New-York tribune., 1922-12-18
suao Commander Calian
Hopes to Interest Legisla.
tues In Adding Fund for
Insane Veterans to Budget
Gen. Lafayette Police Posts
Animal Reception al
Commodore Jsa. ~ Com.
mander OwsIey Expected

oas Of sAs moss serious preessnl
wkieA sonsroA,s tAe Legion IN this
ssss. q the care os insaAs sk1 nsntaily
anAaisneed ex-serviee msa, Ths
ssusss Of this form Of disaNlifs art
nunsreus. Ezssfss say oAly lt psI
eat eF ths eases q Insanity iS found
.nsar snes who we're EetBaIly' In com
sst srsaa daring the war The remain
ine % per cent we're men who never
reached combat areas, bat whose
mlnds were sTestsd and uneslsoees
~ being taken out Of . more or iess
wsll-ordered and ordinary sn7ifonfnsnt
ana thrust int the maelstrom OF var
preparations and unusual aetintlse
A. the present time the majority OF
tAsss cases IN this state is distributed
among various state hospitals for the
insans. At the Kings Park Hospital
about 500 eases have been naname
slncs the ciors Of the war, OF Az ths.e .
oatients % per cent have been .oit'
eharred as completely recovered or
abe 20 make their way unAldeo. roN
here are about 500 patients at shis
hospital and they form the largest
.,roup In aay Of the. .stats. .haspitalf.s-
Albert s. 'callan, commander Of the
kmsrlcsn Legion, department. Of New
York, attributes the success OF this
bospltal 70 its advanced methods OF IN.
5ivlduAi treatment. ooeupational thsr-
apy and various forms OF amusement
Whieh tend 70 take the patients IN
terest beyond himself.
Mr. Cailan has been informed tnst
the tentative stats budget for ls1s.'1s
includes an item for the helpfnrtsrser-
tainment OF ex-serviee men IN state
institusions for the insane. The item
would arant an allowance for enter
talnmeft and amusement to the hospi-
tails Of 81 q week an ex-terviee man;
Nerve specialists havs PROVED tne
rrsat value Of entertainment In, TIE
Treatment Of mental patients, ana u
this will even slightly ad the eondi-
ton Of these pitiful eases the Legion
h for Il. and Mr.. Callan has expressed
the hope that this allowances VIII De
Incorporated IN the budget by the ih-
coming Legislature.
Commander CAilan said yestcIday;
The state has shown all sorts OF VIII
In eness 10 cooperate with the Legion
In The care Of our disabled veterans.
The condition Of the mentally disabled
h most pitiful and In many eases
worse than death, so ! sincerely hoPe
the incoming legislators will see NJ
70 appropriate this small amount iof
the bensAt Of our insane veterans
westehesteTs New 0fileers Choaen
Az the annual meeting Of the West
chester County COMMITTEES, held IN
White Plains, ofieeFs for 1929 were
eiseted. County Commander WA X
CIV was reelected by a unanimous
vote, Hiram W. Taylor was elected
Arst vice commandsrss Cagper- W.
Hahnel, second vies-eornmhnderj Claf-
ence Iiehtenstein, treasurer, and Ralph
q. Saward, Z. s. Cole, Frank Ky. Addy-
nan. Harry williams, Sherman Thursby
and Bert Graham, executive committee
men.
chester County posts will be held on
Saturday, February ~, ~ healey'p
Golden Glade" Columbus Avenue and
Sirty-sixth Street, New YQtf, - which
L IA expected that National, Connwandnr
Alvin w. Owsley, State Commander Al
bert s. Celian, Pact State COMMANDER
William =. (Bill) Dsefan and assistant
20 state Commander Joseph Burns viii
be guests.