Evening star., 1922-08-10
l6.915 MEN REHABILITATED IN
YEAR BY VETERANS BUREAU
disqualification of War Wounded Touches
Peak With 113024 Treated, Mostly
by Government Doctors.

The peak of disqualification of the
war wounded has not yet been
reached. it was announced from the
Veterans Bureau on. the first ami
yersary of its organization yesterday,
with the prediction that estimated
expenses for the fiscal year 1928 VIII
be increased to $513,693, coo. as COM
pared with approximately S4Sl .0oo,0oo
for the fiscal year 1922.
Increase also was noted for the past
year Of the bureau in medical ef-
ticiency. vocational training, compen-
sation and claims and insurance.
The number of men estimated as
Tehabilitated during the fiscal year
was placed at 1915 with = total
expense for vocational training for
the fiscal year of $3.50, sol 1858 Con-
sidered by months. the outlay of
finance for training steadily increased
from S?,S2414S.64 in July. 1921, to
$l5,110.51&.93 in June, 1922. The bu-
reau has trainers in more than 5000
educational institutions.
The total number Of compensation
and death and disability ella ms flled
during the year reached 191,o1S. OF
which I1,195 We're allowed, involving
yearly compensation disbursement
OF $i2S,494.26!. Monthly disburse-
ments reached high point with SILL
3V4.1l2 in October 1921.
Il3,O24 in Hospitals.
Reviewing the hospital situation
statement from the bureau said the
number of men placed in government
and contract hospitals during the
year totaled ll3,02+, of which G2,315
cases were general medical and surg
lcai cases; %5,i66 were tubecular
cases and 15,2t3 were cases of nerv-
Gus and mental disorders
Director Forbes, who returned re-
Gently from an inspection OF hoSpi-
| tails in the northern part of the coun-
try, announced in this conuectio yes
!; terday that new policies for hospitali-
ZatIun of disabled veterans w0u d be
taken up soon with President Hard
ing.
Col. Forbes declared he would sug-
geSt TO the President the ACCESSIBILITY
'ot turning some of the present hos
pitals into training ccnters for qui
escent tubercu!ar patients and serv-
ice men suffering from mental all
mentS. Sites for all new hospitals
under the second Langley bill, he
said. had been decided upon and
work was planned to begin within
ninety days. on tn" ten new inStltu-
tons in various parts of the coun-
try. He estimated the program would
cost approximately $l4.000.000.
During the first year of the bu-
reau the birthday statement today
pointed out, control of fifty hospitals
had been transferred from the pub
lie health service to the bureau. anC
with this change, patients in these
hospitals will be subject to the opera
ton of only one organization which
VIII mean closer supervision and i'm
proved medical service"
More Federal Physicians.
Increase in the treatment of vet
of outside agencies for the year was
pointed to as resulting in more sat
isfactory care and greater economy
Up to the beginning of the past fiscal
year, IL was explained. only 5 pei
cent of the medical services in the
field were provided by government
agencies and 81 per cent were pro-
vlded by physicians and hospitals Oh
a fee or contract basis. whereas to-
day 20 per cent Of these medical
services are provided by the Neter-
ans Bureau"
Insurance claims filed during the
past fiscal year mounted to 1852
the computed value of which reach &c
$76i36, 622.32. Disbursements cover
ing both government lif" and tern
| During the year the bureau con
| Quoted a cleanup campaign
throughout the fourteen districts
! during which 1858 contacts witt
beneticiarieS and claimants were
made. resulting in the filing of 4S,46:
| claims, as well as the reopening OF
! $4,000 old claims. More than 1900
| physical examinations We're mad'
! which resulted in the sending o