The Washington times., 1923-07-06
" A R DISABLED
WOMEN To Be
CAREDFOR
Up to Present Nothing Has
Been Done to Aid Hun
dreds Suffering.
BY MARGERY REX.
written for Cosmopolitan News
Service) A.


NEW YORK, July 6.-Hundreds
Of soldiers exposed to hardships In
the late war today are in hospitals
suffering from disease or general
physical breakdown. Hundreds
overtaxed with the super human ef'
fort and with the excitement OF bat.
tie are under the care Of ply
chiatrists.
Heroes in war became problems"
Of peace time.
Soldiers after wars are honored,
feted. cared for in hospitals when
necessary--to some extent-and for
gotten.
But what Of the women disabled
by the war?
Nearly $4,000 women went from
America to Europe to help in the
world war.
Many Of these women veterans
now have tuberculosis.
Many are physically and mentally
incapacitated.
In one State $50 disabled women
war veterans have been found.
But why has no one ever heard
much about this surprising state Of
affairs before?
The answer, when one stops to
consider the sacrificing nature Of
women, be she mother or wife or
soldier, makes it clear.
Because when they were no
longer able to help anyone else,
their ideal Of service kept them
ills on world that was already a
little weary Of war and it's wreck
age.
Miss Mary Bogart says It is their
pride that has kept the disability Of
hundreds of women war veterans a
secret until lately. Miss Bogart is
now vice president, and was an or
ganizing member Of the Women's
Overseas Service League.
ut is very difficult to get hold of
these young women to help them, 4"
Miss Bogart declares. I'VE have to
seek them out and insist-we prom
Use not to tell that they are being
aided nor to reveal their identity.
1--WE cannot yet estimate the
number Of women disabled in the
war.
Many were actually under fire,
and now suffer from shattered
nerves as a result.
Many gave up good positions to
do war work, not for a salary, but
are home again. they must. take
inferior positions. They are tired,
exhausted and have completely
gone under.
$50 i'm California.
I'm California we found $50 WON.
en- who had been weakened by tho
war. They were not natives, but
women who finally after a number
Of vicissitudes had drifted out West
to regain bodily and mental
strength
Women who served under any
war organization and who can show
credentials and honorable discharge
are eligible for membership In the
Women's Overseas Service League,
Miss Bogart says:
Our work has a broad scope
Red Cross. Salvation Army, Jewish
and Catholic war workers, and even
those who went over individually
can come i'm
Not the most pleasant thing in
the world for a certain girl dis.
abled by her war work is the test
being made Of her case in San
francisco. There she has been put
in the Soldiers Home to see whether
or not the Government will care
for woman incapacitated in its
service. Obviously this situation
cannot be agreeable to the lone
woman patient.
The Veterans Bureau out there"
SAYS Miss Bogart. lis looking after
this one woman. The work gen.
orally in San Francisco is going on
very WELL
We are now trying to raise a
rund to carry on work for disabled
women war workers.
The league will care for each
case In the way best suited to the
local1ty-the district uni tdecided on
the method"