fcudleton, Oregon, Friday, September i6, l615
fago Twenty-Six
LET ' BUCK
East Orcgonian &ouud-Up Souvenir iiittoii
GOVERNMENT WILL EDUCATE 50,000 WOUNDED
SOLDIERS AND SAILQf?3 IN 4-YEAR PROGRAM
! CongTcss Taking Stepa to Put Disabled Men on Feet by
Practical Training; 15,000 Accepted, 7,300 Training. ' .
- The Federal fruvernn.rtit i making whose disabilities do fot amount to
nuidru to lr the vocationally dm
mbl4 sldir hack in the eoimonitc
ranks t.r the country, able to compete
U'lth other " hole" men and to earn
an tiidem-ndenl income f-r himself.
training. Several thousand addition
al men' will have, been approved by
October and these with the men now
watting, will beKin tholr schooling
when the1 schools reopen.
Acoording to recent figures report
ed to the bureau of war risk Insur
ance by the army, 149,499 men have
ben -discharged from service with a
dlabiity.
"Only cases showing 10 per cent
disability have been reported," the re
port states. "At this rate it seems
a ocatii.nal or occupational handl- pmhble that the total number of caa-
cap. It ft Deaevea poaaioie nere Dy
those beat Informed on reconstruction
legislation that congress may yet be
asked to provide some means of com-
T. 4n of the Federal board for vo- i.ensatory training, as well as the com
cUional eO aration, mhich has this pensation that has already been paid
..ri, in m a hr.-rt one, and through the War Risk Bureau to men
fwuir1 9 Wit! figuree are yet avail- who llave aitmply suffered physical
disat'iliiies. without economic loss to
them. In their country's service. To
earn" out such a program, it is esti
mated the Federal government would
es of disability resulting from the war
entitled o monetary compensation
will be close to 500,000.'
To keep within the written law It
Is necessary that certain evidence be
gathered from the military records
and that the men to be approved be
physically examined. The board an
nounces It Is making the most liberal
possible Interpretation of all cases
coming before It. In many cases that
do not actually come within the law.
It la now estimated It would take at
least J50.000.000 to meet the cost of ;
their support, tuition and text-book
cost alone. Further provlaion would '
have to be made for traveling expens- I
es of the men, medical attention and !
nechanical appliances and for equip-
ir.ont and administration of the broad- I
er law. At presttnt the board Is pay- i
the tuition, traveling expenses,
text-book cost, und other special ex- I
penses for the men it approves. In ,
addition to paying J 100 to men with
families and $80 a month to men with- j
out dependents, and family allow-(
ancea to 1he former class, i
The board must have the men ex- j
have to expend upwards of half a toll- j but where the board believes aome
ion dollars. j thing ought to be done, it has used
Fifteen Tliousand Accepted.
special funds given It by patriotic, or-
hf It Tw That as many as 50.-
V r d In the war will
h ,ve ; t rw-UH-fed either vocation
m. v or wrr l n vr. a : I v .
' Vr.irT tJit ia the Federal board
1 iicw weci.-JC hat is practically
a four-yrar r.r-smm. through appro-
iritiosis so fr bav been made only
to Julv In another month, it
i.reved to go into immediate training....... ,., A central case board has been es-
with the owm.ng f.,r U.e fall terms! ""ora "na n,r",M i tablished to finally approve all
of ihe professional .And technical mJU m arng tne war The sent ln by dlaU.lct board8. Thta
athoola of the coui.tr-. - majority of these will not be able to practice is necessary because the
- The 4UO. 0 or !.0 v4 men di.bled ! ob,am reranlng under the act of j board operatlnK umlcr. a budget
It. the service of the country will all "msress as it now stands, even wlth,system of expenses from congress
be placed In training for various lines ir enl amendments. This board reviews on an average 1,-
-. activity, and nearly all of them, AH of theMnen more than 10 per i 000 cases a day. The majority of
will have completed work for voca- ; cent disabled will receive pecuniary these have to be Rejected, though. If
tiunal and occiuiM'onal rehabilitation compensation to the extent to which j a more liberal law should be passed
by the summer of 1$:3. Hy far the 1 they are disabled, but only those by congress in the future these cases
Ui.'ijority of the men to le rehabilitat- j whose disabilities mean & handicap would be reopened and it Is supposed
i will have finished their retraining i to them in the occupation or vocation
within a year or two years, some of ! they followed, or in ordinary lines of
thun in less thun six months, and , work, can be retrained and fitted for
will le back on their fi-et in that time a new trade or profession. Of those
in professional and industrial ranks ! already interviewed 14,876 have been
So far no provision has been made s approved for training and 7358 of
by congress for rehabilitating men ; these have actually been placed in
To dale, the vocation education , ganixatlons.
' board has got in touch with some i Ulieral Tjiw -Vecdcd.
and has interviewed f
,110.135 soldiers, sailors and marines!
injured In service during the war. The!
; majority of these will not be able to '
l
most of them would be approved. The
documents and evidence In each case
are carefully preserved, so that the
expense of obtaining them again will
b? minimized.
Should a more liberal law author
ize training for such a group of men
..... ... . ... - , ' . '- -
amtned to find out the character of
the disability, and many of them are
hard to get Into touch with after dis
charge. The Board has repeatedly
named the men still In service that a
Utile forethought on their part In se
curing beforehand tho necossnry In
formation will greatly reduce the time
H. takes to deal with their cases.
Alfalfa Growers. Attention.
In several counties of the state, the f
application of land plaster on alfalfa ll
land has increased the yield from 1 to t
1 u. tnn ner ncre. Soil conditions may
be different In Umtallla County butN
Its worth trying, anyway. The Coun- j
ty Agent will order a small shipment
and supervise its distribution among
a. few representative growers suggested
by the Agricultural Council commit
tee In each community.
. "
"During the Stage Coach Race
Sheepmen Eect Silos.
Sheepmen in the "west end of the
county are erecting silos generally
recognized a the most progressive
signs of up to date stock raising. Tom
Boylen and Gardner Bros, on Butter
Creek are each putting up two 150 ton
capacity silos. Gulliford and Hamp
ton, five miles west of Echo, filled
their 160 ton silo last week. Several
others are in course ox construction.
All will be filled with corn this year.
The results will be checked by the
County Agent for in all probability
the Farm Bureau will put on a silo
ca.upaign next year.
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