The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-11-14
FOR
SOLDIER BOYS.
Army and-,Navy Men May Carry 80,
10000 Insurance at Very Slight
Cost Per Month. SC
RELATIVES GET AN ALLOWANCE
Government Makes Handsome Provis.
ion for Wives and Children and
Other Dependents Left Behind

A division of military and naval In
|surance of the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance has been organized -
part of the treasury department and
is in active operation. A number OF
policies on the lives of soldiers have
already been issued, aggregating
nearly $25,OO0,O00 in insurance. Tho
benefits of the law are available to
all of the members of the United
States army, navy and nurses corps.
A short summary of some Of the
main features of the law follows:
Premiums for a $4,000 policy b..
gin with $500 per month at ages Is.
16 and II; increase to $6.4O per
month for the ages of IS, 10 and 20: TO !
$3.50 per month for the ages 81, 22
and %; to $3.50 per month for tho
ages of "a and 26; to 1910 per
month for the ages Of 26 and ~: 20
$3.50 per month for the age Of 81:
to $500 per month for the ages 30
and 80; to 81 per month for the age
of 81, with progressive increases for
ages above those given. The mini
mum amount Of insurance that may be
taken out is $1,000.
The compulsory allotment to q
wife or children, which IL separate
from the insurance, shall not be less
than SIS month, and shall not exceed
one-half of mans pay. A voluntary
allotment, subject to regulations. may
be as large as the insured desires.
with the limits OF his pay.
In addition the government will pay
monthly allowances as follows:
Glass A. In the case Of q man to
to his wife (including wormef wife
divorced) and to his child or children:
II there be wife but no child, $18.
If there be a wife and one child. ~.
II there be wife and two children,
$3.50, with IS per month additional
for each additional child. ss
II there be no wife hut one child. III.
II there be no wife but two chl1lfy
|$12.50. i Il. Ila
II there be no wife hut three chilss
|dren, $40.
IL there he no Mife hut fesla "
|dren go NTH 4gS
In for each additionAl cll1l1
Glass B. In the case of ~ la li1s o..
woman, to . grandchild. Z ~
ter or. brother: ~ ssF
II there be one parent, SO. I'll ssS
II there be two parents, $40. $s as3ss
For each .Grandchild, brother, Stst0TS
and additional parents. S.. is9s
In the case of q woman, to q child
or children:
:. If there be one child. IS. 3ss
II there be two children. $1260.
If there be three children, $40. \:
If there be four children, $50, with
IS per month additional for each addi.
tional child.
If the man makes an allotment to
certain other dependent relatives the
government will also pay them IN ~
lOwance which may equal the AllOt-
ment, but this shall not be more than
the difference between $50 and the a. I
lowance paid to the wife and children.
The increased compensation In case
OF death runs from minimum Of no
to motherless child, or s926
monthly to a childless widow, to q &
maximum of SIS monthly to = widow
and several children. The widowed
mother may participate in the compen-
satiOn. 81 gt,
In case of total disability the month.
ly compensation runs from mini
mum of $50, If the injured man has
neither wife nor child living. to 2
maximum of SIS IL he has q wife and
SO month extra IL he has q widowed
mother dependent upon him.
The maximum is enlarged still fur
ther, for, when the disabled man con-
stantly requires a nurse or attendant
$40 monthly may be added. II his
disability is due to the loss Of both
feet, both hands, or total blindness Of
both eyes, or if he is helpless or per
bedridden. 500 monthly II
granted.
The law contemplates future legis- !
lation for reeducation and vocational
training for the disabled. It gives them
full pay and their families the same
allowance as for the last month Of ac.
tual service during the term Of re-
education.
AND AMERICA HELPED.
Sir Eric Geddes. the American
trained business man who is now the
ruler of kings navee," il we may
thus recur to the ancient days of
"Pinafore." tells the house Of com
ntc hM1Sakp "