Show CARRYING SERVICE TO SERVICE EX MEN 11 II E real beal appointed to do the work in the richfield district so called red tape which has hampered government bureaus in their efforts to give aid to former service men has been slashed in a gratifying way when representatives of the federal board for vocational education visited richfield this week with the object of carrying service direct to the ex service man the traveling case board of the bureau whose duty it is to rehabilitate and re educate soldiers sailors marines aud and nurses who incurred disabilities in their service for country that have become section for the purpose of mooting all men who might bo be eligible for such training retraining re and batiar their cases on the spot those actively interested in the welfare of former jervice men characterized tho the traveling case board idea as aa one of the most important steps yet taken by any bureau for the expediting of its work in addition to his bis innovation richard milton in charge of the caso casi board announced when paying a visit to the reaper another project undertaken by the board with tho the same end in view low putting our job over in tho qu quickest iciest possible time as lie ho characterized it owing to the necessity of connecting up the relation of a mans disability to his service in the grea great war continued on page 8 carrying service continued from page 1 the trat traveling eling case board was not able to approve or disapprove finally all cases brought before it mr tilton milton explained but tile the most important thing we were able to tell every alan aban just what his status is so that he knows exactly in where here he stands and the specific thing needed to establish his eligibility for training in this vay ay every man knows what he can call look forward to and knows th that atwith with the specific thing needed he can be ba started in training without vit hout further formality or detail and to follow up the work of tile the traveling baseboard case board and aid the men we ve are appointing field agents in important por tant centers like richfield who will look after all cases for us in richfield re e have asked henry E beal popular young richfield lawyer to act as this agent I 1 mr deal beal has given a great deal of his time and energy gratis in the work of 0 directing mens claims into the proper channels for or quick action and is admirably fitted tor for this work he will go to denver deliver for a short course of instruction in our offices there and on his return will be prepared to handle ex ind and well all vocational education matters 4 this innovation is made possible by tho 60 ant operation cooperation co given us by the amerle american an legion in all our work the legion and the american red cross have done magnificent service and they are planning a continuation of this operation cooperation co our case board has been over a good portion of utah land and we have approved finally tor for training on this trip so far about fifty men and given ratings on close to when tho the tour of the state is finished klui shed wo we estimate we will have approved more than for training and by that time the newly appointed field agents will have become schooled in our work and be ready to comb the entire state tor for new cases ccase and complete all other cases mr air milton said the federal board for vocational education has made gigantic strides toward putting over the big job that is an expression er of a nations gratitude in the past six months in this district alone he stated approximately 2000 men are in training and several hundred more are approved and will start in the fall and in tho the fourteen districts approximately are in training and possibly have been approved in this district which comprises utah wyoming colorado and new tew mexico St exicO men are being placed n draining era ining at an ave average ruge rate of sev avea week I 1 placed lacad in what is calli called section eltion ellion 2 training ining receive from 80 a month to month according to the number of dependents and also tho cost of their Ir training dining in addition any man who has been awarded compensation is automatically entitled to what is known as section training which can be given by correspondence courses tutor in schools etc and which carries the cost training but not the subsistence allowance granted unde section 2 when a man finishes nis his training it the boards job to return him satis facto rily to civil employment in III richfield beld three men were declared ready for cor training and approval given tor immediate starting and sixteen other cases were given nite ratings those given final approval were hammer webb of richfield charles allen alien Or derville and leo A jensen redmond from richfield the baseboard case board went to salt lake in III the party i were ere dr samuel R johnson board physician earlo P doyle washington representative richard milton 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