The Arvada enterprise., 1917-10-25
Department Of Judge Advocate
General Kept Busy Sorting
Out Difficulties.
IS ALWAYS FRIEND OF men
Legal Questions, Which May Os PUG.
cling, Explained In Thorough Fash-
ion by Men Who Have Been
Trained to Understand the
Points At Issue.

New York.-TO relieve the perplexed
minds Of our soldiers awaiting call
to the battleHelds Of France to make
complete the fnal rout Of Europe's un-
masked runian and what he stands for.
and the subsequent assurance Of world
democracy. the Judge advocate gener-
ais department Is busy these days ad-
vising them Of many legal questions
most likely to affect them. At Camp
Mills and Camp Upton. in this section
lin fact. In every training cantOnmcnt
throughout the United Stntes-sOldiers
have sought advice on the allotment
Of pay. the making Of wills, the guard.
ianship and custody Of children. ac'
tons In court. debts, mortgages. goods
bought on installment. insurance and
many other legal questions that usu-
ally tend to confuse the ordinary lay
mind.
Here Is the Judge advocate generals
department. especially installed to aid
the soldier seeking legal advice and
particularly equipped to give advice
based on latest decisions Of the court
Of appeals. A guide for soldiers-and
seamen, TOBIAS been compiled by
able lawyers here for the legal aid bu.
reau Of the Educational alliance Of this
city. The guide Is distributed free to
the soldiers In the camps. Nnny OF
the knotty problems IRE explained In
thorough fashion. Being reminded by
this pamphlet Of certain obligations
that bind him. the soldier then seeks
the Judge advocate general for the
more technical procedure.
May Assign His Pay.
The pamphlet tells the soldier that
an allotment Of pay IL much like nn
assignment Of wages. A man In Serv.
Ice instructs the government regular.
y to send part Of his pay direct to his
wife Of his mother or other depend.
ents. It prevents delay and possible
loss. and II generally the businesslike
thlng to do. Cases mny arise where
money orders sent home by enlisted
men are lost or delayed for weeks In
the mails. with resulting hardship to
the families. Blank forms may he oh.
they forward the allotment to the quar-.
termaster general. The government
then sends the money direct to the sol.
dies's family 10 long ~ he II In the
service.
A to the making Of valid will. the
soldier In given implicit instructions.
He also In shown how the Inv distin.
guishen between real estnte and per.
Sonal property. How the Inv dIstrib.
utes his personal property should he
die without making n will In fOrcIbly
brought home to him. II he leaves q
wife and children his wife is entitled
to one.thirtl. the remainder going 10
the children In equnl portions. With
respect to real cstntc. his wife Inns
DOVER rights In . One.thlrd interest ~
long as she lives. Subject to this dow.
q. the real property dcsccnds to his
children. which includes legally adopt.
ID children.
gxesptisn In Making VIII.
u he leaves a wife and no childrsn
o. grandchildren and no parent. broth.
q, sister. nephew or niece. hls wife
takes all his personal property. should
be leave q wife and no children or
grandchildren. hut parent. brother.
sister. nephew or niece, then one-haif
q the personality and 5000 q ~
residue 30 to The wife. Being uanlas'
~ssA. Mia entire estate soea b hia -