Besides making these liberal provisions for the relief of its disabled soldiers and sailors, the Government has embarked upon elaborate measures for restoring them to health and efficiency. They are not only given the best medical and physical treatment known to science, but also taught various trades and occupations, suited to their condition and natural aptitudes. During the period of treatment and training they receive an allowance for the support of themselves and their families. The Army and Navy, the Public Health Service, the Federal Board for Vocational Education and the Bureau of War Risk Insurance all take part in this paternal enterprise. PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 7, No. 11, SERIAL No. 183 COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC. THE MENTOR · DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT SERIAL NUMBER 183 [Illustration: UNCLE SAM A statuette popular during the World War] [Illustration: “REST HAVEN,” WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN Discharged soldiers, sailors and marines, patients of The Bureau of War Risk Insurance, receive free medical treatment for mental and nervous disorders at this sanatorium] UNCLE SAM _And What He Does For His Relatives_ By PROF. ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, Harvard University _MENTOR GRAVURES_ VACANT-LOT GARDENING--Enterprise promoted by the Bureau of Education · A BOYS’ CORN CLUB--County Agent Giving Instruction · EXHIBIT OF WORK OF BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE · IMMIGRATION STATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HONOLULU--Japanese Immigrants Awaiting Examination · EQUIPMENT OF A POSTAL MOTOR-TRUCK ROUTE · DISABLED SOLDIERS LEARNING TO WEAVE RUGS AT AN ARMY HOSPITAL On an April day in 1865, a poor old colored woman was walking through the streets of Richmond wringing her hands and moaning, “Oh, Sam’s dead; Sam’s dead!” “What Sam’s dead, Aunty?” asked a passerby. “Oh, Lord, Uncle Sam!” It was the death of Abraham Lincoln for which that faithful heart was grieving. He was her Uncle Sam, the representative in human form of America, particularly of the Government at Washington, that mid-point of the strong, and protection of the weak. Yet after all she missed the great idea that whoever dies and whoever lives, Uncle Sam is eternal; for Uncle Sam is the American people governing itself. He is the emblem of the force and courage and resolution of the United States of America. _The Birth of Uncle Sam_