Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-05
Soldiers Insurance Rights
Are Defined By McAdoo

To the Oficers and Enlisted Men and
Women Of the Army and Navy OF
the United States and Their Rel
atives:
The Secretary Of the Treasury,
through the Bureau Of Var Risk
Insurance, has been charged with the
administration Of the War INSURANCE
Law enacted by the Congress 40 .
measure Of justice to the men and
women who have been cslled to give
their lives, If need be, In the service
of their country.
1/Wish to aacquaint you with the
benefits and privileges which your
Government has placed ut your dis
pOeal. 1t 10 essential that you and
your families at home should know
Of your and their rights under this
law In order that full advantage may
be taken of them.
TO care SoR the wife and children
Of the enlisted man during his serv-
ice, the War Insurance Law compels
him to contribute up TO one-haA of
his pay for their support. The Gov
eminent, on application. will gener-
ously add to this an allowance Of
from IS to $50 q month, according to
the size Of the family. Moreover, IL
the enlisted man win make some fur
Their provision himself for q depend
emit parent, brother. sister, or grand
child, they may be included In the
Government allowance.
If, as . result Of injuries incurred
or disease contracted in the line of
duty, an officer or enlisted man or an
Army or Navy nurse should be dis
abled, provision is made for compen-
Dation of from $50 to 500 month
TO him, and should he die, compensa-
ton of from $40 to SIS o month will
be paid 10 his wife. his child, or his
widowed mother.
In order, however, fully to protect
each person and family, Congress has
made It possible for every soldier,
sailor and nurse to obtain life and
total disability Insurance.. This in
surance applies to injuries received
while he or she 10 in the service or
after he or she shall have left it.
Feb. n, 1918, Last Day
Exposure TO the extra dangers Of
war makes the cost Of life insurance.
In private life insurance companies
prohibitive. 1t was, therefore, q plain
duty and obligation for the Govern
ment 70 assume the risk Of insuring|
hundreds Of Thousands Of our SOL
diers and sailors who are making the
supreme sacrifice. Under this law,
every soldier and sailor and nurse,
commissioned and enlisted. and OF
any aSe, has the right. between now
and February IL. 1913, 20 take out
life and total disability insurance up
to $4,000 at very low cost, with the
Government without medical exnmin-
alton. This right is purely optional.
The soldiers and sailors ere not COM
PEELED to take insurance, but IL they
desire to exercise the RigNt, they must
do 80 before the 17th OF February,
1918. The cost ranges from IS cents
monthly. at the age Of 81, to &1.2OI
monthly at the age az 81, for each
81, 900 Of Insurance. This is a small
charge on a mans pay-sma1l in pro-
portion to the beneGts Il may bring.
The premiums WIN be deducted from
his pay, IL he desires, thus elimina-
ting trouble on his part
To provide adequate protection I'M
I'll February IL. 1918, during the
period when the soldiers and sailors
are learning the details Of this law.
the Government automatically in
sures each man and woman, commits
stoned or enlisted. in the military