Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-11-21
MONEY FOR Sa1ia Sl.iiG,a3 DEPENDENTS.
The Consfamsat has Made Generous proyi-

SEoFlS iGI III EsIIiSsaa SisH allG DSi5gaaiG
The Secretary of The Treasury
Washington.
To the officers and enlisted mer
and women Of tie army and
navy of the United States and
their relatives:
The Secretary of the Treasury
through he Bureau Of War Risk
Insul ance, has been charged
with the administration of the
War Insurance Law enacted by
the Congress as q measure OF
Justice to the men and women
who have been called to give
,heir lives, if need be in the ser
vice Of their country.
l wish 70 acquailt you with
the benefits and privileges which
your Government his placed at
your disposal. 1t is essential
hat you and your families at
home should know Of your and
their rights under this law in or
Jar that full advantage may be
taien Of them.
TO care ter the wife aud child
len of the enlisted man during
lis service, the War Insurance
law compels him to contribute
Up to one half of his pay for
their support. The Government
on application. viii, generously
add to this All allowance of from
s. to $50 a month, according to
he size Of the family. Moreover
If the enlisted man will make
some further provisions himself
1T a dep2 2ndsnt parent, brother,
sister, or grandcilild, they may
be included in the Government
allowance.
If, as a result Of injuries in
cured or disease contracted in
the line o. dirty, an officer or ef1,
listed mar or al Army or Navy
.:,.rsev sAeus3s - disaiIz1 = nrovi-
sion IS made Tor com pensatiou OF
from $50 70 800 I II nth to him.
and, ol1oHlI &c die, compensation
of from $ZJ 10 SO a month will
De paid to us wlie. lis child. or
his widowed mother.
In ord1r, however, fully TO pro-
'ect each person ana family, Con-
gress has made it possible for ev-
cry soldier, sailor, sad nurse to
obtain lie ard tota.-disability
insurance. This insurance, ap-
plies to injuries received while
he or She IS IN the service or af-
ter he OF ane shall have left it.
Exposure to the extra dangers
Of war makes the cost Of life in
surance in private life insurance
companies prohlbitive. It was
therefore, a plain dlgy and obli-
cation for the Government to as
sumo the risk of insurfng hun
dreds Of thousands ii our soldiers
and sailors who are making the
supreme sacrifice. U1der this
law, every soldier and sailor and
nurse, commissioned and enlisted
and Of any age, has the right.
between now and February II
1918, to take out life and total
disability insurance up 10 $4,000
al very low cost. with the Gov
ernment without medical exam
nation This right is purely
optional The soldiers and sail
ogs are not Compelled to take in
surance, but if they desire to ex
ercise tho right, they must do ST
before the 18th Of February
1918. The cost ranges from 6;
cents mo1thly, at he age of z
to ST 20 monthly. at the age o
81, for each ST. ,0U0 of insurance
This is a small charge On a man
pay small in proportion to tn
benefits il may bring. The pre-
miulns will be deducted from hi
paw, if he desires, thus elimina
ting trouble OF his part.
To provide adequate protectio
until February u, 1918, durinj
the period when tie soldiers an
sailors aIe 'earul4s the details Q
t;1is 1av the (HOyarrnant auto