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Show not Intended to txerdae. This pjJ WBta an tmazinf apectacle of admltfj tttnrtlTe cbaoa, duplication; wat w nd conflict, la the- ; to the present condition. j , The .result i th suffering 0f disabled Tetran..i Thousands arei waiting and have waited, for m(?nth for compensation" or their injuries. Thousands',, hare waited, for months for an , opportunity : to tberaselves as eelfHBustalnin; mnber fcr Copy tor Thto DPrtment BopplUd o 'society, by ; vocational tru'.ning. Thousands are tn need t hospitailza-tfoand the government has no hog-ptIN PLEA FOR NEGLECTED MEN iacllitlea avallahla , for, them.. Qf now in hopitaU, 4,noo ar From Le the 20,000 ' Jhstlttrtiona Three Thoueand. Veteran uusuited to Ja gion Rank Are Explaining Sit. of the tneu 'Quartered there. the needs uation to American People. Vevr .hospital cases are developing at V TTinnth In. avu... otn tit 1 VHY Three thousand volunteer speakers f . Clw, from the ranks of the American Le- tQOnswM needed now Hm every in glon dreds of teteraus are the object of state are now. and private charity. Afflicted carrying by etenin8 have been driT. en to refuge In almshouses and jails. n Dve d It immediate te-t- efffr -- ll p , : . . -- n n, al vlJWll ffl KUI 111 "'f.. ....... ...... . .. . VT; .y i,. r lvl w v i lug, ' ; " MTn. he ... ' nrnnor modi. .J ri8t ttitA. " w thnut .k.milfllll uo wlthnnt Cnmnensntlnn uith n par, ' in. !.. . abandoned hv ihu In fihfnln' Itv tne lu Justice" governments aa- rf wftp ,nsuW ct ministration ,M 15 ' i I . . o dent naon8 the a coijvijoiuiej ivi las; jju j iuuv wi ivmu mi for mHHcal 'ami hos-I care of. the man. LogieaWy, this PHal L.. . .. which was would involve establishing contact tained in the John Thomas with the men at the time of thelp m emorlal Taylor. from th military r naval discharge which the Legion service. It should then detertulne the bas tresented to President Wilson, existence and degree of disability and President-elec- t Harding, and to all compensation on this basis. never 1 in J ror-m- al " tf members congress. Probably, before in the history of the country vnas aucn an aru., mobilized to speak at the same time upon a single text. , The Legion alms to present to tnc people of the United States the fa saw regarding tne msawea n language as they were presented to the officials of the government The Legion's memorial was carried to the President at the Whit. House by Johh WASlUNUTUa connection with the capital city of the nation began when, as" President of the United States, he appointed a commission to locate the capital on the Potomac river, "a few miles above Alexandria and adjacent to Georgetown." The congress sitting t In Philadelphia directed that the commissioners be ap pointed and Instructed them as to where they should locate the permanent capital. Those commissioners named the city for the man who had led the victorious armies of the colonies In the Revolution and who was then serving as Prest- dent Many fairy stories have been written about how Washington personally selected the site for the capital, "even driving some of the surveyor's stakes," etc. . The Qnvsrnished truth is that he inerely carried out the will of congress by ap-.pointing a commission which was Instructed by congress to do a certain thing. 'f From the day the tract ten miles square was ataked ont Washington's impress has been In the " Jclty and Its environs. That Impress standi out (Clearer as me years pass. More tnan a smiion persons, Americans by birth or adoption, gnln inew Aspiration every year inerely by looking upon the material things that connect the days when Washington was moving about there In the flesh with the present time. Thousands of foreigners benefit In the same way. There Is never any pause in the stream of pilgrims to Mt Vernon or la the throng that la always on the way to the .top of the Washington monument Winter and summer, through sunshine and storm, the homage paying to the "Father of his Country" goes on. Every recurring anniversary of hie birth seemingly Increases the Interest In his memory. On these Anniversaries floral decorations are Invariably piled high In the tomb at Mt Vernon, and neither branch of congress ever falls to provide that his farewell address shall be read. Probably because the point has never been many persona have the Idea, It seems, that Washington lived tor a short time In the r City inai Dears ua name. Anere i aiso a pviu-labelief that the Washlngtons at one time oc- -. Washington was never copied the White Bouse. ' resident of the permanent capital. The seat of government was la Philadelphia when con-tre-sa voted to locate the capital where It Is, and Washington had a temporary home in that city. On returning from Philadelphia at the close of Ilia second term as President he gave considerable personal attention to the early developments of the sew capital. He frequently rode up from iv mew ivimi mi an jib how things were coming on. ' Who would undertake to say that he did not 'visualize the national capital In some such form as It stands today T If he did, he saw In his imagination the Capitol building on Capitol hill, the Library of Congress with Its golden dome In Jhe. jreat .pt ,thfla.Cpl tol the magnlfleent office tm!ldlng for senate and house of representatives." the expansive Mall extending from the Capitol to the Potomac, with the monument to his own memory, the most conspicuous thtng on it; and he lt also saw the splendid memorial to Abraham which has Just been completed, as well as the memorial to U. 8. Grant, which Is almost ready to be turned over to the government And who again would say that he did not have a vision of the resident section of the city extending far teyond the White House to the northweU Washington never saw the White House occupied. To some extent It represents his Idess of what a combined home and business office for the President should be the original idea wss that the President should make the house his residence and also his workshop. Washington as Mason aulsted In laying the coroentone of the White House, That formality was conducted thy, a Masonic . lodge In Alexandria of which Washington was a member. IMa certain that he was d.eeptjrjhtterested Jj jtlie "work" of construction.' At thT time of ble tdeeto the house was practically ready for occa In - gsncy. The furnishings were being-place- EOKOE -- uwiwihiU'wh - . Lin-Ico- . , . irsiofiBr?OBTf "and Mrai Wsshlngton went through "the. entire ' building and. according to the chroniclers of the 'me, were keenly Interested In every detail of the lace which was to be the home of future Presl. ' " I ents. ; . ) as it has ever been, it la pot so much Today, things with the Washington stamp en them, (he those lo the nearby districts that Interest the ' . ..... entitled 0 Tg&g 1 . to thesa benefit. . . ' him that it was time to go by leading up the horse and handing the bridle the servant to remind reins ' ula bones He. , When the national capital city was laid out, and for many decades afterward, Mt Vernon waa looked upon as a "long ways off from the capital. It Is onlyfSeventeen miles away. Today there are three ways of reaching Mt Vernon by boat, by electricity, by automobile. It la an easy boura travel from the business center - of Washington. With these facilities the number of visitors has greatly Increased. It la believed the time is not far distant when a million and a half of tourists will annually visit Mt Vernon. If you should happen to be In Mt Vernon on the 22d of February you would. In Imagination, see Washington aa be went about his country place on his birthday. "The very atmosphere speaks to you of him," said a distinguished Frenchman. Visitors man-e- l at the faithfulness with which the buildings and their contents and the grounds have been preserved. There have been, of necessity, some replacements, but speaking In a broad way, things are as they were when Washington last looked upon them. One can almost see the house cat coming out of the hole under the door that led to the room occupied by Mrs.' Washington. And what a sense of comfort one gets as he alta In an easy chair on the veranda and looks out over the Potomac and across the river to the hills of Maryland, just as Washington did! "No wonder Washington did not wish to leave the place even to be President of his country." one says to himself. The Mount Vernon Ladles' Aid society continues to care tor the Mt Vernon home and lands. The country owes a debt of gratitude to this society for preserving the property. Years ago when It was about to tall into the hands of private speculators this society was formed and It has done lta work welL Many persons believe, however, - that congress should buy the estate in the name of the government and throw It open to the public. Always under the management of the Aid society a nominal charge for admittance has been maee. Many of the visitors linger In the country about the old Washington home. Of course no one who knew the Washington family la now living, but In the neighborhood who delight to talk of (he old days. The countryside hss not changed much In 120 years. Many bouses built while Washington was alive still stand. Three miles south ot Mt Vernon the old Pohlck (Episcopal) church In which Washington frequently worshiped Is still occupied by the Episcopal congregation. Within the last five years the Interior of the old building has been restored and today visitors may look on the decorations precisely as they were when Wsshlngton attended. Passing time has not served to take away any of the Washington atmosphere about the o(d city of Alexandria, seven miles south of the national capital and oa the road to Mt. Vemoii. The first thtng the writer Is told Is that Washington "did n lot for us." "He established our public scho , system," says the local guide, "and he gave us our first fire department. He wua always Joing aome-. thing for us." Foremost of thr Washington show-plac- e In Alexandria la old Chrjat church, of Which, Washington was.,a,membeif for, some., 40 years. The church building of brick has been preserved, unchanged. The pew that Washington occupied la reserved every Sunday for itrangeta who may hippen along"at the aervlce hour. The old sexton will be certain te relate numerous stories of the first President . He wUL first of all, tell you how Washington always came up from Mt Vernon on horseback, followed by his faith -ful black bodyguard In a bright red uniform 5 bow after aerrlcee Washington was likely to linger te talk with his country neighIn the church-yar- d bors, and bow It was frequently necessary tor . to him. The members of Washington's family," the local historian relates, always came up In a large coach drawn by four horses If the roads. were heavy, Not Infrequently neighbors were guests In the coach. Another favorite rendezvous In Alexandria for sightseers Is the room occupied by the Masonic lodge' named for Washington.' This lodge still flourishes. There one may look upon the chair in which Washington sat when be presided over the lodge of which he waa master, also the Masonic sproft ie wore, his wedding gloves, a pair of spurs he wore, a pruning knife be used on .the Mount Vernon plantation, and a penknife which his mother gave him when he waa a boy. And there la to be seen In the old lodge room the last authentic painting of him, a pastel from lite made by William WUHams of Philadelphia. Another old Washington landmark In Alexandria Is the Oarlyle house. This structure was there when Washington was a young man. - In n hotels colonial daya It was one of the In Virginia. The fine folks of the Old Dominion gathered there for balls and dinners and for good times generally, and Washington, the local historians say, was present at any unusual event' General Braddock had his headquarters In the old hotel when he was proceeding against the French and Indiana. Making one's way back to the capital . city over the Alexandria-Arlingto- n road numerous landmarks may be seen. This highway leada by Arlington, the resting place of the natloa'a heroes, and to. Georgetown; As this old highway brings the traveler around the brow of a hill four miles southwest of the national capital the Washington monument looms up across the low land and the Potomac river. From no point In the environs of the national capital does the monument appear to greater advantagea magnificent reminder of the good works of one typical American. This monument Is a fitting companion piece for the great memorial to Abraham Lincoln soon to be dedicated. It speaks of the founder of the Republic ; the other of the saviour of the Republic, Many projects were discussed before the Washington monument was conceived and work on It begun. At the close of the Revolution the Continental congress recommended the erection of sn . equestrian - statue to Washington. Immediately after his death the congress, sitting In Philadelphia, voted to erect a monument under which he should be burled. Another project was to make the Capitol building a memorial to him. Travelers may to this day have a peep at a vaulted chamber directly under the rotunda of the Capitol best-know- , . . body of Washington, The Washington monument Is the most conman at the national capital. spicuous work-'C- -f The dome of the Capitol and, dome of the Congressional library and the new Lincoln memorial stand out with boldness, but the monument overtops them. On a clear day the monument may he seen from the crest of the Blue Ridge mountains, 45 miles away. The memorial had Its Inception In the minds of patriotic ''people who formed the Washington Memorial association. It was proposed to charge a membership fee of SI and the money thus contributed was to be nsed In the erection ot a suitable monument to the hero of the Revolution. The money came In slowly and It looked at time as If this project too would have to be abandoned. rlnsliy In 1843 congress voted a site. The spot chosen had been marked by Washington himself as a monument to the Revolution which he hoped would sometime be built' The work of erecting' thi mohttmeht' proceeded slowly ""It hsl reached a height of 178 feet when the Civil war came on. It waa roofed over and stood untouched until 1878 when- - congresragaln took hold and un der the spur of congressional action It was com pleted la 18SS. The height of the monument la 653 feet and 6 Inches. ' From the lookout on the top the view of the national capital and lta environ fascinate million person a year. Other unpretentious memorial of Washington are to b teas ta the national capital. . Th wb( d jQ . any. He nmst tar. involved nd technical com. spondeuce. It usually mouths af-ter he Is drop d from the pay rolls- vy before be Is ta. f . ..muu, blD.u,. . Gal-- 1 even though - hie -- service National Commander F. shows a definite degree of disability. bralth. Jr., gave it to Senator Harding On November 26, 1920, 83.000 case at Marlon, where be had a long and were pending In the bureau awaiting the disabled important conference adjustment of, compensation. aha with nort" w v 31 n rw an1 nionV' .r.imn rwlr, awa Oh The Legion denounces the PrMeht L dIe M reBulrof MglecU method of caring for the disabled as "The -- federal board tor vocational a "failure" which only can be remwill accept the evidence of edied by ttte entire reconstruction of training medical files granting bureau's the the federal machinery dealing with as proof that a man is compensation the problem TV a fimi-lnnr tha fliwu&A a rrnaa entitled to vocational training. The Tm however, will not accept the the problems 7Vk. which deal evidence that the board has awarded dlsabd, the bureau of war risk in training as proof that a man Is en surance, the federal board for voca- titled to compensation. tional education, and the United and wVnt, training, "usually SSZZSX their am. ..m nhalnai trallzed and all three placed under board .the administered inaUon, by .. ,k 1 tourists. Mt. Vernon, of course, 13 the Washing-- , too shrine and it will continue to be that so long as the republic endures. It was the Virginia home on the Potomac to which Washington took: his bride ; there he made plans for his life work, plan that were rudely shattered by the events of later years. It was from that refuge that he went forth to command the armies of the Revolution, and It was from the seclusion of that attractive place that he answered the call to be President He returned to the old home on retiring from office, and there he died, and there ,,. . . It Is pres. n)Ust 8ue tne , By JAMES P. HORNADAY. , " bureau.s forces In Washington. practlcally impossible under the wA a. a Ts SSStSl"" m tj wocuimi iciucuj lu. i itin- - Mm tn. I uiv utciuui iai wuuiuviwi a 'compens or Dtui( merely pay, training urges the Immediate appropriation for him training able disability granting the use of the unified organization of a sum ample to build or rent a only. "When a man enter training wit sufficient number of hospitals, to take - tuia hla .AAmnAnaailAn atilfriL be I and l. .hlfted from the pay roll of r,I 1 tbe bureau to the pay roll of tne present because of lack of bed. and created w . shelter. . The "failure" ot the government to tford justice to the njck and wounded kepT the pay veterans is the Legion M to "an astonishing state of divided n, " V'nlV which sponslblllty: and wasted effort among financial .rl en the government agencies with which obtain froov to unable but titled to, the problem rests.1 bureau. The break in the chain of responsi the "When a man Is dropped from train- meto the bility occurs, according I. .HMvxuiAil a ha 4wvnrkAH frflfft y"" 7rr,r '.r" : " , ""Z ."L.L Utat V! S !' " 1. under and the war risk bureau " sponsible to an ,7 'SZ H 1 np by the bureau. On both there is delay.- - The average length ot time for a man to be dropped from the bureau pay roll and taken up oa the board pay roil Is about three The average time requires weeks. for the second shift back to the bureau pay roll Is two month. No provision I made for the man' maintenance during these interims. . In tb majority of cases a man must under- assistant secretary of the treasury, an officer of the' , trnit executive branch of the govwhile ernment the federal board (or vocational education Is responsible only to congress, and I under none of the, executive department of the gov go a new physical examination befort the bureau will again pay him cooma he pensaton. In other words,, again prove b(e claim. "Of the 20,000 men now In hospitals ernment f. w. uaiorann, 4,600 T are in Institutions whichr ar The memorial-asser- ts ;. fit because suitable hospital facility that the United States has been. more liberal are pot. available." than any other nation In lta nrAvLinn. The Legion avers that 16000 at once., Of this nutoh for the disabled soldier,.-bu- t that It ha I fa Hod in lifn Mu.im w.v. .l ; 108 are necenarr for transfer of f ..- - bercular patient from present nfiP' Drovlslons avallahla tn n!t. V - the- benefit experience" of 'other lafactory hospltala. and.SQO P nations in the recent war and the ex- - transer of . r t .i vuv. fwun the lnadeouta- lodfiincapatWf" nrionr- rJ- this nfin wmwm i w (ii ' wars. they occupy now. me numoer o "In the of a disabled bercular cases In need of lmme man there are three needs medical hoepitalltation la estimated te be ci treatment vocational , training and f and the are Beds also financial 5,000. the required memorial support" states. "Tli government has recog- - about 000 general, medical and nlsed the three need, but overlook I (leal cases, The statistics above are base the fact that they are the slmultsne-- 1 from oue need of one man, not of three t ststement the . foil Public health service different men or of one 'man at thr I sources'. ,- 1 o1 -- -f neuro-psychlatr- ic I 1 I neuro-psychlatr- " ic 1 . different times.' It makee three prob--1 Thomas W. Salmon of New York, letns out of what really la one problem, I leal director national committed continuing tni faulty conception, 1 mental hygiene; bureau or war n naa given tne prooietn over to three I insurance ur. i. victor Neene agencies. All, by force, of drcumstao I dlanapolle, member. American 1 lea, are exercising functions they war I hospitalization commute . , to , lines,.,, .r, alaave. jo ,.hai-- , rlewlor There 4a Just sufficient controversy until, thr evening gown on the question of aleev length to be spoken of a having a tiny make one feel a Wt uncertain to shoulder, ran. ; , decide the" how to question." There should be no cause foe uneanlncf. Crochstad twaatara Imm over the selection of short sleeves, Crocheted weater are aa imir note a fsshlon writer, for it ta only knlned onea." and tux ...,..ieva . ' , " 5 Fllp-oo- a re both being ordered. tb mora tailored blouse and the severe treet dress- -. that hav lengthened their sleeve below the elbow. Chlntae Influence en Dreaa ' Long straight runic and Panel lr. Fewer extremely short one ar- blng thee shown, and bbrevltin. are resutt of the strong Chinese l have lengthened' 'lata alhow-lengt' . I aueoce on dresa, r h |