Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-13
URGE MEN At CAMP LEE
TO TAKE WAR INSURANCE
Officers Point Out Advantages, and
Ask Families to Insist Select
men Provide for Them.
RIFLE RANGE ABOUT READY
Targets Being Installed on 1900
Acre Tract. and Practice Begins
Thursday-Governmc Purchases
Farmers Crops.
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CAMP LEE, VA, November i2-
Every man in Camp Lee is being urged
10 take advantage of the Insurance
which has been made available under
the recently enacted War Risk Insur-
ance Bil. Already number Of them.
realizing the value of having the pro-
lection offered by the insurance. have
taken out various amounts up TO
81 10000. the maximum allowed under
the law. Captain a. NJ Dobic. aid TO
Ma jor General Adclbcrt Cronkhite and
several men from the division, have
been making addresses on the subject
OF Insurance 20 the officers and men.
and steps will be taken by the company
commanders to bring this important
matter still further TO the attention Of
the enlisted men.
There never was cheaper insurance,
tho officers here are pointing out. In
addition, IL is the safest company-the
United states Eovernmcnt-that could
be found. and tho contract is the most
liberal ever offered by any old-line
company anywhere at any time. 1t is
possible. b. taking out the insurance.
TO get the maximum OF protection at
a rate lower than would prevail in
peace times. and one which would be
without extra war risk. as is now be-
ing required by all OF the recognized
insurance companies.
The rates for the insurance depend
on the age OF the insured. and is grad
uated from CD cents at twenty-onc
years. TO 90 cents at forty-ninc years
for each $1,000 month. In the event
o! death, the money is paid to the rela-
tives OF the insured at a rate Of s5.,5
- osn 4
the end OF this period the total received
by the families would total more than
the amount Of insurance subscribed TO.
because the accrued interest Is in
cludcd in the monthly payment. The
insurance is taken out by the year. and
is called term insurance. After the
war the government will carry the
protection for a period OF five years. il
the insured is sinl living. at the end
of which time, he must convert it into
some regular insurance.
SO cheap is tho insurance that every
man is be;rE urged to purchase II. and
the pcoplc back home should also aid
tho government in getting their sons
husbands and brothers to take advant-
ace OF the protection offer >G. The Off
GERS here are doing their utmost IN
getting the mon intercstc but some
of them may not realize the necessity
The people back home can do a great
deal in this connection by telling their
relatives at tte camn TO take out the
insurance as il will mean "A great oeal
10 the home folks II .rcir men shouio
fall in battle.
In addition to the insurance. the new
war risk insurance law includes COM
pensation clause which gives the ram
lilies Of deceased soldiers moh'h'!
amount. depending on tho size OF the
family o. In tho case OF parI'ai or
complete disability, the men 'hem-
selves are paid a monthly compehsa
ton. The compensation clause ana inc
insurance clause operate without rela-
ton to each other. and. in the case OF
death, the soldiers family would re-
ceive both the insurance and the COM
rcnsation which would assure neat
income.
COMPLETE RIFLE RANGE
FOR PRACTICE: THURSDAY
The big rifle range which IS being
built for the use Of the troops al Camp
Ice will bc ready by Thursday, No
ycrnbcr IL, il was stated to-day, unless
pans arc upset. The range is located
10 the north of the cantonmcnt, and is
"a strip Of land Il mile wide. extending
from tho reservation TO tho Appomat-
toX River. and contains $500 acres.
The people owning farms which were
included i'm the tract. in some In
stances, complained about tho action
Of the government requiring them to
vacate their lands after they had cstab
lshed their homes, planted crops and
Eono 20 various items of expense In
making their land productive.
To overcome this the government has
agreed 10 purchase all of the crops OF
the farmers. The owners Of the ground
crnmcnt to lease the lands for IL period
extending ono year after the close Of
the war. The amount to he paid for
the property was not made public.
Two hundred and fifty targets will
he constructed on tho range. and tho
distance for the practice will extend
to 1000 yards. Already the work of
clearing the ground has progressed to
considerable extent and workmcn
are busily engaged in installing the
targets. Butts will bo bull, of big
wooden piles. earth and concrete, which
will protect tho men operating the
targets from the bullets. 4 telephone
system will be installed. in order that
there may be quick communication
from the butts to the firing lines, and
the range will be complete in every
detail.