Show VICTIMS OF MENTAL TROUBLE Many Service Ex-Service Men Are Held as Prisoners Prisoners American American Legion to toMake toMake toMake Make Investigation A great per cent of service ex-service men Imprisoned In state and federal penitentiaries penitentiaries peni pent for tor crime are suffering from some mental disability caused by the war Reports of such instances from many states have led to preparation for tor a survey to be undertaken by the American Legion In every state of the Union Oklahoma first of ot the state departments departments de do- of ot the Legion to complete the preliminary work as directed by bythe bythe bythe the national organization has hns found that men who served during the World war are now in the penal Institutions Institutions institutions In in- of that state Of Ot these men 50 per cent were enlisted or Inducted inducted inducted in In- ducted from Oklahoma In order that these men will havethe have havo havethe the proper care and treatment In case It Is found that their crime might have been due to mental detection defection caused by the war a careful Investigation Investigation Investigation gation will be made of ot each case This will be 00 undertaken with regard to the rI rights and experiences of the former fighter back pay allotment undistributed undistributed undistributed Liberty bonds compensation and hospitalization and arid other features which the Legion has helped In securing securIng securIng ing for others who ho served Actual work of ot the survey will be undertaken In Oklahoma by a soldiers soldiers' relief commission which Is functioning in that state by state direction AmerIcan American Amer Amer- ican Legion workers have been assigned assigned assigned as as- signed b by officials of ot that organization to work with the commission and bring about relief relict for any of ot the men found to be deranged and in penal institutions in In- ns rather than In hospitals for tor criminal Insane |