Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-11-22
SOLDIERS INSURANCE
BIG BENEFIT
To the Officers and Enlisted Men
and Women CT the Army and Navy
of the United States and Their
Relatives:

J through the Bureau of War Risk
e Insurance, has been charged with the
8 administration of the War Insurance
). Law enacted by the Congress- as
S measure of justice to the men
and women who have been called
eli to give their lives, if need be, in
: the service of their country.
} | wish to acquaint you with the
/ benefits and privileges which your
4 Government has placed at your dis
! posa.. 1t is essential that you and
your families at home should know
CT 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 COM
pels him to contribute up to one
half of his pay for their support. The
Government, on application, will gen
lerously add to this an allowance OF
from So to $50 a month, according to
the size of the family Moreover, il
the enlisted man will make some fur
thcr provision himself for a depend
ent parent, brother, sister, or grand
child, they may be included in the
1 Government allowance.
If, as a 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
disabled, provision is made for COM
penSaticn of from $50 to 500 a
month to him, and, should he die,
jcompcnsaticn 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 it 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 shall have left |
it. b
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 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 age, has the right, between now
and February ~, 1918, to take out
life and total-disability insurance up
to $4,000 at very low cost, with the
Government without medical exam
nation. This right is purely option
VI. The soldiers and sailors are not
to take insurance but if
hey desire to exercise the right
hey must do so before the 18th of !
February, 1918. The cost ranges from
70 cents monthly, at the age of 81
o $1.20 monthly, at the age of 81, !,
or each $1,000 of insurance. This
S small charge on a mans pay
mall in proportion to the benefits it
nay bring. The premiums will be
'educted from his pay, if he desires,
hus eliminating trouble on his part
To provide adequate protection I'M
ii February IL, 1918, during the =
cried when the soldiers and sail
RS are learning the details of this
NV. the Government automatically in
ures each man and woman, COM
lissioned or enlisted in the military
ervice of the United States. 1t
avs the man $25 a month during
otal permanent disability; if he c
les within 20 years, it pays the
est of 240 monthly instruments of n
% each to his wife, child, or Wild is
wed mother.
| desire to call the provisions of CT
lis just and generous law to the OF
ttentioI of our officers and enlist in
men and women so that they ar
lay not be deprived of their rights in
trough lack of knowledge. Full in of
may be obtained from the yi
urNau Oh war RISK insurance OF eli
10 Treasury Department. Washing in,
n, ID. c. l earnestly urge that the In
Ulcers of the Army and Navy give co
the men under their command all 60
'ssible aid in helping them to I'M
rstand fully the benefits that this NJ,
surance may bring to their fami- ::
s and the small cost at which til
ny be obtained :
This is the greatest measure of Wv
election ever offered to its fight $40
forces by any nation in the his Dy
y of the world. 1t is not charity; ia
Is simply justice to the enlisted /
IN and women and to their loved NO
es at home, and each and every
OF them should promptly take
benefits of this great law. At
w G. McADOO