Show veterans given identification claim numbers SALT LAKE CITY utah veterans were today advised that with the installation of new numerical fil ing systems in the Veter veterans ar is ad ministration regional office at salt lake city claim numbers must be given in all cases where veterans apply for information or benefits accord ng to E D A littlefield man ager the new system has been de to speed up all services to veterans and will eliminate many man hours of work this can only be accomplished however if vet yet erans cooperate the utah manager pointed out that all veterans who have filed claims for benefits in the past in eluding requests for schooling and job ab tta training ining have been assigned arel termed C numbers all veterans administration files are now operating on the basis of these numbers and former alphabetical files have been discarded this means that if a veteran writes or calls in giving his C number clerks immediately pull his records this will el minate previous delays caused by such things as a clerk trying to determine which of the 47 john smiths in the files is the veteran in question I 1 calling attention to the fact that the armed forces successfully kept track of thirteen mill on men by the use of serial numbers little field urged all utah veterans to immediately memorize their C numbers and to be sure to include them on all correspondence forms or other materials when dealing with the veterans administration |