Show to probe cases of men in penal institutions among recent departments of the american legion to begin surveys of penal institutions in their states with a view of segregation of mentally un nn balanced alancen from ordinary criminals are massachusetts and indiana the survey was authorized by the national organization following als closures in wisconsin that a large per cent of ex service men confined in the penitentiaries aries were sufferers from mental derangement and were conned fined in ordinary institutions not re elving treatment tor for this disability this survey was instigated by gov baor arnor blaine of wisconsin on tion on of F kyan duffy now national vice ice commander of the legion and tiled called national attention to the lem m immediately surveys under dl of the legion were started in half alf a dozen states with the result that lat many former service men are now ow receiving treatment for some dis ability incurred in war in massachusetts where the survey was as ordered by department com mander lander clarence R edwards it has leen been determined that there are veterans now at deer island a number ot of whom may be transferred to some institution for treatment department part ment commander A E ball of indiana has arranged to make the survey in his state one of the most comprehensive yet attempted as the case of every ex service man found in prison will be reviewed in attempts to settle claims and pay adjustments |