The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-12-06
War INSURANCE LAW

or Navy service:
To the oficers and Enlisted Men and
Women of the Army and Navy of
the United States and Their Rela-
tives:
The Secretary Of the Treasury.
through the Bureau of War Risk In
surance. has been charged with the
administration OF the War Insurance
Law enacted by the Congress as
measure Of justice to the men and
women who have been called to give
their lives. II need be. in the service
Of their country.
wish to acQuaint you with the
benefits and privileges which your
Government has placed at your dis
posal. II 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 Gov
ernment. on application. will gener-
ously add to this an allowance OF
from IS to $50 month, according
to the size of the family. Moreover,
II the enlisted man will make some
further provision himself for a de-
pendent parent, brother. sister, or
grandchild, they may be included in
the Government allowance.
II. 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-
sation of from $40 to 500 a month
to him. and. should he die. compensa-
ton OF from $40 to $75 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 In
surance applies to injuries received
while he or she is in the service or
after he or she shall have left II.
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. betwaeH how
and February ~. 1918. to take out
life and total-disability insurance up
Ito $4,000 at very low cost, with the
Government without medical exam
ination. This right is purely option
al. The soldiers and sailors are not
compelled to take insurance, but II
they desire to exercise the right, they
must do so before the 12th of Febru-
larry. 1918. The cost ranges from s 8
cents monthly. at the age of FL. to
$40 monthly, at the age of 81, for
each $1,000 Of insurance. This is a
small charge on q mans pay-small
in proportion to the benefits itimay
bring. The premiums will be de-
ducted from his pay, II he desires.
thus eliminating trouble ON his part.
i To provide adequate protection un-
til February ~, 1918, during the per-
Tod 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 a month during total permanent
disability; IL he dies within 20 years,
1t pays the rest of 24O monthly in
stallments of $25 each to his wife,
child or widowed mother.
desire to call the provisions OF
this just and generous law TO the at
tention OF our officers and enlisted
men and women so that they may not
be deprived of their rights through
lack of knowledge. Full information
may be obtained from the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance OF the Treasury
Department, Washington. ID. c. l
earnestly urge that the officers of
the Army and Navy give to the men
under 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 II may be obtained.
This is the greatest measure of pro-
lection ever offered to it's lighting
forces by any nation In the history