Second. Those who were entitled between March 3, 1886, and March 3, 1888, were again entitled March 3, 1891, and every three years from that date.
Third. Those who were entitled before March 3, 1886, were again entitled five years from such date, and again every three years.
On request of any soldier we will give him the exact date on which he is entitled to an order for a leg or for commutation.
Each officer and soldier has his choice either to receive a limb or its equivalent in money. All who want limbs will gain by taking one from the Government, because the Government will give transportation to and from the manufactory, the cost of which in many cases is equal to the value of the limb. Besides, the Government requires each manufacturer to warrant his work and material used. The soldier who draws his money and buys a limb for himself loses all these advantages. Many manufacturers of limbs will advise soldiers to draw the money and then buy of them, so they will not be obliged to warrant their limbs to the Government, or give a bond for the same.
We furnish legs and arms for all kinds of amputations, on Government orders. The necessary blanks on which the applications should be made for limbs and transportation will be furnished to any soldier on application.
The Latest Progress in Artificial Limb Construction
The Walkeasy leg is one of the more recent of the long list of our artificial limb products. The name signifies more than is ordinarily supposed by the public at large, and is only comprehended as it should be by those who are so unfortunate as to require an artificial leg possessing the requisites indicated by the name Walkeasy. To make the new leg such as to truly maintain this name will be our aim and effort in all cases.
As the weight of the body is imposed upon the artificial leg, under a high pressure, changing from naught to the entire weight of the body, and at times to double that weight or more, the least particle of chafing or friction would soon cause soreness and might continue to that extent that the limb would be impossible of good, and, moreover, a source of much injury to the wearer. The amputation of a leg, therefore, requires on the part of the artificial leg a double degree of responsibility; the limb must not only fit the remaining mutilated part of the leg comfortably, but must reproduce the general motion to a greater or lesser degree of perfection. These are delicate features of artificial limb production, and in no way are they more perfectly reproduced than in the Walkeasy leg.