Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-18 | Page 17 | Employment Given Disabled Soldiers

EMPLOYMENT GIVEN DISABLED SOLDIERS BERLIN". March 17. The problem of finding employment for the partially disabled dis-abled soldiers returning from the front proves far less difficult than the authorities authori-ties expected. Men who have lost an eye, a hand or a leg. or suffered other serious Injuries, but are still able to perform per-form some work, quickJy become aelf-supportlng aelf-supportlng again. The Berliner TageWatt reports that 60. per cent of the we r cripples discharged from the hospital up to January j have been taken back by their former employ- 1 era and given light work. For about 80 per cent of the others various positions nave been obtained, axid 10 per cent more are sure of employment as soon as they become proficient enough in the nw trades they have had to learn on account of their disability.