Show r r OFfERS BETTER SYSTEM FUR VETERANS District Medical Officer There ere Has Been Marked Improvement in Care iCare of f Soldiers Ex-Soldiers I There There has bas been a 0 marked ti provement in the government hos- hos for the caro of disabled ex- ex f service joser men since the organization ton tion tion of ot the tho United States veterans' veterans w 0 bureau In 1921 Almost every hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital In district 11 consisting of f Utah Utah Colorado New Mexico and Wyoming has been Improved and enlarged enlarged so that they are now able t to 6 give Sive ve adequate medical care to 1 all aU ll those needing It It said Major MajorO 1 O D. D Westcott district medical officer for the United States veterans veterans veterans' vet- vet 1 erans erans' erans bureau with headquarters in f Denver who arrived in Salt Lake S Saturday accompanied by Dr O. O J Lynch Lych district medical inspect- inspect to confer with Major B. B W. W I laCk Black manager of the bureau for Utah 1 are aro no no 7 disabled service ex men under medical care t the tho e district Three thousand thousand of aro in the hospitals of the district There are In the neighborhood neigh neigh- of men also at present present pres pres- ent being rehabilitated by the bu bu- bu- bu reau Eight hundred men are In training draInIng in Utah who come coxe under the supervision of J. J W. W Palmer chief of the rehabilitation section and Major Black In New Mexico 1 there are men in training while Colorado has 2500 and MonI Montana Mon Mon- I I lana tana he said In every city and town that has va a a. hospital there is a special ward reserved for ex service men and andin In Jn in every town that does not have Q hospital there Is a doctor r ap appointed ap- ap pointed pointed to look after the welfare of I the men Arrangements have been I made ade for the continuance o of ade- ade ate medical attention for the I J disabled veterans as long as they r r. r need It it which may extend for a period of fifty years in some cases he said Much red tape and waste of time has las been eliminated since the thel thees es establishment es- es of the veterans' veterans bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau due to the fact that all aU cases arc aro passed upon in their own districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis instead of being sent to Washington as they were before Its establishment All AU cases cases' ex except cx- cx those for permanent total disability disability dis dis- dis- dis I eX-I ability and final appeal are passed on In the district office at Denver he explained Major Westcott and Dr Lynch will learo for Glenwood Springs Colo Cola tomorrow to make an In Inspection inspection in- in of the hospital there They will be be accompanied by Black |