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18,000 A.E.F.Men
in U. S. Hospitals
25,727 Additional Shattered
Heroes Under Care of
Veterans’ Bureau.
Washington,—~ln a few months the
Unifed States will celebrate the tenth
anniversary of the conclusion of the
World war. Yet, according to Gen.
Frank T. Hines, director of the United
States Veterans’ bureau, there are still
in hospitals today more than 18,000
ex-service men who are undergoing
treatment for disabilities due to their
war service. The bureau is operating
more than 50 government-owned hos
pitals at the present time, In addi
tion, it is using every other govern
ment hospital, as well as 805 civilian
hospitals, for the care of disahled
American veterans. Under guardian
ship are 25,727 veterans who are in
competent to take care of their own
affairs,
“The annual appropriation this year
for the activities of the Veterans’
bureau,” says General Hines, “amounts
approximately to $750,000,000. Prac
tically every activity of the bureau is
on the increase. The annual cost of
hospitalization to the government is
about $19,000,000 a year. It will not
be less, It will increase as we go
along.”
: 2,500 New Claims Monthly.
“It “is somewhat surprising,” con
tinues the general, “although to those
dealing closely with the problem not
80 surprising, that each month there
are something like 2,500 new disabil
ity claims filed by American veterans.
Over 1,000,000 of the 4,500,000 men
who served in our forces during the
World war have applied for compen
sation or some measure of relief. Ap
proximately 49 per cent of these
claims have been allowed.
“Hospitalization of disabled veterans
today is still a problem of first im
portance, For the veterans’ commit
tee this year the bureau estimated
that in the hospitalization of the dis
abled who incite the greatest sym
‘pathy—those with mental and nervous
disabilities—we shall reach the peak,
as best we can tell, in 1949.”
Recognizing the growing aspects of
rehabilitation,President Coolidgesigned
on May 23, a bill authorizing an ap
propriation of $15,000,000 for addi
tional hopitalization facilities for the
care of mentally afflicted World war
veterans, ‘
Many Rejected Claims Just.
Another estimate of the increasing
importance and scope of rehabilitation
is given by the Disabled American Vet
erns of the World War, a national or
ganization of disabled ex-service men
established in 1921, This group has
been named by congress as an officiai
representative of the ! disabled who
present claims to the government. The
organization gave assistance and reliet
to 25,000 veterans last year. Accord
ing to William E, Tate, natonal com
mander, during the next decade, more
than 275,000 ex-service men will need
help as a result of disabilities incurred
during the war.
Commander Tate further estimates
that in addition to this number, 80
per cent of the disability claims dis
allowed by the government should be
re-examined. “Many of these disal
lowed claims,” states Commander
Tate, “are undoubtedly just. Insufli
clent evidence, poorly presented evi
dence, ignorance and numerous other
causes have resulted in the rejection
of claims which should be granted.
Hundreds of these men are in distress
ing straits today; their cases should
be opened and rejudged.”
To Erase Time Limitation.
Commander Tate assigns five major
reasons for the continuing and en
larging rehabilitation problem., *“There
is pending before congress at this ses
slon,” he states, “an amendment to
the law which will wipe out the time
limitation when a veteran may file a
claim and when he may file evidence,
A man who has a just claim shonld
always be able to present it. The
amendment is an example of the gov
ernment's commendable policy of lib
eralization of rehabilitation laws, Yet
this policy, which none would care to
see abandoned, censtantly sharpens
the need for assistance to our dis
abled veterans. The problem today is
growing, too, because many disablili
REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN
PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS
Society’'s Report Summarizes Results
of Activities During Past
Twenty Years.
New York~Remarkable progress
in 20 years’ organized efforts to
reduce the frequency of blindness in
America, pointing to possible elimina
tion of the principal diseases causing
blindness and the reduction of eye
injuries to a minimum, is shown In
a summary of accomplishments of the
Natlonal Soclety for the Prevention
of Blindness,
The greatest single achlevement has
been in the fleld of opbthalmia neona
torum, commonly known as “bables’
gore eyes,” the soclety reports. As
a result of adoption of laws, In most
states, requiring doctors, nurses, or
others In attendance to put prophy
lactic drops In the eyes of babies at
birth and the constant educational
activities ot the soclety, the report
ties are just now coming to light;
many cases, such as tuberculosis, de
velop slowly. They become virulent
only zep or more years after contrac
tion. Insanity may not fully appear
for ten, fifteen or more years.
“Further, great numbers of other
disabilities are of such character as
to require recurring hospitalization
for a part of each year, year after
year, Thousands of men, too, have
made partial recoveries, only to un
dergo relapses under the strains of in
dustrial occupations. Shortly after
the passage of the United States vet
erans’ act thousands of claims were
filed within a brief period. A large
percantage were disallowed by the
government, because a war service
connection was not established,
Large National Problem.
“The Veterans’ bureau, deluged with
work, was forced to send a form letter
of rejections, without stating reasons.
Great numbers of veterans had sound
cases. Improper or incomplete presen
tation brought denial of their claims.
The Disabled American Veterans and
other agencies are constantly going
over these rejected cases as far as
th ir facllities permit, They obtain
omitted evidence, and arrange for
proper representation, The volume
of these necessary activities, many
of them unknown to the general pub
lic, reveal rehabilitation to be still
one of our largest national prob’
lems,”
While the government is providing
all hospitalization for disabled vcter
ans whenever needed and grants all
claims which establish a war service
connection, the assistance of private
agencies in this work is important.
“In the problem of weterans’ relief.
co-operation on the part of service or
ganizations is essential,” says Gener
al Hines. “The Disubled American
Veterans is one of three organizations
recognized under the World war vet
erans’ act to co-operate with the bu
reau in rendering aid to the di.abled
man. Disabled veterans are prevent
ed by the same law from engagiog
an attorney, or paying fees to an at
torney, or having a claim agent pre
sent their claims.”
Assist Many Families.
Stating that service orgavizations
have set up machinery not only to
help the disabled man gather his evi
cence to meet the requirements of the
law, and to follow claims through and
present them to the various agencies
of the bureau, General Hines added
that their valuable aectivities include
assistance to the families of many dis
abled men. “They are helpful, too,”
he states, “in pointing out to those
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work for a few days and wareied Mrs. Bessle May Stanley at Syracuse,
N. Y. They are shown in the photograph,
says, the frequency of opthalmia ne
onatorum as & cause of blindness
among those admitted to schools for
the blind has diminished each year
until now it 1s 64 per cent less than
In 1008, Complete eradication of this
source of blindness—once the most
prolifie of all causes—is sald to pe
sclentifically possible,
The soclety Is helping to safeguard
the eyes of the next generation, the
report points out, by following up Its
work for prevention of blindness at
birth with demonstrations of preschool
eye tests, preschool clinles, and eo
operation In establishment of sight
saving classes for the edueation of
children with seriously defective vi
sion. Using a recently perfected tech
nique It is now possible to test, with
some accuraecy, the vislon of chiidren
too young to reud the letters on the
charts used for adults, The wight of
children as young es threu and four
CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD
charged with tha ad=inistrarion of the
bureau changes which would make
casier the work of obtaining the bene
éts which the government desires to
give claimants., They-maintain, ir ad
dition, a very close contact with tha
legislative side of the probler:.”
Emphasizing further the assistance
rendered the bureau by service organ
izations and pointing out that the gov
ernment's function in rehabilitation
can only be judicial, Col, George E.
Ljams, sssistant director of the Unit:
ed States Veterans' bureaun, declares,
“The government cannot go out apd
build up a claim aguinst the govern:
ment, We are prohibited by law from
doing that. Here is where the ex
service organizations come into the
picture, They develop the facts in
these cases; they have heen of great
assistance in presenting them to the
burean.”
Becomes More Complex. :
Every day the problems of rehabill
tation are becoming more difficult, ac
cording to Commander Tate. *“Adju
dication of claims is necessarily grow
ing more complex, because we are So
far away from the time when the facts
occurred. Further, the government
has not the facilities necessary to
seek out those who need help. It can
have no knowledge of any veteran’s
need untll his claim is brought to its
attention., It will be in this work, in
seeking out and in assisting in the
proper presentation of the claims of
thousands of men during the next dec
ade, that the great work of the serv.
ice organization will lie.”
“Recognition of the need for such
assistance is becoming inecreasingly
widespread among the general public
today,” says the commander in out
lining the plans of the Disabled Amer:
ican Veterans to co-operate with the
Veterans' bureau during the next ten
years,
“Our service now maintains 13 full
time men at various important region
al offices of the Veterans’ burean
throughout the country. These men
seek out and assist disabled veterans
throughout the many complicated
steps necessary in presenting a dis
ability claim. With the scope of re;
habilitation 'constantly enlarging, an
increased service has been found
necessary.
Will Extend Its Staff,
“The Disabled American Veterans
plan to extend its staff of liaison of
ficers to 564 trained men, distributed
at the strategic points on the map of
the United States Veterans’ bureau.
During the next decude the Disabled
American Veterans believe that it can
reach and aid 275,000 disabled men
and, in addition, assist another 261,000
men in the reviewing and ilejudging
of their rejected claims by the bu
reau.
: Under the leadership of Cel. Theo
dore Roosevelt, a citizens’ committee
has been” formed to co-operate with
the Disabled American Veterans 'n its
plan: for its trust fund for veteran
relief,
years has been successfully tested In
this way and In many cases condi
tions requiring Immediate attention
buve been discovered and remedied.
Special “sight-saving classes” in
public schools, first advocated by the
soclety In 1011, have been established
In 80 cities In 18 states. There are
now 202 such classes In which, throngh
the use of special large type books,
movable desks, ideal lighting, and spe
clal teaching methods, ehildrer with
little vision are not only given the
same sort of education that ehildren
with full vision recelve, hut they are
taught how to conserve thelr remain
ing sight,
Hope 1s expressed in the report that
at last the struggle of medical men
with the scourge of trachomu, one of
the great Interoational sources of
blinduess, 1s belng rewarded by some
definite understanding of the eauss
tive factors of this disease of the
eyes, *
Eye hazards of Industrial oceupa:
tions still constitute one of the most
serious enuses of blindness In Amer
lea, the report emphasizes,
Improved Uniform International
Sunday School
' Lesson '
O oty Rinte o uie o G lapay e
(©). 1928 Western Newspaper [lnion.)
Lesson for July 22
PAUL'S EARLY MINISTRY
"LESSUN TEXT—Acts 9:19-80; 11:25,
GOLDEN TEXT-—And straightway he
preached Christ in the synagogues
that he 1s the Son of God.
PRIMARY TOPIC—PauI Begins to
Work for Jesus.
JUNIOR TOPlC—Paul's First Work
for Jesus,
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC—~SauI Champions an Unpopular
Cause,
vo%mc PEBOPLE AND ADULT TOP
lC—Years of Growing Experience,
I. Saul Preached Christ in Damas
sus (vv. 19-22),
1. Saul's fellowship with the dis
ciples (v. 19
After Saul was baptized he re
mained certain days with the be
lievers in Damascus (v. 19) How beuu
tiful to think of the transformation
which took place—the one who was
80 passionately bent on their destrue
tion was now enjoying fellowship
with the disciples,
2. Straightway preaching in the
synagogues (v. 20
Saul, like every one who is really
converted, begins to tell of the rew
ly found Savier. As soon as he is
saved he goes to save others,
8. The people amazed (v. 21
They knew that the very one that
‘had been the ringleader in persecut
ing the Christians in Jerusalem, and
had come to Damascus for the ex
press purpose of bringing them boun?
to the chief priests, was now passion
ately advocating that which he had
80 vehemently sought to destroy.
4, The Jews confounded (v. 22
Saul retired into Arabia for three
sears. Durlng this time he was taught
the full truths of his ministry,
11. Saul Escapes From the Jews
(vv. 23-25),
- He used the Scriptures with such
- skill that the Jews could not answer
him. Finding that the argument was
qalnst them, thé Jews took counsel
how they might destroy Saul. So in
txt were they upon killing him that
they watched the gates eof the city
day and night that they might take
him, When this became known to the
diseiples, they let him down from tha
wall by night in a basket.
11, Saul Visits Jerusalem (vv. 20-
29).
This journey to Jerusalem was in
n‘r&m contrast with the one from
Jerusalem to Damascus. The one was
a:o a leader of an important expedi
tion under the authority of the Jew
ish officers with the prospect of a
place of distinction in the council of
the Jewish nation, Now he is an out
cast, disowned by his countrymen,
and fleeing for his life,
1. Suspected by the disciples (v. 20)
The believers at Jerusalem had not
heard fully about Saul's conversion.
They knew nothing of his sojourn in
Arabla, and his preaching at Damas
cus after his return. Therefore they
regarded him as a spy.
2. Barnabas’ confidence in Saul
(V. 27).’
Barnabas was a man filled with the
Holy Spirit (Acts 11:24), therefore
ia‘hle to discern the reality of Saul’s
conversion, He was In reality a “Son
of consolation” and in this instance
showed his kind spirit,
8. Saul In fellowship with the dis
ciples (v. 28
They went in and out together.
Peter received him in his home where
in he abode fifteen days (Gal. 1:18),
4, Saul disputes with the Grecians
(v. 20
He was not content merely to visit
with the brethren, He spoke boldly
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
IV, Saul Sent to Tarsus (v. 30
A conspiracy similar to that one
at Damascus was formed against
Saul, When the brethren knew of it
they sent him to Tarsus. Saul's life
was In danger everywhere except
among the Gentiles, He now Is hack
at the place of his birth, The first
a d best place for one's testimony
i In his home, Saul's conversion was
typical of the conversion of the Jew
ish nation, Thelr eyes will be opened
hy a personal revelation of Jesus
Christ to them, and when they accept
fiim as their Savior and Messinh,
tney will go forth as witnesses to the
Gentlles,
V., Saul Teaching at Antioch (11:25,
26).
The work at Antloch so prospered
in the hands of Barnabas that he
went to Tarsus for Saul to help him
in the work. Saul retorned with
Barnabas and ministered for a whole
year, The disciples were first called
Christians at Antloch, This name re
sulted from Paul's teaching, Instead
of belng given In derision, s Is fre
quently taught,
God’s Program
The program of God Is not con.
cerned with time, With Him a thouy
sund years are as a duy. We are too
short-lived to eriticize His providence,
o the rolling yeurs Me has wrought
wonders, but a short sight fulls to
po¢ It.—=Methodist Pretestant, ‘
Reminder From God
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tree are ‘aeant to symbolizge the lurge
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