Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-01-12

ords went astray in transit when
companies were rushed from one sec
tor to another with little regard for
clerical data.
! In its attack upon World War vet
Grams who are receiving compensa-
tion and disqualification, the National
Economy League reveals brutal dis
regard for the humanitarian impulses
that motivated Congress in the crea-
tion of these benefits. If the govern
ment takes heed of the recommends
ton of the National Economy League,
nearly 10000 patients suffering from
either N. p. ailments or tuberculosis,
in either it's arrested or active stages,
would be deprived of the assistance
they are now receiving from the gov
eminent Exist ting 'presumptive
clauses that make thousands of tu-
berculOsis and mentally afflicted pa
tients eligible for compensation at
the present time would be entirely
eliminated. Of the 1860 veterans
who received hospital treatment from
the government during the year end
ing June 80, 1882, total of 120,229
were suffering from disabilities that
could not be traced to definite serv-
ice origin because of the lack of
technical proof. The National Econ
omy League would eject these men
from the government hospitals and
force them to either become wards of
public charity or patients in private
hospitals until what few funds they
might possess were exhausted.
The National Economy League also
calls upon the government to abandon
its present program of hospital con-
structiOn. This demand is made in
the face of predictions and estimates
of the Veterans Administration that
the peak of World War disabilities
will not be reached until 1915. This
body apparently has no interest in
the fact that the governments hos
pital program was established some
years ago by Congress with a definite
goal in view and that any Interrupt
ton in this program is certain to
create condition of chaos and con-
fusion. Hospital facilities have been
inadequate in different sections of the
country for the past several years
and any curtailment at the present
time will merely create further hard
ships for the veteran in need of hos
pitalization. In 1881 there were 2,2O1
mental patients alone in contract hos
pitfalls due to inadequate facilities.
Figures Given.
Much has been said recently of fed
eral expenditures in behalf of vet
Grams. The public has been led to
believe that the World War veteran
is responsible for the greatest proper
ton of these expenditures. Actual
facts, however, indicate the contrary.
The present budget includes pension
payments to seven widows of veterans
of the War of 1912; 492 widows of vet
Grams of the Mexican War; 5,172 vet
Grams and 4,4O3 widows of veterans
of the Indian Wars: 33,433 Civil War
veterans, 144,O07 widows of Civil War
veterans and 81 Civil War nurses;
196.401 Spanish American War vet
Grams, 35,S29 widows of Spanish Amer
lean War veterans, $50 Spanish Amer
lean War nurses; 1893 soldiers who
are retired from the regular army
under the general pension law and
4,419 widows of regular army retired
veterans.
Following is an itemized description
of the federal budget in behalf of all
veterans of all wars:
Administration for veterans
of all wars. including med
| zeal and hospital service
and soldiers homes ------s115.52S.7s 5
Printing and binding ----- 100000
Compensation for disability
| incurred as result of World
| war service ------------- 2O4 &c, 900
Disability lowance for
| World War veterans Suf-
| fering from disabilities not
connected with service - 1O4. 277.0O0
Disabled emergency officers
of the World War retire
CONDENSATION mgnr atx for service il'o40'oo'
| connected world War
death paid to widows. or
phans and dependent par
ents -------------- 36.2s4.O00
Army and Navy pensions for
death and disability not
| necessarily connected with
Civil War --- s7,221,o00
| Spanish War ---------- 116.396.0 900
| Regular Establ shment-- 7.127.OO0
| Military and Naval Insur-
ance "a government debt
for which the veterans
paid nearly $500, 100000 in
insurance premiums out of
their own pocketS) ------ 100000 900
| Hospital and Soldiers Home
| construction for the veter-
| S,fo