Show HEALING THIE THE HURTS OF MA MIEN MEN da ab axalla ja Ai Jl JL U aca ED IN 11 IT HIE S freiri R V 1 C more than are under treatment here and overseas provision made for compensation and insurance government to retrain and restore them to self supporting activity washing washington ton president wilson in a letter to the federal benid of vocation al education lias has called attention to the fact that the government stands squarely back of its disabled fighting men his letter follows this nation lia ha no moro more solemn obligation than healing the hurts ot of our V mounded and i ic es storing our disabled men to ovil civil life and opportunity the goern government ment recognizes this and tile the or of the obligation is 13 going for forward Nard fully and generously the medical divisions of the ar and navy departments are rendering all aid that skill and science make possible the federal board foi education Is commanded by law to 0 dev lop and adapt alie remaining capabilities of each man 0 bo o that lie he may again take his bis place in the ranks of our gloat civilian army the operation cooperation co and interest of our citizens is essential to this program of duty justice and huni humanity anity it is not a charity it is merely the payment of a draft of lionor honor which 11 the united states ot of america accepted when it selected these men and took th them L m in their health and strength to light fight the battles of thu nation they have fought tho the good fight they have kept the faith and they have won von now we keep falth faith with thern them and every citizen la Is in dorser on the general yc obligation under authority and direction of the congress con giess complete arrange rii ants for rehabilitation of our disabled men have been ninde made by the federal board for vo vat f ional education according to estimates in made ade since the announcement of the total american overseas casualties there are arc more than disabled men under treatment in the hospitals lio in ili this country and ove overseas reas of tills this number more than one fourth have been disabled by disease contrary to the general idea of the casualty list only a very small percentage of the total have suffered disabilities which resulted in the amputation of limbs to help every man it is not merely the men who have lost arms or logs legs that the government is to retain and restore to self hup supporting porting activity but the federal board its aid to every man mail regardless gard less of ills his disability who Is entitled to government compensation the board realizes that the many thousands of men who tire are buffering suiT cring flora the effects of shell shock gassing shrapnel und and guli blOt wounds which weaken their s systems stellas stell ls tuberculosis bronchitis heart and nervous aisea diseases es nil all may be unable to reenter re enter their former occupations to all alise men as to those with more eldene linn handicap lic ip tile federal board Is extending unity within tile the next few mon months several thousand busand disabled men will be training under jurisdiction of the federal board and tit at tile the expense of the government ern ment those who had been actually placed in ill training were taking courses in a wide lange of trades and professions including 27 17 different occupations cupat ions industrial schools school colleges odices and shops throughout tile the country are dicing boing utilized utilised so t diat liat most of alio lie niell men tile an 1 bellig being trained close to their own homes thirty one per cent of tile total now nov in training g are taking commercial courses 17 per cent are learning the hie various phase of al agi culture faun faill inlall management cat poultry raising dairying etc others other tile aie stil studying dying law banking and 1 ild bome tile aie being trained in ill engineering telegraphy window t ti I 1 imming liling ind and designing account accounting Ilig tole stoic ment praet lec inott in ill spec ilon und traffic every soldier or of sailor enlisted inducted or drafted into ill thu military or of naval service of the united states lio ho Is suffering feol aiom tilh disability ability not due to ills his on oli willful misconduct may be all n tt ll to compensation tion under tile thu war insurance act it Is ills duty to pre S ent ills claim for such kiich compensation in order that aliat it nilly may ile be parsed upon by I 1 y tile lie bill can of war x lisk insurance tn aurance lie ile ran procure full I 1 by y applying to the war risk insurance of aicer at the carlip or cantonment from froll whom lie ho may set get bureau of war ri risk k s insurance boim which lie must fill out in or older der to pron proe e ills his eligibility tor for such lucli compensation government pays cost if I 1 it Is not possible to get in contact with tills this war risk insurance of officer licer the soldier or sailor should call upon or write the bureau of war risk insurance tit at washington stating liis ills case or lie should hould call on oil or w N rite the dis ailet til ct office of the federal board for vocational vocal lonal education in which lie he is located if the soldier or sailor is suffering from a disability lie he is also eligible for help by the federal board tor for vocational education in ili securing employment which help will be given him in operation cooperation co with the employment service of the department of labor it if lie ho is eligible for compensation under the war risk insurance act lie is also entitled to training and placement by the federal board for cat lonal education provided lie is not able to follow ills his old occupation successfully without training or needs to be trained for some ome new and suitable occupation for which training is feasible tile the federal board tor for vocational education will bear the entire cost of the mans training it will pay for ills his tuition it will furnish him with books and other necessary supplies and it will pay all other oilier expenses that may arse arise in connection with ills his training during the time lie he is following a course bourst of instruction with the federal board lie he will it if a single man without dependents or a wan man required by his couise of instruction to live apart from ili his dependents be paid by tile the government at least per month he eie ir may lay lie ile pal bald i d more if for example lie he received more than per month Is as pay for ills his last mouth of active service lie NN will this same pay during his entire course of training fur if his disability Is such that ills monthly compensation under the war ilsk insurance act Is greater than ga 65 lie will of course continue to i le L ceide e lve this sum whatever it may be during ills entire course A married man mail and ills wife will receive 75 per month from the government provided they live together while lie Is taking a course of instruction if ills his course Is such alint lie must live apart from ills wife the government win will pay him 65 per month and in ills abife ite 30 per month the larger ills his family the larger the amount paid by the government go for its support tile the same allowance and allotment A will ill be paid to dependents as was paid to them while the man mail was inas in the active service if lie he Is married his wife will receive 30 a month if lie has a wife and aad child they wilf receive 40 a month and 10 will be paid for each additional addi dional child up to thice if I 1 lie he lias a mother dependent upon him she will receive the same amount slie she received while lie was anas in ili the service in the case of a commissioned oell undergoing training tile the support paid by the government will always equal the pay fo for the last month of active service an amount always in excess of the minimum guarantee of 65 per month lie ile will be expected to ninin maintain utin lilg his dependents out of the amount paid him while undergoing training when the disabled soldier has completed ills his course of training lie will receive the compensation prescribed pi described bed b the war risk insurance act so long as ills his disability continues that there is danger of confusing compensation with avith insurance payments payment 3 iq i shown in the cases of some discharged men to whom compensation lind had boon been granted for injuries received in line of duty and who have discontinued payments of their insurance premiums in some instances they have discontinued such premium payments owing to a mistaken belief that the sums they are arc receiving monthly aiom the government were insurance payments only in those cases where the disability from which the man li is l i suffering I 1 is gotai and permanent does docs the discontinuance of insurance payments by tile hie disabled man who Is receiving compensation involve no risk and cause no harm harin this is because in cases of total find and permanent disability there Is a right light to recover government insurance payments as well as compensation which made further premium payments annece sary its as soon ns tile the disability was in fact total and permanent should verify payments any man who is receiving what he believes to be insurance payments carefully verify that tho payments lie is so receiving are in fact In insurance burance payments payment 9 rather than compensation pensa tion payments and should not cease ranking malting insurance payments until lie he hit hab definitely niCely determined that the payments lie he is receiving are government nt insurance payments payment rather than campen compensation aaion payments the red cross is undertaking to see that every discharged charged 11 soldier or sailor coming coining to its attention is fully informed as to ills his rights to compensation and nil Ing insurance urance find and gives assistance ance in maling making application for it when tile arrangements for training have been made the red cross is prepared to see that the family receive elves supplementary assistance nis istance or service which may be needed in addition to the provi provision Ion made by the government since under the chiw the taking of vocational cat ional training is entirely optional with ill the lie man and ills own will and ambition must f first ile be enlisted in ili order to lii insure ure success the influence of the alio family may be a vital factor whether a man mail receives compensation for disability 11 ability or not whether lie he ice elvos elve education reeducation re or not the board bear Is ready to help him get abood a good job it if lie ho Is entitled to compensation and goes into training when ills his training Is finis lied the blaid will undertake to find him a place in his new vocation all il disabled soldiers whether in or out t of the hospitals should address oil their communications to the federal board for vocational education washington or to tile the district office of the federal board of the district in which he Is ig located |