Valdez daily prospector., 1917-12-26
SEC. NJ ADOO
EXPLAINS PLAN
Soldiers Required to Contribute Half
OF Pay to Support Families
Insurance Provided

has been charged with the administra-
ton of the War Insurance Law enact
ed by the Congress as a measure OF
justice to the men and women who
have been called to give their lives,
IL need be in the service Of their coun-
try.
wish to acquaint you with the
benefits and privileges which your
Government has placed at your dis
posal. 1t Is 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 for the wife and children
of the enlisted man during his SER
vice, the War Insurance Law compels
him to contribute up to one-half of his
pay for their support. The Govern
ment, on application, will generously
add to this an allowance of from IS
to $50 a month, according to the size
of the family. Moreover, IL the enlisted
man or an Army or Navy nurse should
be disabled. provisions is made for
compensation of from $50 to 500 a
month to him. and. should he die.
compensation of from $40 to SIS a
month will be paid to his wife. his
child, or his widowed mother.
In order, however. fully to protect
each person and family. Congress has
made 1t possible for every soldier.
sailor. and nurse to obtain life and
total-disability insurance. This insur-
ance applies to injuries received
while he or she Is in the service or
after he or she will have left it.
Exposure TO the extra dangers of
war makes the cost Of life insurance
in private life insurance companies
prohibitive. 1t was. therefore. a plain
duty and obligation for the Govern
ment to assume the risk of insuring
hundreds of thousands of our soldiers
and sailors who are making the su-
preme sacrifice Under this law. every
soldier and sailor and nurse. commits
stoned and enlisted. and OF any age.
has the right, between now and Feb
ruary IL, 1918, to take out life and
total-disability insurance up to $10,-
900 at very low cost. with the Gov
eminent without medical examina-
ton. This right is purely optional.
PEELED to take insurance. but If they
desire to exercise the right. they must
do so before the 18th of February.
1918. The cost ranges from 65 cents
monthly, at the age of 81. to $1.2O
monthly at the age of 81. for each
81 900 of insurance. This is a small
/ charge on a mans pay-small In pro-
portion to the benefits it may bring.
The premiums will be deducted from
his pay, If he desires. thus eliminat-
ing trouble on his part.
: To provide adequate protection UNI
til February ~. 1918. during the per-
iod when the soldiers and sailors are
/ learning the details of this law, the
Government automatically insures
each man and woman, commissioned
or enlisted in the military service Of
the United States. 1t pays the man $25
month during total permanent dis
ability: If he dies within 20 years. 1t
pays the rest of 240 monthly install
ments of $25 each to his wife, child.
or widowed mother.
desire to call the provisions Of this
Just and generous law to the atten-
ton of our officers and enlisted men
and women Sc that they may not be
be deprived of their rights through
lack of knowledge. Full information
now be obtained from the Bureau Of
War Risk Insurance of the Treasury
Department, Washington, D. c. l
earnestly urge that the officers of the
Army and Navy give to the men un-
der their command all possible aid in
helping them to understand fully the
benefits that this insurance may bring
to their families and the small cost
at which 1t may be obtained.
This is the greatest measure of pro-
lection ever offered to It's fighting
forces by any nation in the history of
the world. 1t is not charity; it Is sim
lply Justice to the enlisted men and wo-
men and their loved ones at home and
each and every one of them should
promptly take the benefits of this
great law.
w. G. McADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury