau. ,..
Uncle Sam gives his disabled vet
erans a rather liberal allowance.
Single men get 500 per month from
the Government. A married man,
with wife, but no children living, is
allowed $135 per month; with wife
and one child, $145, for the second
child, $3.50 per month more is added,
and for third, SIS per month is ad-
ded to the allowance.