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Show REHABILITATION OF DISABLED YANKS WASHINGTON, D. C. July C United States soldiers, sailors Mi'l marines who are injured In the soi-Tvlce soi-Tvlce of their country are receMn- special consideration at the hands of the United States Civil Sen Ice commission com-mission arid the Federal Board '-r Vocational Education, working in cooperation. 'When the Civil Service commls- ston receives an application for x-amlnatlon x-amlnatlon from a discharged Y-nk, whose physical condition Is such that hu would not ordinarily bf? accep'1, his case Is referred to the feufral board for Vocational Education. The federal board turns the matter uvrr to a field odlcer who promptly o-s out after the man and offers him the services of the board's oinanU.u-tion oinanU.u-tion for special training to fit hliu for the work for which he has appll-i-l or for Bomo other employment if It does not Beom practicable to tra'n him for the work for which he nuide application to tho Civil Service to n-mlsslon. n-mlsslon. Hundreds of such cases have been referred to the fedeial board by the Civil Service commission. commis-sion. Undei n recent amendment ot tho Civil Sorvice rules mndo on tho recommendation rec-ommendation ot the Civil Service commission, tho commission mny waive thee stabllshed physical le-uulrcments le-uulrcments In favor of a disabled and honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, upon tho certification certifica-tion of the Federal Board for Vocational Voca-tional Education that ho has been specially trained for and haB passed a practical tost demonstrtlng his phy-steal phy-steal ability to perform tho duties of tho class of positions In which employment em-ployment Is sought |