Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-21
NelU Training Chief
at Veterans Bureau

The administrative officers Of this
District of the United States Vet
erans' Bureau announce the APP
pointment of Mr.. G.. f. Hostettler as
Chief, Rehabilitation Division, 9Th
District, replacing Mr.. Charles w.
Sylvester, resigned.
Disabled ex-service men in train
ing under the Bureau in this District
are exceedingly regretful of the loss
of Mr. Sylvester. When the Govern
ment opened the first office of the
old Federal Board for Vocational
Education at Chicago, Illinois, in
October 1913, Mr.. Sylvester was APP
pointed District Vocational Officer
in charge of all work pertaining to
the restraining of our disabled
soldiers. Previous TO this, he had
been acting as Special Agent at
Washington in organizing the Ma
tional Rehabilitation Program and
then at Boston, Mass, assisting in
the organization or District No. /.
Before coming to the Federal Board,
Mr.. Sylvester had held many inn
portant positions in the educational
world. He was Director Of Voca-
tional Education at Hammond,
Indiana, for two years; Director of
Industrial Education at Springfield,
Illinois, for two years; and Super
visor of Industrial Training Courses
at indianapolis, Indiana, for one
year.
This work enabled Mr.. Sylvester
not only to enter intelligently upon
the problem of re-training disabled
soldiers, but to carry forward that
work viii the utmost speed and effic-
iency. From an office consisting OF
ten people, this District grew to
have a personnel numbering oven
seven hundred people. In July 1921
when the Federal Board was consol-
dated with other Government agen-
cies to form the United States
Veterans Bureau, Mr.. Sylvester be
came Chief Of the Rehabilitation Di
vision and continued in that capacity
| until his resignation. Much Of The
| |itult 4OI tlt ltcullS ~ ldi ObbdllitN
in the states Of Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin in the re-training anC
rehabilitation of disabled soldiers il
due to the personal efforts Of Mr.
| Sylvester. He leaves the Bureau t
accept position as Director o
Education at Baltimore, Maryland.
Mr.. Hostettler, who succeeds Nh
Sylvester as Chief of the Rehabilita
ton Division, is on ex-service mar
who during the World War was
member of the Both Engineers. A
the close of the war Mr.. Hostettle
came with the old Federal Board am
was stationed in the Chicago offic
for the first six months of his ser
vice. He was then called to Contra
Office at Washington where he re
NAMED for two years. In Angus
1921 he was made assistant chief o
the Rehabilitation Division for the en-
tire Veterans Bureau and he serve
in this capacity until February 1925
He was then placed in charge Of tn
Methods of Standardization Divisio
WHICH was lllSlNAltu " SNdIudlNlL
the training programs for all dis
tricts of the Bureau.
In connection with this, Nh
Hostettler wrote an outline for &C
countancy courses and a syllabus 70
commercial courses, both of whic
are being used by Columbia Univer
sity. He also served as a member o
the Commercial Occupational Sur
vey and job Analysis Committee TO
the American Hotel Association t
determine whether or not Vacations
training was practical for hotel mer
AS result of the findings Of thi
committee, the Association standard
lied a course at Cornell Universit
in hotel management. Just befor
coming to this District, Mr.. Hostel
tier was honorcd by being asked t
. give fifteen guest lectures at Colum
bia University. 1t is plainly see
, from the reputation which he has al
ready built up for himself that Nj
, Hostettler is we'll fitted to handle tn
problems attended upon the trainin
of the disabled men. He had the ad
vantage Of knowing from his ow
experiences the mems view point
both from service standpoint an
from an educational one.