Show Millions of Dollars for Disabled Veterans five Fifty thousand World war veterans veterans vet vet- erans and their dependents had received receiVed re re- additional benefits approximating ing twenty-nine twenty millions of dollars under the provisions of ot the Reed- Reed Johnson bill sponsored by the American Ameri AmerI- can Legion and its amendments up to the beginning of the year l 1920 2 according according according ac ac- ac- ac I cording to advices advises from Legion service servIce service ice officials In Washington Approximately of the persons benefiting under the law had never before received compensation from the government go in any form and the others profited on account of Increased pa payments ments Hundreds of thousands of cases that were ere lying untouched In the Veterans Veterans' Veterans Veterans' Vet Yet erans' erans bureau owing to the Inadequacy of the law previous to the passage passa e of the Reed-Johnson Reed bill on June 7 1924 are now being reviewed re Veterans or their dependents have already be benefited as follows tubercular veterans were awarded In compensation mentally Incompetent veterans were compensated compensated sated at a cost of dependents dependents dependents depend depend- of disabled veterans numbering 4 received additional al allowances allowances allowances al- al and dependents of ot dead veterans received Increased allowances al allowances allowances al- al amounting to for forthe forthe forthe the care of veterans and nearly a D. million dollars in compensation was awarded to veterans suffering from so-called so wilful misconduct diseases |