Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
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Conference of Officers in Charge of Government Hospitals Serving Veterans of the World War
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Medical care -- United States
Your attention is particularly called to the necessity of forwarding to
the Bureau reports required by the Canadian Government regarding the
hospitalization of Canadian ex-service men; and I desire to stress this
point, that, when a medical examination is made of a Canadian ex-service
man, the report of your findings should be furnished on S. C.R. Form 346
(S.C.R. meaning Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment), this Form being
similar in requirements to the Bureau Medical Division Form 2545. It is
upon the findings in this report mode upon S.C.R. 346 that the Canadian
Government gives its approval for hospitalization. S.C.R. Form 399 is a
Progress Report, and should be rendered monthly during the man’s stay in
hospital, for the reason that until this report is received no pension
will be paid to the man or to his dependents. When a Canadian
beneficiary is hospitalized his compensation is reduced, but the family
allowance, should he have dependents, is increased. $40 is the maximum
pension payable to a man while in hospital, $10 of which is paid to him
and $30 held in reserve, which is accumulative, and is given to him upon
discharge from hospital. The family allowance is increased according to
the number of his dependents, and is paid to his family direct. S.C.R.
Form. 76 is a discharge report from hospital and should be rendered
promptly in triplicate, as all these reports should be. If you are not
in possession of these Canadian Forms, 346, 399 and 76, they may be
obtained from the District Manager in whose district you are located.
EX-MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM:
At this time the Veterans’ Bureau has completed agreements whereby
service is being given to British ex-service men, which includes
ex-members of the military and naval forces of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa, as well as
those of Canada.
RUSSIAN ALLIED EX-SERVICE MEN:
In addition to the above named may be included the Russian allied
ex-service men, an agreement having been entered into with the Russian
Ambassador now located in Washington, whose official status has not
changed since his appointment as a representative of the late Czar. When
medical, surgical, or hospital treatment is requested for a Russian
ex-service man, it must be approved in advance by the Russian
Ambassador, who certifies that any expense incident to this service will
be reimbursed by the Russian Ambassador.
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN EX-SERVICE MEN:
Through an agreement with the Czechoslovakian Minister, this service is
also furnished to the Czechoslovakian allied ex-service men upon request
from the Minister of that country, accompanied by a statement that any
expense incident to service will be reimbursed by his Government.
RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT:
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