Show ew eu ew Administration 1 Scandal Is Seething t ii Wounded Soldiers ers Out of Placed r rin in Jobs by Federal Board for Vocational Train Train- It IP I k L l ing lg C Created reate d Y Year ear Ao Ago j Herald Bureau Burean Washington D. D C C. C Aug 23 e I is another candal going the thc I rounds In Washington now OW 1 which eclipses that of or tho war frisk Insurance 1 bureau This one otic con- con s 's tb the federal board beard for or vo vocational Education which has mado i failure allure of I J tt mission to provide pro rehabilitation on s nd return to civil employment of oC m men n discharged from the arm army fand ir Ind d nl navy ri The Tho vocational board was created J jure jine 27 T i 1918 h by a special act of or Con- Con cress cress and accor according to 10 the the June Juno 21 1 i 19 report of ot the tile board only cl clen en have ha placed In remu- remu n ti o employment after atler completing I Contracts have havo of oC training b been en made with about applicants and of or that number numbes' c cants for or training on n Juno June 25 only 5 OO of oC about Actually rc registered and nearly Surveyed ur had m been placed in training I t i Meanwhile comes conies tho the news from Crom the tho ther r 1 department that every ery soldier in lii the war Is entitled to re receive ro- ro a certificate the thc design oC of which lJ been approved The Tho certificate will iII tear bear at tho top the thc legend Columbia Co lumbia Gives to Tier Her Sons tho the Accolade ir of r the New ew Chivalry Chi of oC anit Humanity and the thc rank unit of or the tol- tol below name naine so- so tiler and arid the thc action In which he was wounded Wounded Comment wounded soldier in I iton i kli ti- ti Ihs hs is said to have ha written T ero is Inc fine sentiment In this it its its lit s s an Oi Inexpensive c and pretty little bute and It is hoped Hint no wound wound- id LI d h wi will II be overlooked o But ut what of oC the other more Import t and more substantial recognition t soldiers sailors Bailors and und marines that j as 8 i been promised What at of oC the thc visions vision of oC happy happ cur fu futures cu- cu U- U tures ur r s d through vocational train f and nd of oC old a age e ma made mado comfortable adequate compensation Has Hns as tho the United States Staled government o I faith with itse disabled l war Service ice r. men men That is what we want to o 0 know It pr promised to return them to a civil U 11 life Ce better men vocationally oca ban han thoy they were before the they went to I. I ar accumulates that this promise f is not being carried out I t the thc policy of or the vocational voca voca- I board boar has been wavering a back I fand forth an and nic much that the thc war war- I ar war 1 broken b men were promised when thc they I Wept overseas o is being denied them j pledges that were made to them ire te ic bin bing repudiated find arid all because I ilbo federal board of or education has hus been I unable to adopt a a. consistent policy policy and and It I hn rv r rr d' d with lh their own petty squabbles bbl I I At present these men most o of f them I lr r h from Crom the hospitals arc begging j vocational education It Is almost forgotten that they have been gassed ab shocked U-shocked or 01 bullet torn On the Bother hand the they arc are being treated as v. v or a as begging for Cor compensatiOn or a as fakirs vo- vo 0 education under false pre pre- 1 Gen cn Wood Tribute Tribute l V MaJ Gen Leonard Wood has lias declared that no efforts ate aio to be bo spared in af affording af- af fording the proper care to these men Inen r Ho said We Vc 0 sent these men abroad broad with th cr c every told tola th them how much we c thou thought ht of or th them m. m the splendid mission the they were going on that tho they were tho the warriors of or civilization civilisation crusaders in III a holy caus We c C bowered upon them everything In J I the tho wa way of oc praise encouragement and ana personal attention Committees were organized to look after them In camp ti to see that the they were fed en route to tho the sea and to look after them over there In short we did dill everything to 10 send fiend them over In tho best possible condition They have ha done the work wort they were s nt to do They have ha done It w well lI done it wit sacrifice and antI mun many o of them thorn with great loss Joss They have fought splendidly and those who died gave g o a. their lives with a smile Their reckless courage has aroused th tho admiration of oC all J Europe The They have han seen great things thc they have felt tet the Mic spirit of or the great reat adventurer they ther have c seen men JUen dlo die for tor an nn Ideal fot for duty Ul for countr country The have havo worn the thc uniform with credit lived ii up to tho the 11 best st fI fighting traditions of oC our military service benice and now the they come conic back tous to us over I of them x No Xo sacrifice has been too great reat for Losses h have he e not lIot cr staggered d them Two hundred thousand of oC these thes iner met merl return wounded or maimed N amount mount of trouble or care can be Do too great s-reat for Cor us We Ye must not fail fall in ip our dut duty to these men We e have havo preached patriotism patriot patriot- ism lun wo we have ha Instilled the tho spirit and now it is time lime to show that we wc meant j what I we wc said sald It is Just a a. question of time until tIe tl-e fe federal eral board hoard for or vocational e uca lien will como come under tho the hammer Fact of H L the matter is the they havo have already I I ur uren en under the hammer lammer with no result r Repeated Criticism has failed to these officials from their lethargy rind and It Is simply Imp a question of or time wilC n now w until tic the entire bureau will be he brought lt under Investigation Pome Som members of oC Congress Cong have ha aready al- al I r ready roady ady voiced tho the sentiment that thc they were in favor pr oC oS making a complete I th ou n In I G. G A. A R. R Appreciation A pre Of Senator Smoot t I Senator Smoot of Utah Is paid a glowing glowing- trl tribute ute in the journal of oC tho lv fi annual encampment of or th the tho 0 G. A R. R The Tho tribute Is In response to the senators senator's work ork On behalf of or G G. G A A. A H. H members In procuring pensions and I other benefits The article reads In part When hen ho however Je er all all others have lla been cj and andall all due credit given hen it remains to be said that there Is one outstanding figure who deserves cs and should receive th the thanks of oC every surviving veteran of or the thc civil chU war and and of oC the thc widows of those deceased For sixteen years ears the thc Hon lion r nI n Smoot a senator In Congress from the State of or Utah Ulah has lis been a n. member of ot the thc berate committee on pensions and thc tho records show that for Cor sixteen years ho has been the thc ailing im and Influential friend of comrades living lI and of the thc widows of or comrades dead To liim him more mOIe Ih b- b o other are aro the they thoy indebted for foL that thal material materIal aid ald which makes the thc burdens oC many asler as- as ier ler to bear in the co closing ln da days s 's or years of 11 life re All honor to the lion Hon Reed Smoot for Cor the thc wisdom fidelity IH and steadfast devotion which he lie has manifested to toward toward to- to ward ard the thc men who saved the republic in war and and who 1 have i ever er sought sous-ht to promote Its welfare In peace It is sl signed nell b by ml Torrence Min dIn neapolis Minn ol John McElroy 1 Washington Wash Wash- ington ton D D. C. C Samuel Henc Honey Fort Wayne Ind hid Washington ashington lardner Gardner Al Albion Albion Al- Al bion blon Mich Chas C. C Royce nOce Washing Washing- I I I ton D D. C C. and Leo St. St Louis Mo 10 II Pacific Fleet Brides I Still W Wait it for Train Nc Pc want our husbands Such might ml-hl bo be the war cr cry of orthe the wives wives wives- most of oC them brides brides of of tho tIie officers and men of the Pacific And their eyes are arc with weeping the thc fleet sailed from om Hampton Roads on July Juh IS 18 and the thc last good by kiss Iss had been exchanged th the tho brides were given assurance that In In short order or order order or- or der thc they would be bo taken bag taken bag and baggage out Sage out to California at cr very I low Io- rates government This promise on the thc part of or tho railroad railroad railroad rail rail- I road administration seemed to appease I their grief somewhat and tl the tho e thought that It would be but a few short weeks before thc they would see sec their hu husbands bands again buoyed them up somewhat And then instead of being put on a government s chartered train and andI I whisked awa away to tho the golden g west tho the thoI I brides brilles found themselves snarled snared up apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap hopelessly hopeless In the Intricacies of oC governmental red tape Then the they started to wait walt The Thc sl- sl knee lenco on the thc part of or the railroad ad administration administration administration ad- ad ministration In regard to low fares andI and special trains was vas painful in its Us In In- In I Then came frantic hug huS am and kiss letters But a three thousand away mlle kiss Is just about bout as satisfying satisfying satis alls r nS' nS as a typewritten love hove letter I So both the thc party parly of oC tho the first par part 1 and the thc party part of the tho second part In Inmany inmany I I man many matrimonial contra contracts ts spent most mos of or their time cussing out th the tho party part of tho third part Just how the thc tangle will unravel cl Is a L problem steeped In uncertainty an and 1 meanwhile the brides aro urn shrieking I Ie II I We e want our husbands husban s while themen tho the thomen thomen men aro arc growling Democrat Warriors r t tAfter After Burleson Again Democrat warriors have havo put on their war var paint again as-aln and aro arc out after the thc I scalp scap of or Albert Sidney Burleson postmaster postmaster post post- master general and the thc administration whip over O Congress There have been wows pow-wows and powwows powwows pow pow- wows with the thc Great White Father but to am no avail They have urged and urged that tho the retirement of Albert I Sidney would case O thc the burden of or the I I coming comIng- election campaign and anU p perhaps I save e e the thc part party Right Ris-ht now the warriors from rom the far Cir western states are tho the ones most concerned with the tho Burleson question The eastern braves bra are arc giving them themI moral support but that I Is all for Cor tho they I J I I discovered lon long ago o that their efforts Corts were to be of oC no avail aYan Labor of or course Is outspoken in Its denunciation of oC the thc postmaster And ItIs It itis Is on tho vote ote of oC organized labor that the tho Democrat have placed I th tho most reliance In the tho forthcoming I campal campaign n. n The Thc mention of or the name i Burleson at nn any labor a or convention is the I II I j keynote for or a wild demonstration I which speaks the tho antagonism of oC this I I I clement toward the thc head of oC the thc postoffice post- post office department Meanwhile Jean Mr lr sits back and comforts himself with the thought I that his accomplishments make him an ornament to his party part rather than a a burden as his enemies say And of or course the President Is the theon on only one who can deliver or the thc 1 K IC O. O punch So Bo It is vi viewed owed generally In Washington that Mr Burleson will only have to sit tight to be bo assure assured of or his hiS' full Cull term of oC office tO i I |