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Show Woney Aid for Soldiers - Is Urged I mm m m m m m m Congress Soon to Consider Bill m mm m m m m m m Bonus Given Italian Any Is Cited State Councils of Defense Strongly Advised to Push This Matter in Order to Obtain Funds for Men Discharged From Service. BONUS of a month's salary to discharged soldiers and sailors to enaanie tneni to secure employment hetore their funds are exhausted, is recommended to the state council of defense in a letter let-ter to Arch M. Thurman, secretary of the state council, from Captain Cap-tain Myron H. Adams, executive manager of the Ft. Sheridan association, as-sociation, Chicago. The state councils of defense are urjred to push this matter, which has been considered in the form a hill before fie committee of military affairs and soon will come up for consideration consid-eration in congress, as a means of alleviating considerable suffering and to impress the soldier with the fair dealing of the government. "( officers are reporting that nriny enlisted men now Temg discharged have practically no money left after their allotment, insurance and fixed company charges are deducted from their pay upon demobilization." Captain Cap-tain Adams writes. "The only provision made for them is a Marrow margin le-tween le-tween the three and one-half cents allowed al-lowed and the 2 cents charged for rail-I rail-I way transportation. If these hoys were given a bonus of a month's pay It would materially relieve hardship. DOUBLE HARDSHIP. "The demobilization of the army calls for constructive eugcesilons from j those who are interested in peeing that dl.-i hii!K..i(Hi.l.U pnilors be ru j turned to civil life with the lesst possible pos-sible hardship and the greatest advantage advan-tage to the community. Already men nre returning from distant camps with insufficient moneys to eecure civl ian clothes and to get started in new jobs. If they have families, as they have in ) many cases. tlsHr family allotment !cens"s with Iheir discharge, and a dou- Iblo hardship is worked. "W hen these soldiers are discharged , they should be given a month's pay. F. IP. Keppcl, third assistant secretary of i war, suggests that public suppotf be , given to favorable legislation providing provid-ing a bonus of a month's pay to men who are being disc ha rued from the service. We believe this would alle- t iate much suffering snd would Im- press the so'dier with the fair dealing" ' of the government. Such a bill has ! Ieen under consideration by the com-i com-i mittee of military affairs, and now Is I out of the committee and will sn be up for consideration in coiiKress. You I will be interested to know that In Italy. ! in spite of the great financial drain upon the nation, every discharged sol-I sol-I dier is given a bonus rang'ng from one i to six months pay, depending upon t'hp j length i f service." j NEW SUGGESTION, l Cnptafn Adams recommends that In-' In-' si cad of demobilizing the men at the t cantonments that they be Lroiight home and discharged by their local boards. In this way. ne surgcst that, with the hnnus nf a hm-ti'Ii's pay. ttrr solditrs will gain the maximum bene- f t and secure employment before their funds are exhausted. This pan is not 'believed practica hie by local authorities, authori-ties, however. It would place too great a burden upon the shoulders of local boards nnd result in endless confusion. Suffering from .nek of employment will not affect discharged t'tanns, it is bej. v,i. plans .of the committee, of the state council of defense, cooperut- I ing with Maior Harod P. Fabian, sent I here from Camp I,ew's. to conduct a j snrvev of employ im-nt open to dis- ch ir;?erl soldiers. ar well under way. ! nnd every d!s -barged I'tah sohlier will 'be t iken care of r.nd tmplovment se-i se-i c i:ed to him as Minn as he niaks 1 km wn his wMnts. at the emoloyment office of the stfite o-mcil of defense ' nt list South T-mpie street In the j Mote! Pt.-.h building |