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Show EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western Netvs-paper Netvs-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, V. W Washington, D. C, is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems prob-lems of the vetpran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be addressed ad-dressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent col' umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. New Veterans' Hospitals Enlargement of the facilities of the Veterans' administration for more adequate care of returning disabled war veterans is getting under un-der way with the announcement recently re-cently that locations had been approved ap-proved for 19 new veterans' administration adminis-tration hospitals and additions to 15 existing hospitals to provide a total of 15,276 new beds for Veterans administration ad-ministration patients. These beds are a part of the 29,100 bed program approved by President Truman on August 4, and funds for the construction program are to be requested for the current (1946) fiscal fis-cal year. The new hospitals are to be located at or near: New Haven, Conn., Albany, N. Y., Buffalo, N. Y., Newark, N. J., Baltimore, Balti-more, Md., Washington, D. C, Gainesville, Fla., Clarksburg, W. Va.,. Louisville, Ky., Decatur, 111.. Duluth.Minr., Southern Minnesota, Iowa- City, Iowa, Omaha, Neb., New Orleans, La., El. Paso. Texas, Oklahoma Okla-homa City, Okla., Phoenix, Ariz., and Cincinnati, (bhio. In the meantime, Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Veterans administrator, has announced appointment of Dr. Paul B. Magnuspn, associate professor pro-fessor of surgery, at Northwestern university, to be head of the research re-search and post-graduate training program In the veterans' hospitals throughout the country. Dr. Mag-nuson Mag-nuson is considered one -of the country's coun-try's outstanding surgeons and orthopedic or-thopedic specialists. Questions and Answers Q. I was inducted in the army and served seven months when I was discharged on account of age. Four of us asked officers if they wished we would get out and they answered, yes. So we went to an employment office in Tacoma and received a slip saying say-ing we were more vital to the war industry than in the army and on those grounds they gave us a discharge. Now they tell us we are not entitled to mus-tering-out pay. At that time we knew nothing about muste ring-out ring-out pay. Also am I entitled to a serviceman's loan. C. H., Hammond ave., Superior, Wis. A. Probably you are not entitled to mustering-out pay. It may be : that you were discharged before mustering-out pay was adopted, and If not, you were discharged for your own convenience to take a job in War industry, and, without overseas service, are not entitled to mustering-out pay. You are entitled to benefits of the G.I. bill, however. Q. My husband joined the marine ma-rine corps in June, 1942. Be spent 18 months overseas, received re-ceived 3 bronze stars and the presidential unit citation, but because his record book was late in arriving at the islands, he has not been credited with the bronze stars. How can this error be corrected? He has just been sent back to the Pacific with 57 points. I have been told all marines with 40 points would not be sent over again. He should be credited with 72 or 77 points. How can this be corrected? cor-rected? Mrs. L. L., Carpenter st., Northville, Mich. A. Any superior officer who knows your husband's record could correct cor-rect his record insofar as the bronze stars are concerned, the marine corps says. It is true that it is the policy of the marine corps not to re-ship re-ship men with 40 points overseas. It is also true that your husband has more than enough points to make him eligible for discharge. The marine ma-rine corps, however, says there are many reasons why he may have been shipped back for duty, one being, be-ing, he may have requested overseas over-seas service. Suggest you write direct di-rect to the marine corps headquarters, headquar-ters, Washington, D. C, and ask for details concerning your husband's record. Q. Can a serviceman stop his allotment to his wife and child? A. If you mean his family allowance, allow-ance, which is made up of equal contributions con-tributions from the soldier's pay and the army, no, he cannot stop that. I He can stop his allotment, which is I a voluntary contribution of the sol-j sol-j dier to his dependents over and above his family allowance, i Q. When they start discharg-i discharg-i ing servicempn with two years of service will they include only those already serving two years or will it be effective for all ! when their two years are up? Wife, Chelsea, Kan. A. Under the present ruling, men In the army must be 35, 36 or 37 with two years service before they are eligible unless they have the necessary number of points. The war department says a new ruling may be in effect by midwinter to release all men with two years service, serv-ice, regardless of a?e. |
