Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-10-31

ARMY AND NAVY INSURANCE.
May Be Taken Out from $1,000 to SI0,-
600 and Goes 10 Family.

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A division of military and naval ir
surance of the Bureau Of War Risk Ir
surance has been organized as par
of the Treasury Department and Is i
active operation. A number of policie
, on the lives of soldiers have alread
; been issued. aggregating nearly SIS,
600, 900 IN insurance. The benefits o
the law are available to all of tn
members of the United States Army
Navy. and Nurses Corps.
A short summary of some of tn,
main features of the law follows:
Premiums for $40. 900 policy begir
with $3.50 per month at ages Is. 16 ant
II; increase to $4.6 per month for the
a ges 18, 19 and 20; to Sc. so per month
for the ages 81. % and %; TO S. 60 pei
month for the eyes Of "a and rs; to
$50 per month for the ages of 26 and
2; to $3.50 per month for the age OF
%; to $3.50 per month tor the ages of
~ and 30; 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 a wife
or children. which is separate from the
insurance. shall not be less than SIS a
month, and shall not exceed one l.alf
Of a mans pay. A voluntary allot-
ment. subj ct to regulations, may be
as large as he insured desires, within
the limits al his pay.
In addit;cr, the Government will pay
monthly a!lG aances as follows:
Glass A. In the case of man to his
wife (includlng former wife divorced)
and to his child or children:
q. If there be a wife but no child.
Sis.
b. If there be wife and one child.
$25.
c. II there be a wife and two child
rem, $32. 50. with S. per month addi
tional for each additional child.
d. If there be no wife but one child,
$25.
.. II there be no wife but two
children, $12.5o.
+. II there be no wife but three
children. $40.
&. If there be no wife but four
children. $50, with SIS per month addi-
tlonal for each additional child.
Glass B. In the case of q man or
woman, to a grandchlld, q parent,
brother or sister:
a. 1t there be one parent, $40.
b. II there be two parents. $50.
C. For each grandchild, brother,
sister. and additional parent. IS.
In the case Of woman, to child or
d. Ii there be one child, S..
e. If there be two children, $3.50.
f. If there be three children, $40.
g. II there be four children, $50,
with SIS per month additional for each
additional child.
If the man makes an allotment to
certain other dependent relatives the
will also pay them an al
lowance which may equal the allot-
ment, but this shall not be more than
the difference between $50 and the al
lowance paid to the wife and Children.
The increased compensation in case
ot death runs from a minimum Of $50
to motherless child. or SIS
to a childless widow. to .
maximum of SIS monthly to . widow
and several children. The widowed
mother may participate in the compen-
sation.
In case..ot total disability the month
y compensation runs from a minimum
If $50. If the injured man has neither
wife nor child living, to maximum Of |
b75 If he has wite and three or more
children living. with. $40 month extra
t he has q widowed mother dependent
,pon him.
The maximum 10 enlarged still fur
her, for when the disabled man con-
Itantly requires nurse or attendant
70 monthly may be added. II the dis
lbility is due to the loss Of both feet,
10Th hands. or total blindness Of both
yes. or II he is helpless or permanent.
y bedridden, 500 monthly is granted.
The law contemplates future legis- 4
ation fer reeducation and vocational
raining for the disabled. Il givss 4.