U.S. EX-SERVICEMEN.
—.—— ALLEGATIONS OF NEGLECT AND ILL-TREATMENT. By Telegrrapb —P. A ssocia tion—Cop.rricht. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, January 16. The Government is undergoing; criticism respecting ita administration of homes and hospitals lor ex-servicemen. A committee from disabled American veterans presented President Harding with a r>etition setting forth that mentally disabled veterans were the victims of gro&s neglect, callous indifference, deliberate profiteering and inadequate treatment. The committee charged the Government that it did not jjrovide antr hospital facilities for insane soldiers, hut was farming; out these among various State asylums, which were notoriously overcrowded and inadequately ©quipped to treat and care for them. The committee alleged that carious States are realising that profit would result from the use of makeshifts instead of fully equipped institutions. Many soldiers requiring treatment are unablo to go to hospital* because they have dependents.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16635, 18 January 1922, Page 2
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