The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-16

, passage OF this act. The zov.
mental agency charged with M ~
relief under the act was the ~
eraI board for vocational edne.,tsesll'
which had been organized M,
the act of July q, 1917. -e'
( Canada had already begnn =,
establishment of a veteran reSsh SnS
tatfon program and geneToSsI-
loased the federal board sav..t,
men who had been occupied in ~ =,
work However, it had been fanrs
| that the methods used in Csn.I-
and other countries were MOI ~
plicable in the United States ~
other countries worked on A sr,aU
er scale, with a limited cIass =,
eligible beneffciaries. Our Dro
gram was planned on a more -
erous scale. The men who psS -,
this program for the United SCI
however, contemplated thai A.
maximum number of men eligibIe
would be about $4,000. To5ae
there are over 101, 900 men in tr,;a
i ing, $4,000 awaiting assignee,
and 425,000 men who have regis
tered for vocational training
The program adopted to carr
out the rehabilitation Of our m
abled veterans was to utilize -.
existing educational institution,
and also to place the men in tran
ing on the job. which was caIIa5
placement training" AS A ras,,I,
there were 3,213 men in training -,
June 80, 1919, and 40,19S on Inn
80, 1920, of whicsh 10000 were H.
placement training.
|s The New Bureau.
On Aug. 8, 1921, that division a,
the federal board for vocatio,.I
education, which prior to thai dsts
had charge of the rehabilitation -
disabled soldiers, was consolidated
with the bureau of war risk ingur.
ance, as result of the passage ~
the Sweet bill.
Colonel Charles r. Forbes 10.
came director of the consolidate
soldier relief agency of the govern
ment, the United States veterans,
bureau, under this legislation Ia
discovered that the rehabilitation
program as administered prior IA
this legislation was not giving the
best results. The men in training
changed from trade to trade. from
shop to shop, from institution to in
stitution. A very small number az
men had been rehabilitated in tho
employment which they selected. or
was selected for them, as their vo-
cationa1 objective. He also found
that there was no supervision over
a large number of men in place
ment training. Those men who had
entered institutional training in
universities and col.
leges were experiencing the least
difficulty. These men who are
professions in well known
universities will continue in those
institutions.
The establishment Of the Chilli.
Gothic school, and Others Of a SINH
lar nature to be established in the
future, will overcome many of the
difficulties in the way of the Ures-
ent system of vocational training
VI nav Al lLiEu scattered
among several thousand shops and
private schools they will be trained
n a few centralized government
schools.
For the purpose of obtaining ex-
perienced advisors, Colonel Forbes
called rehabilitation conference.
composed of leading educators and
vocational instructors. to maet
with him in Washington on Dec
%, 30, 81, 1921. This conference has
valuable data on this
rehabilitation program. Placement
raining will continue as a part Of
he rehabilitation program but this
will be given in long-estaB-
ished industrial plants and well
business organizations.
students will not be taken out OF
accredited colleges nor out OF
placement training where they ara
satisfactory progress, even
hough they would like to 20 to the
chools at Chillicothe. The enroll
nent at this school will be entirely
oluntary on the part Of trainees,
nd no trainee will be transferred,
MESS he assents to the transfer.