The New York herald., 1922-03-19
u. S. LEADS ALLIES IN AID
GIVEN TO DISABLED IN WAR

Ing, which carries maintenance pay rat
ing from $50 to s170 per month in addi-
ton to the tuition. books. supplies and
equipment. Ten thousand six hundred
and forty-four veterans were undergoing
vocational training in Section 3 training,
which provides tuition. books, supplies
and equipment, but no maintenance pay.
Since the Government undertook the
rehabilitation Of the vocationally handi-
capped veteran a total of 119,SS1 men
and women have been placed IN Section
training and 17,1S7 have been placed
in Glass 8 training. Nearly $4,000 vet
Grams have been declared eligible for
vocational training who have failed to
take advantage of this wonderful OPP
portunity for various reasons. and total
of 1887 have been declared rehabilitated
by the bureau, 5,402 finishing their
training during the past year.
Medical.
Turning to the medical division we
find that onDecember 81 a total OF 2S,-
6S7 veterans OF the world war were un-
dergoing disqualification under the United
States Veterans Bureau of this num-
ber 1,646 were in tubercular hospitals,
S,272 in neuropsychiatric and mental in
stitutions and S,769 undergoing treat
ment in general hospitals for general
and surgical disabilities. Since the
creation of the bureau 206,039 veterans
have received hospital treatment and
1,115.259 medical examinations ordered.
when the United States Veterans
Bureau was created. taking over the
vocational rehabilitation work. 1t was
found necessary to broaden the scope
of rehabilitation. There were not
enough institutions in America to care
for our vocational population. Highest
authorities tell us that our vocational
population will reach between 900
and 100000 veterans. Places must be
found for these men.
During the last current year the
Government opened its first big voca-
tional training school. The big visitors
houses attached to Camp Sherman
Chillicothe. Ohio. were remade into stu
dents apartment houses The fine me-
chanical equipment which has been
used for the vocational training in the
army was turned over to our disabled
veterans for use In this institution
and to-day men are learning trades
under competent instructors who pre-
viously had been in placement train
ing and receiving no education OF
value.
"A rehabilitation conference was held
in Washington. attended by some OF
the leading lights of the educational
world. This conference made it's rec.
concentrations to the bureau. and we are
attempting to carry them out to the
best OF our ability. The country's best
known experts in neuropsychiatric and
mental disorders have recently con
cluded a conference which bids fair tc
assist the bureau materially in decreas.
ing the number of mental cases and
to provide cure for the men with dis.
ordered minds.
mo stone has been left unturned to
provide the disabled veterans OF the
world war with every. possible advan.
tage. and statements to the effect that
the Governments has been derelict in its
duty show an absolute lack of infor-
nation OF what has been done for them
President Harding is keeniy inter.
ested in the problems OF the ex-service
man. He has shown the deepest
thought and study of their problems
and OF existing conditions. There Is
nothing this Government will not do
for the men who fought in the world
war and I am proud of the accom-
plishments OF the Veterans Bureau"