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Organizing Repatriation..______________________________________5

Demobilizing Canada's Army__________________________________________7

Pensions________________________________________14

War Service Gratuity-----------------------------18

One Employment Agency for all Canada------------22

Bringing Our Soldiers' Dependents to Canada-------26

Making the Soldier a Civilian--------------------29

Free Medical Treatment for Ex-Soldiers and Sailors—	32

Training the Invalided Soldier_____________________36

Free Artificial Appliances for Disabled Soldiers------39

Land and Loans—to Help Soldiers Become Farmers--	41

Creating Opportunities for Employments-«««—----45Organizing Repatriation.

The Repatriation Committee has been formed by the
Dominion Government to bring Canada forward to a
peace basis with all speed.

It will use the existing machinery and any necessary
new machinery.

The Committee consists of Hon. J. A. Calder, Minister
of Immigration (Chairman); Hon. Sir James Lougheed,
Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establshment; Hon. N. W.
Rowell, President of the Privy Council; Hon. T. A. Crerar,
Minister of Agriculture; Hon. G. D. Robertson, Minister
of Labour; Hon. Arthur Meighen, Minister of the Interior,
To assist them, Mr. H. J. Daly has been appointed
Director, and Mr. Vincent Massey, General Secretary.

This Committee is formed to co-ordinate the work of
all those departments of the Government which have to do
with the task of bringing back our soldiers to civil life,
caring for them and their dependents, providing employ-
ment opportunities for soldiers and war-workers, and
assuring proper living and working conditions. It also
assists the efforts of all organizations and agencies prepared
to give aid in the solution of our problems.

(S)The Committee surveys all plans. It prevents over-,
lapping and confusion. It secures expert assistance. It
obtains more speedy action, more effective co-operation.
While its first consideration is the welfare of the Canadian
soldier, its scope embraces the whole community.

The Committee has built up a Repatriation Organiza-
tion to supplement the work of the existing departments of
the Government.

The Committee has secured experts on each problem—
military, employment, social, housing, farming, transporta-
tion, medical. Nothing is neglected. It invites represen-
tatives from all organizations which have interested them-
selves in the social and economic welfare of the country and
the needs of our soldiers.

Co-operating with the Repatriation Committee is an
Advisory Committee appointed by the Great War Veter-
ans' Association.

With the assistance of these agencies the solution of
the problem is presented to the Repatriation Committee in
a practicable form.

The plans devised to meet every problem as it arises
will be reported to you in the coming announcements.

(6)Demobilizing Canada's Army.

The actual work of bringing back our soldiers to
Canada and getting them out of khaki is in the hands of
the Department of Militia and Defence. Complete plans
have been made and machinery organized to handle the
work. Every detail has been considered. The plan is
harmonious and will work smoothly. It is described here.
Notice how every contingency has been considered. How
the soldier is cared for at every step. How everything is
done for his comfort and to inform his waiting relatives
and friends.

From France to England.

Peace is not yet signed. The victorious Canadian
Corps is still a fighting unit. But as fast as the situation
permits the Canadian Corps in France will be returned to
Canada by units allotted, as far as possible, to the areas
from which they came. These units will be reconstructed
so as to include only men desirous of returning to the area
to which the unit has been allotted.

The remainder of the Canadian forces overseas will
be returned in drafts of 500 men for each area. Married
men first, according to length of srvice. Then single men,
according to length of service.

(7)Preparing to Leave England.

Canada has been divided into 22 dispersal areas for
demobilization, with a dispersal station for each.

1. The province of Prince Edward Island—Char-
lottetown.

2.	The province of Nova Scotia—Halifax.

3.	One half of New Brunswick—Moncton.

4.	One half of New Brunswick—St. John.

5.	The north country of Quebec down to Three Rivers—
Quebec.

6.	The remainder of Quebec—Montreal.

7.	The Ottawa Valley and Ontario down to the Thous-
and Islands—Ottawa.

8.	The Kingston district west to Oshawa and north to
the Madawaska River—Kingston.

9.	The Toronto district north to the French River and
the north mining country—Toronto.

10.	The Niagara Peninsula—Hamilton.

11.	Southern Ontario—London.

12.	From White River to the Lake of the Woods—Port
Arthur.

13.	All of Manitoba except the Brandon territory—
Winnipeg.

14.	The Brandon territory—Brandon.

15.	Southern Saskatchewan—Regina.

16.	Northern Saskatchewan—Saskatoon.

(8)17.	Southern Alberta—Medicine Hat.

18.	From Calgary north to Nordeg—Calgary.

19.	Northern Alberta—Edmonton.

20.	All of British Columbia except 21 and 22—
Vancouver.

21.	Vancouver Island and the immediate mainland—
Victoria.

22.	Cariboo, Kootenay and Gale—Revelstoke.

Each soldier overseas chooses the dispersal area in Canada
to which he wishes to go.

A report of the number of men for each dispersal area
is cabled to Militia Headquarters.

As fast as they can be absorbed by the dispersal areas
—a cable is sent to England for drafts.

Prior to sailing, a cable is sent from England stating how
many men are coming and giving their occupations.

In this way arrangements are made to handle the men,
to care for them, and to find employment for them.

Before a man leaves England he is medically exam-
ined, his discharge papers and other documents are made
out. All delay in Canada over these details is avoided.

(9)On the Ship.

The transport staff check the medical and pay docu-
ments. The Y.M.C.A. provides recreation and entertain-
ment. Twentv-four hours before arrival in Canada a wire-
less is sent to the port giving details of any men who are
sick and in need of hospital care, and general information
that will ensure speedy transportation from boat to train.

Wounded Men.

Wounded men are brought back on hospital ships in
the care of Army Medical Corps. They are taken on
hospital trains to the various military hospitals and are in
charge of the military authorities until medical treatment
is complete.

In Port.

Halifax and St. John, are the ports of disembarkation
in winter. Quebec and Montreal will also be used in
summer. Immediately upon arrival of troops, the officer
commanding wires a list to the Soldiers' Aid Commission
in each province who notify the men's relatives. He also
wires the Dispersal Station to prepare to handle a certain
number of men. A third wire is sent to the general officer
commanding each military district, through whom the
dispersal station is again notified. This gives the dispersal
station a double check.

(10)Various voluntary organizations and the citizens of
Halifax, St. John, Quebec and Montreal all give soldiers
every assistance. Canteens and club rooms are open.
Coffee and cigarettes are provided. Telegrams are sent
for the men.

A permanent transportation committee of railroad
experts, representing the C.P.R., the G.T.R., and the
Canadian National Railways, arrange for special trains to
meet every transport.

On the Train.

Troop trains consist of colonist, tourist, commissariat,
standard sleeping and dining cars. A Y.M.C.A. repre-
sentative is on every train.

Should a stop-over or delay become unavoidable, the
men are provided for. Barracks and an ample food supply
are available at the following divisional points: Halifax,
Amherst, St. John, Mount Joli, Levis, Megantic, Quebec,
Montreal, Cochrane, North Bay, Port Arthur, Winnipeg,
Brandon, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Revelstoke, Van-
couver.

At the His per sal Station.

The principal city in each area is the dispersal station.
When the troop train pulls in, the relatives and friends of
the men have been notified and are on hand. Voluntary
organizations have motor cars at the station. Municipal
. reception committees are also on hand.

(11)In each city the military have provided every accom-
modation for men staying overnight—barracks, rations.
Out-of-town men who are given overnight leave and do
not wish to remain in barracks can find the best of accom-
modation at hostels provided by voluntary organizations.

The Discharge.

Men taken sick en route are immediately received by
the District Depot for medical treatment and receive pay
as part of that unit.

All other men are paraded at the dispersal station.
The offices here are so arranged that each man can pass
quickly from one to the other and get away in the shortest
time.

First comes the ordnance office. Here the men turn
in their equipment, except steel helmets and clothing, which
they are allowed to keep.

Next is the office of the Department of Soldiers' Civil
Re-establishment. Here each man is given advice and
information on the many questions relating to his return to
civil life—employment, housing, vocational training,
medical treatment.

Men who are unfit for their former employment are
taken on the strength of the Soldiers' Civil Re-establish-
ment for vocational training. They are paid during this
period and their dependents receive separation allowance,

Third is the paymaster's office. Here the men receive
their back pay, clothing allowance of $35.00 and first
month's War Service Gratuity.

(12)Finally the officer commanding issues each man his
discharge certificate, and in the same office is a railway
ticket agent who gives each man a ticket to his home town.
The man is now a civilian.

Here also is an information and complaint office. All
complaints are dealt with and information given by an
officer specially chosen for that purpose.

The dispersal station will supply quarters and meals
for men until train time.

The Government's care for the soldier does not end
when he passes through the dispersal station. The import-
ant work of other departments will be covered in reports
immediately following this.

(13)Pensions.

Canada's yearly pension bill is estimated by the
Minister of Finance at $30,000,000. This is a minimum
figure. How is this vast fund to be administered? To
whom will pensions be paid? Everyone is asking these
questions. Here is the official answer.

The Organization.

A huge organization has been built up to handle pen-
sions promptly, smoothly, fairly.

At its head is the Board of Pensions Commissioners.
This Board is to be developed as a civil rather than as a
military body. It consists of three men, each appointed
for ten years, each devoting his whole time to his duties
as a Commissioner.

The Head Office of the Pensions Board is at Ottawa;
and there are seventeeen branch offices in the principal
centres throughout Canada. An important branch is in
operation in London, England.

These local branches receive applications from sol-
diers' dependents for pensions; send "Visitors" to call on
pensioners in their homes; hold medical re-examinations;
handle complaints.

(14)The Board keeps a representative travelling from

coast tp coast interviewing pensioners and addressing or-
ganizations interested in their welfare. He has already
conferred with more than 30.000 pensioners.

At present 60,000 pensions are being administered by
the Board.

A Pension—What it is.

A pension is not a gift, gratuity or reward for service
done. It is compensation—money paid as a right by Can-
adians, through their Government, to offset in a measure
the handicaps suffered in war by their fellow-citizens—a
debt that the country owes to our returned men, and to the
dependents of those who have fallen.

It is in this spirit that Orders-in-Council governing
pensions are framed. It is in this spirt that the Board of
Pensons Commissioners administers these Orders-in-
Council.

To Whom Payable.

Pensions are not rewarded for service.

Broadly speaking, any soldier or sailor who was dis-
abled during his service is entitled to a pension—provided
medical treatment fails to restore his full normal capacity.

(15)The amount of the pension is based on the extent of
the physical handicap he has suffered.

The physical condition of the disabled man is de-
scribed on his discharge from the service by a Medical
Board. Pension is awarded according to the amount of
disablement from which he is then found to be suffering.

The percentage of handicap has been carefully and
thoroughly worked out for every disability. It is both
accurate and fair.

The relationship between the Medical Board and the
pension applicant is that of doctor and patient. Every
opportunity is given to have the man's condition judged
from his point of view.

Amount of Pension.

The pension is awarded to a soldier or sailor so that
he can live in decent comfort, despite his handicap.

The money he may be able to earn, or the money he
earned before the war, does not affect the amount of his
pension. The extent of his handicap alone in the general
labor market is considered.

Every man who has increased his income by Voca-
tional Training will not have his pension decreased or
discontinued.

The amount of the pension varies also according to
the soldier's rank; but his trade or profession is not con-
sidered. The minimum pension for a totally disabled un-
married soldier or sailor of the lowest rank is $600 a year.

(16)Pensions to Dependents.

Widows of soldiers or sailors who have died during
or as a result of service, are entitled to pension so long
as they do not remarry.

Children of soldiers or sailors are entitled to pen-
sions up to the age of sixteen, if boys, or seventeen, if girls.

Pension is awarded to the parents of a soldier or sailor
according, (a) to the degree of their dependency on the
deceased soldier and, (b) according to their needs.

(17)War Service Gratuity.

As soon as a soldier is discharged from the army his
first concern is to find a job. He may not find a job at
once. During his period of unemployment he will however
be in recepit of his War Service Gratuity.

Before the Armistice was signed "post discharge pay"
was granted to discharged soldiers. Upon the signing of
the Armistice it was felt necessary to make certain changes.

A larger grant will now be made to all who have
served at the front whether discharged before or after the
Armistice. Those who were on active service on the date
of the Armistice, but had not served at the front, will also
receive a gratuity on a higher scale.

The War Service Gratuity is given over and above
any "back pay," pension or clothing allowance to which a
man may be entitled.

It is given in addition to all the care, attention and
service which the Government will devote in order to
restore our fighting men to civil life.

(18)To Whom Awarded.

All soldiers discharged on or after November 11th,
1918, who have served with good conduct will receive War
Service Gratuity according to their class.

Soldiers discharged before November 11th, 1918, will
receive War Service Gratuity only if they served at the
front in any actual theatre of war.

If a soldier discharged before November 11th, 1918,
did not serve in an actual theatre of war he will be entitled
only to post discharge pay—according to his class on the
old scale.

The Amount of the Gratuity.

The gratuity consists of a continuation of a soldier's
pay, field allowance and separation allowance for a period
beyond his discharge.

This period is graded according to the length and
character of service.

If his service has been in part overseas his gratuity
is figured on a higher scale than that of the man who has
served only in Canada.

The maximum gratuity for the man who has served
overseas is six months. This is given to the man whose
total service amounts to three years or more.

(19)Three months gratuity is the maximum for the man
who has served in Canada only, and it is given for three
years' service.

If the monthly pay and allowances for a man whose
dependents have been receiving separation allowance
should be less than $100 he is given $100 per month as
gratuity. A part of the gratuity equal to separation allow-
ance will be paid direct to the dependent entitled to it.

If the monthly pay and allowances for a man without
such dependents should amount to less than $70.00 he is to
receive $70.00 per month.

Further, every gratuity granted will amount to at least
one month's pay, field allowance and separation allowance.

When Payable.

Men who have already been discharged will be given
the gratuity to which they are entitled (less any "post
discharge pay" they have received) after February 1st,
1919.

Application for any adjustment must be made to the
paymaster of the district from which the soldier was dis-
charged. The necessary forms to be filled out in support
of each claim for adjustment may be obtained from the
military headquarters of each district, from district and
unit paymasters and from officers commanding militia
units.

(20)Men who are still in the service will receive their first
month's gratuity immediately upon their discharge—unless
they are "boarded" to receive treatment and full pay and
allowances from the Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment.

Men who are in the care of the Soldiers' Civil Re-
Establishment will get their gratuity as soon as they cease

to receive full pay and allowances.

* * * * *

By this token Canada will record her appreciation of
her soldiers and sailors—to a degree more generous than
that shown by any other nation.

(21)One Employment Agency for All Canada.

The Dominion and Provincial Governments are co-
operating to distribute employment quickly and fairly.
Employment Oftices are being set up throughout Canada—
a single, complete chain from East to West.

In all, some 60 Employment Offices are being estab-
lished. They will be located in all centres of 10,000 people
and over—and wherever the need for them exists. One-
third are already in operation.

Through these Government Employment Offices, all
persons in need of employment, both male and female, will
secure such positions as are available.

Through this same source an employer's particular
needs will be promptly filled.

Indeed, the service rendered by these Government
Employment Offices will be such as to warrant the hearti-
est co-operation and support on the part of employers of
labor.

They will endeavor to supply only such help as an
employer can confidently take on—the right man for the
right position.

Thus, to the small employer of labor, they will take
the place of the Employment manager. To the large em-
ployer of labor they will be of appreciable assistance.

The service of the Employment Offices will be given
both to employers and to those who seek employment
entirely without charge.

(22)How They Work.

A superintendent is in charge of each local Employ-
ment Office.

Inside the office he has interviewers, to confer with
those seeking employment and to direct them to positions.
In the larger cities he also has canvassers or salesmen to call
on the employers and show them the value of the services
rendered by the Employment Office.

In this way the work-seeker and the work-giver are
quickly brought together.

Every effort is made to secure up-to-date, business-
like offices, conveniently located.

For the Soldier.

The same Employment Offices are used to provide
positions for returned soldiers as well as for every other
person in need of employment.

In each employment office there is a representative of
the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment—a
man who has served overseas. He introduces the returned
soldier to the regular officials and gives him every assist-
ance, both as to employment and other matters.

The Organization.

The local offices in each province are linked together
by a provincial clearing house in the capital city.

They are directly supervised by a general superinten-
dent who receives daily wired reports from each office.

(23)These reports state how many have sought work, how many
have been placed in positions, how many and what classes
need work, how many positions vacant. The general
superintendent has each day a complete picture of the
employment situation in the province under his care.

With the same idea in view, the Dominion Govern-
ment has three national clearing houses—established at
Halifax, Ottawa, and Winnipeg. Those who plan to move
from one locality to another can thus go "with their eyes
open/' because these clearing-houses show from their daily
reports just what the employment prospects are—every-
where.

National Advantages.

With the completion of this single chain of Employ-
ment Offices the Government will be exactly informed on
employment conditions.

Expert field agents will call on the lumbering, mining,
shipbuilding and other industries to secure information as
to anticipated requirements for labor.

Weekly reports sent in by trade unions provide addi-
tional information.

Finally, every concern with 25 or more employees will
mail each week a post-card showing (a) the pay-roll of the
previous week; (b) changes in staff and the nature of the
occupations.

(24)Advisory Councils.

Each local superintendent in the larger cities will be
assisted by an advisory body composed of employers and
employees.

Each province will have a similar advisory body.

There will also be a Dominion body—the Employment
Service Council of Canada—to co-operate with the Depart-
ment of Labor. This council will be composed of repre-
sentatives from all those classes interested.

In addition to the above, the Government is co-
operating with those who provide employment—-so that as
far as possible every willing worker will have work to do.

(25)Bringing Our Soldiers' Dependents to
Canada.

In England, there is a colony of Canadian women
who went overseas in order to be near their husbands.
There are also in England and France many women who
married Canadian soldiers and have never seen Canada.

It is one of the duties that Canada has incurred
through the war to bring back these dependents of our
soldiers with all speed, and to help establish their home
life.

Up till the time the Armistice was signed, some 22,000
women and children were returned. There still remain
about 50,000 to be brought back.

These 50,000 soldiers' dependents will be returned to
Canada at the public expense. Those who have already
arrived in Canada since November 11th, 1918, will have
their ocean and railway fare refunded by the Government.

The facilities for transporting soldiers and their de-
pendents are limited to about 30,000 monthly. Therefore,
women and children will be returned to Canada at the rate
of about 5,000 to 7,000 each month. Many of the women
will be accompanied by their husbands. On every boat
carrying 200 or more unaccompanied women there is a
Y.W.C.A. secretary.

(26)At the Ports.

To these 50,000 returning women and children every
care is being given. Until they reach the shores of Canada
they are in charge of the Overseas Militia Department.

At HALIFAX they are welcomed by the Women's
Reception Committee, composed of women who have been
engaged in war activities. This committee has been or-
ganized for nearly two years and has been doing splendid
work.

At ST. JOHN there is also a committee representing
all the organizations interested. This committee, although
more recently formed, is giving excellent service. The
National Y.W.C.A. has assigned two secretaries for work
at this port.

On each of these Committees there is a trained nurse
to give necessary attendance.

At the ports the organizations meet every boat. Locate
the women's luggage. Take charge of the babies. Bring
the women to a cosy rest room. Here cots and baths are
provided for the children. Hot lunch can be secured.
Overnight accommodation is arranged.

Women who are too sick to proceed on their journey
are taken to the local hospitals. Women who are without
money receive assistance from the Patriotic Fund; are
provided with lunch baskets and money to buy meals on
the train.

These organizations also secure the railroad tickets for
the women, get their money changed, give them such in-
formation as they need. The workers accompany the
women to the train.

(27)The Repatriation Committee have a nurse, trained in
social work, lent by the Victorian Order of Nurses to act
as the committee's representative at each port.

On the Train.

On each train carrying unaccompanied women and
children there is a Red Cross nurse, experienced in social
service who has been enrolled by the Canadian Association
of Graduate Nurses. This nurse carries with her first aid
supplies and an emergency fund of money furnished by
the Red Cross Society.

Telegrams are sent ahead to the local branch of the
Patriotic Fund and to the local Reception Committees
giving the number who will arrive.

On Arrival.

The Rotary Clubs of Canada have undertaken to pro-
vide motor cars to take the women and children from the
station to their homes.

The Patriotic Fund have undertaken to provide tem-
porary accommodation and other necessary assistance at
ctiies and towns en route and at points of destination.

The main function of this nation-wide organization
is to care for soldiers' dependents. It is therefore fitting
that they should be responsible for arrangements for all
the returning women and children.

Many other well-known organizations have been
doing admirable work—meeting trains, providing rest-
rooms, canteens and hostels and generally caring for the
women and children. It is important that these organiza-
tions continue this work and co-operate as closely as pos-
sible with the Patriotic Fund.

(28)Making the Soldier a Civilian.

Early in the war, the Government realized that the
returned soldier would need one of three things.

(1)	If he was ill, he would want to be made well.

(2)	If he was so disabled by service that he could
not follow his old occupation he would want an opportunity
to recover his power to "make good" as a civilian.

(3)	If he was fit, he would want to be put into touch
with employment opportunities.

To help in this three-fold service the Department of
Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment was organized..

The Medical Branch.

The Medical Branch of this Department gives the
special after-care that soldiers who have suffered through
war service need.

On his return to Canada the invalided or wounded
soldier is treated in military hospitals. If the Medical
Board decides that his case requires extended treatment in
certain diseases, he is discharged from the army and comes
under the care of this Department.

The Medical Branch then provides free medical and
surgical treatment;

—free artificial limbs and special boots for deformed

feet;

(29)—free surgical appliances, eyeglasses, etc.;

—free dental treatment.

At present this service is available not only on the
soldier's discharge from the army, but whenever he becomes
ill again on account of disease or wounds due to war
service.

The Vocational "Re-Training" Branch.

Some soldiers have so suffered on war service that
they are prevented from working at the trade or occupation
they followed before enlisting. This branch of the De-
partment arranges for such men free re-training in some
trade or occupation.

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While undergoing medical or surgical treatment in
the hospitals of the Department, or "Re~Training", the
soldier receives pay, and his family and dependents are
granted adequate allowances.

Information and Service Branch.

This branch of the Department has been organized
recently to give special service to the demobilized soldier.

This branch first comes into contact with the soldier
in France and England. Here it finds out the soldier's
previous experience, the employment he now prefers to take
up, and the locality in which he intends to settle.

(30)Representatives of the Department keep in constant
touch with returning soldiers before they reach Canada to
let the men know just what the country is prepared to do
for them, to advise them, and to give them information.

This service will be extended throughout Canada and
by means of it the returned soldier will be placed in touch
with Government Employment Offices, where details of
existing opportunities for employment are available.

The representatives of the Department will themselves
be returned men—those who can appreciate the soldier's
problem.

The work these branches do will be described more
fully in later announcements.

(31)Free Medical Treatment for Ex-Soldiers
and Sailors.

Those discharged soldiers or sailors who become ill
or disabled again as a result of some disease or injury
suffered during war service receive free medical and sur-
gical treatment.

This service is provided by the Medical Branch of the
Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment.

An ex-soldier or ex-sailor who has recurrence of a
war disability should, if he is not too ill, go at once to the
local medical officer of this Department.

If he is too ill he should have that medical officer noti-
fied at once.

Should he be taken ill in a place where there is no
representative of the Department, he should call in a
local physician to give him the necessary immediate treat-
ment and ask him to communicate immediately all details
of the case to the nearest medical officer of the Department.

The name of the authorized medical representative of
this department is given below.

Treatment at the expense of this Department can only
be secured through these representatives. The Depart-
ment cannot pay any bills for treatment which have not
been authorized by the Department.

(32)If the medical officers recommend it, pay is given to
patients, and allowances are granted to their dependents
by the Department, during the period of treatment.

The established scale of pay and allowances that may
be granted depends upon the extent to which the treatment
recommended by the medical officer of the Department pre-
vents the patient from doing his regular work.

Arrangements for special care of patients of the De-
partment have been made with hospitals in all the larger
towns and cities from coast to coast.

Sanatoria for treating tuberculosis under most favor-
able conditions are operated in every Province under the
direct supervision of the Department.

MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVES

DEPARTMENT OF SOLDIERS' RE-ESTABLISHMENT
Note.—At places marked (*) there are Medical Administra-
tive Offices of the Department with Medical Officers in charge.

Otherwise reference is given to Medical Representatives. Ad-
ditions are being made to this lifct constantly.

Name of Unit Medical Director, Asst.
City or Town.	Unit Medical Director or

Medical Representative.

Nova Scotia:

♦Halifax------------Dr. Dugald Stewart, Leith House,

Hollis St.

*Sydney____________Dr. James Bruce.

Prince Edward Island:

♦Charlottetown _____Dr. Alex. Ross.

Quebec:

♦Montreal __________Dr. A. E. Lundon, 301 Drunnnond

Building.

♦Quebec------------Dr. A. R. P. Hubbard, 17 St. Jaanes

Street.

(33)Name of Unit Medical Director, Asst.
Unit Medical Director or
Medical Representative.

City or Town
Ontario:

♦Kingston ----------Dr. E. E. Latta, Golden Lion Bloc .

♦Ottawa------------Dr. H. T. Douglas, 132 Queen Street.

Port Hope----------Dr. A. G. Aldrich. ,

Gananoque ________Dr. J. J. Davis, Pine Street.

Picton_____________Dr. C. A. Publow.

Lindsay ___________Dr. J. A. White.

Broekville_________Dr. E. J. F. Williams.

♦Toronto ____________Dr. E. Pyan, 185 Spadina Ave.

♦Hamilton__________Or. W. Bethune, 300 Clyde Block.

North Bay______™Pr. W. J. Bell.

Chatham __________Dr. R. V. Fray.

Sudbury__________Dr. W. G. Cook.

Windsor__________~ Dr. Cruikshank, 14 Labelle Bldg.

Paris______________Dr. W. J. H. Gould.

Brantford__________Or. C. C. Fissette.

Windsor___________Dr. C. Fuller, 1 Wyandotte S . W.

Orillia_____________Dr. W. C. Gilchrist.

Haileybury ________Dr. G. F. Jackson.

Mattawa___________Dr. M. James.

Midland___________Dr. T. J. Johnston.

Barrie_____________Or. W. A. Lewis, P.O. Box 13.

Cwen Sound_______Dr. H..H. Middlebor>.

Timmins __________Dr. H. H. Moore.

Welland___________Dr. W. R. McCulloch.

Collin^wood _______Or. D. McKay.

Woodstock ________Dr. S. McM. McLay.

Stratford __________Dr. L. F. Robertson, 55 Albert St.

St. Catharines_____Dr. J. Sheahan.

Sault Ste. Marie____A. A. Shepard, 746 Queen St. E.

♦London____________Dr. N. B. Alexander, Room 56, Bank

of Toronto Building.

Fort William_______Dr. A. J. Manion.

Manitoba:

(34)Name of Unit Medical Director, Asst.

City or Town.	Unit Medical Director or

Medical Representative.

* Winnipeg__________Dr. K. Mclvor, Notre Dame Invest-
ment Building.

CL.nkatchewan:

*Regina —__________Dr. W. C. Arnold, McCallum-Hill

Building.

*Saskatoon _________Dr. D. S. Creighton.

North Battleford___Dr. J. H. H. Jackson.

Prince Albert______Dr. R. L. King.

Alberta:

*Calgary____________Dr. G. R. Johnson, Beveridge Bldg.

^Edmonton _________Dr. G. G. Stewart, 410 McLeod Block.

Lethibridge ________Dr. G. W. Leech, 109 Sherlock Block.

Medicine Hat______Dr. O. Boyd.

British Columbia:

*Vancouver_________Dr. A. P. Proctor, Board of Trad9

Building.

♦Victoria -----------Dr. C. D. Holmes, Central Building.

New Brunswick:

*Fredericton ----------Dr. 0. MacKay, Royal Bank Bldg.

*St. John_____________Dr. G. P. Peat, Bank of Montreal

Building.

(35)Training the Invalided Soldier.

When the first Canadian casualties were announced
every heart in Canada thrilled with the thought—"What
will the country do to help these men overcome the handi-
caps they have suffered?"

Since that day Canada has been quietly developing a
wonderful organization to help restore the strength and
earning capacity of her invalided soldiers.

This work is in the charge of the Department of
Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment. It is divided into three
classes.

Ward Occupations.

Soldiers who, on account of their injuries, are confined
to wards or to their beds in hospitals are taught handicraft
work of various kinds. This work is not meant to train a
man in work by which he could earn a living. It is en-
couraged rather because it diverts the soldier's mind from
his disability, and gives him light exercise. In this way it
assists wonderfully in the soldier's recovery.

Occupational Therapy.

This work is conducted in hospitals. It is intended
mainly to help in the cure of the patient. But it often
serves as the ground-work for a course in Industrial Re-

(36)training. The following gives some idea of the breadth
and scope of the subjects taught in these classes—Me-
chanical drawing, woodworking, boot and shoe repairing,
machine shop practice, gardening, poultry raising, civil
service instruction, book-keeping, stenography, telegraphy.

Industrial Re- Training.

When a man is so injured by war service that he can-
not follow the occupation or trade that he worked at before
enlisting, the Department trains him for a new occupation.

For this work, use is made of Technical Schools and
Universities at fourteen centres throughout the Dominion.
Here primary training is given by specially planned
courses. This helps a man begin his actual re-training
work intelligently.

Most of the re-training is given in actual factories and
shops. Hundreds of large and small concerns have co-
operated whole-heartedly in this work—placing at the dis-
posal of the Department, without charge, their equipment
and the services or many of their staffs.

Ninety-five per cent, of those who have been granted
"Industrial Re-training" courses by the Department have
been successful in becoming self-supporting in a new
todg or occupation.

(37)These benefits are given by the Department to ex-
members of the Canadian, British, and Allied forces living
in Canada, who come within the classes for which these

benefits are provided.

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During the period a man is being "Re-trained" he
and his dependents are granted adequate pay and allow-
ances.

(38)Free Artificial Appliances for
Disabled Soldiers.

Every returned soldier, who is an amputation case, is
provided by the Government with an artificial limb. He
can have that limb repaired, and if necessary, replaced,
without expense.

This is one of the many services rendered by the
Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-Establishment to the
returned soldier.

This department also supplies free "orthopaedic"
appliances to correct as far as possible injuries to the feet,
legs and arms; also special boots, splints, braces, etc. To
those who need them, it also gives free surgical appliances
such as trusses, spectacle, spinal supports, glass eyes,
abdominal supports.

A Government factory has been established at Toronto
to make artificial limbs. Here standard patterns, embody-
ing the best ideas known, are manufactured.

In this work expert advice is given by surgeons who
have seen overseas service, and who are in constant touch
with similar work in other countries.

An experimental department is maintained for de-
veloping practical applications of new ideas, and for test-
ing out all new appliances that become available in Canada
or foreign countries.

(39)Repair parts for standard patterns are kept in stock
at fitting depots in the following centres: Halifax, Freder-
icton, St. John, Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Hamilton,
Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Cal-
gary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria.

At these depots there are experienced fitters who make
repairs and adjustments under the supervision of surgeons.
They also fit to individual patients appliances received in
the rough from the factory.

These depots are so located that those requiring re-
newals, repairs or adjustments can get them free without
travelling long distances. If there is no fitting depot in
the patient's town, he is instructed by the Department's
Medical Officer to travel to the nearest depot. He is fur-
nished with free first class railway tickets, an allowance to
cover meals and other expense, and an allowance to apply
against loss of time from his work. If he must remain
there for longer than a week he is maintained at the De-
partment's expense, and he and his dependents receive the
same allowances as if he were in hospital.

Artificial limbs, orthopaedic and surgical appliances
are furnished free only when their issue is authorized by a
Medical Officer of the Department. These representatives
are listed on a previous page.

(40)Land and Loans—to Help Soldiers ^
Become Farmers.

It is anticipated that a great many soldiers who have
served with the Canadian, British or Allied forces may
want to become farmers in Canada. The vital need to-day
is to increase production and the acreage under cultivation.
It is thus in Canada's best interests to give these soldiers
every assistance. The Government has therefore been
developing a programme that includes the providing of
land, the granting of loans and the training and super-
vision of those inexperienced in farming.

The Present Plan.

Under the Soldier Settlement Act, 1917, an eligible
returned soldier is entitled, in addition to his ordinary
homestead right, to a free grant of one quarter-section of
Dominion Lands on homestead conditions.

For this purpose the Government has suspended home-
stead entry by others than soldiers on all remaining home-
stead lands in the Western provinces within fifteen miles of
railway transportation, pending enquiry into their suit-
ability.

As soon as the soldier goes on the land, the Board has
power to grant him a loan up to the maximum of $2,500.

(41)This loan is granted to settlers to help them acquire
land for farming, discharge incumbrances, undertake im-
provements, erect buildings and secure necessary livestock,
machinery and equipment.

It is nQt given as an actual advance of cash, but in the
form of payment for expenditures. In this way the settlers'
transactions are carefully supervised.

The loan is made at the low interest rate of five per
cent. It is to be repaid in twenty annual instalments. The
first two payments may be deferred by the Board when
desirable.

The New Proposal.

The Government have found it necessary to broaden
these original plans for the following reasons:

(a)	It has been found that only a limited amount of
suitable homestead land is available for soldier settlement.

(b)	Some Crown lands are held by the Provinces.

(c)	Homesteading may not suit all the returned
soldiers.

It is now proposed that the Provincial Governments
co-operate with the Soldier Settlement Board in acquiring
suitable lands at present held uncultivated by private own-
ers. The Dominion Government has announced its inten-
tion of introducing necessary legislation along these lines
at the opening of the next Session.

The lands so bought will be re-sold to the soldier at
cost price. It is suggested that the purchaser be required
to make a cash payment of one-tenth of the purchase price.

(42)The balance will be payable in equal annua! Iiistfilfnents
extended over twenty years or longer.	Y 1

The amount of the land purchased by this pliin, If it is
approved by Parliament, will be limited in vtiloa tg $5,000.
Interest will be charged at a low rate of five per cent.

When these new proposals for land purchase become
effective the Board will be able to loan the soldier settler
up to a total of $1,500 for the purchase of livestock and
equipment in addition to the loan for the purchase of his
land. It will be granted on practically the same terms as
the loans now allowed.

As the soldier improves his farm the Board may ad-
vance him a further $1,000.

Who May Apply.

The Act applies to any one who has served with an
honourable record in the Canadian or Imperial forces in
the present war, or to any Canadian who was on active
service with the Allied forces, or the widow of any such
person .who died on active service.

The Board will loan money only to those who have
had sufficient experience or training in farming. Each
applicant may be required to appear in person before the
Qualification Committee in his district.

Training.

Those soldiers who have had insufficient experience in
f&TJaing will be helped by the Board to secure the necessary
training to qualify them for the loans.

(43)Special instructional courses are being arranged with
the-agriculture schools and experimental farms.

Fanners will be asked to co-operate in giving the
soldier practical training and knowledge.

Expert Assistance.

The work of the Soldier Settlement Board is carried
out by Supervisors in each of the provinces.

These supervisors have under them a staff of land
appraisers to valuate the land, and farming advisors or
practical farmers in the community to advise the soldier
after he has definitely settled on his farm.

Qualification Committees are being appointed in each
Province to advise the Board as to the qualifications of
each applicant.

Results.

Loans, amounting to over 1% million dollars, have
already been granted to over one thousand returned
soldiers.

Since the regulations were completed last July, over
eight hundred soldiers have made entries on Dominion
Crown Lands under the Soldier Settlement Act.

4 -t ;• ; ; ' f ;
Creating Opportunities for Employment/ /

Besides helping to distribute employment through a
chain of employment offices, the Government has developed
plans to create opportunities for employment.

Briefly, these plans cover the following phases:—

1.	PUBLIC WORKS.

During the war, many important Public Works have
been held up. The Minister of Public Works has his
plans and preparations made to proceed with the more
necessary of these in the near future. This Committee has
also been in touch with Provincial Governments and
Municipalities, with a view to impressing upon them the
necessity for similar action. The building and public
works programme now in sight will provide employment
for many returned soldiers and war-workers.

2.	RAILWAYS.

During the past four years a great deal of work
necessary to keep our railways up to standard has been
postponed. Some millions of dollars must be expended 00
improving road-bed, constructing bridges, buildings and
other improvements. Vast quantities of ties are being got

(45)out tills winter. Equipment of various kinds must be
secured. The Minister of Railways states that as soon as
wither conditions will permit, some thousands of men
will be absorbed in various railway undertakings. The
supplies and materials required will also provide employ-
ment.

3.	SHIPBUILDING.

The shipbuilding programme arranged for by the
government will provide employment for many men during
1919. It is expected arrangements will be completed to
keep the shipbuilding yards in active operation throughout
the year. The Government recognizes that ship construc-
tion is one of the best means of providing suitable employ-
ment for skilled and other workers.

4.	EXPORT TRADE,

The government has established a Canadian Trade
Commission. This Commission has an office in Canada
and a "trade mission" overseas. Through this trade mission
it is anticipated that Canada will secure an important
share in the business of providing materials and manufac-
tured products required for reconstruction work in Europe.
A short time may be required before final details are com-
pleted and definite results are announced. The business
so secured will be distributed through the regular channels
of trade and thus afford extra opportunities for employ-
ment.

(46)5. HOUSING.

The government has set aside the large siim :cjt'
$25,000,000 to be loaned through the Provinces in order
to encourage the building of workmen's houses. VVhen
the season for building arrives, this work should give
employment to many hundreds of men both in construction
work and in the supply of materials.

6.	LAND SETTLEMENT.

The government, as already explained in a former
announcement, has developed plans to help soldiers to
become farmers, providing land, granting loans and giving
training and supervision where necessary. It is expected
that a large number of returning soldiers will take advant-
age of these opportunities. The scheme will involve the
expenditure of some millions of dollars, a good deal of
which will find its way into building materials, supplies,
machinery, etc., all of which will assist in providing em-
ployment.

7.	ROAD BUILDING.

The government now has under consideration the ques-
tion of joining the provincial governments in financing the
construction of public highways. Should a favorable de-
cision be reached, a large field for employment opportunities
will be opened up. Regardless oI Federal action, pro-
vincial governments are preparing their own road-making
programme.The government is alive to the necessity for providing

employment opportunities, and stands prepared to assis
in every way possible. If corporations and private citizen
will pin in this feature of Repatriation Work, Canad
should have little difficulty with the employment problem.

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