The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-11-24
ARMY INSURANCE.:
HOW TO SECURE It


Women of the Army and Navy of the
United States and their relatives:
The Secretary of the Treasury
through the Bureau of War Risk
insurance, has been charged with
the administration of the War In
surance Law enacted by the Congress
as measure of justice to the men and
women who have been called to give
their lives, If 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. 1t 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 on one-half of
his pay for their support. The Gov
ernment, on application. will gener-
ously add to this an allowance of from
50 to $50 month, according to the
size OF the family. Moreover, if the
enlisted man will make some further
provision himself for dependent
parent, brother. sister, or grandchili,
they may be included in the Govern
ment allowance.
II, as a 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 $50 TO 800 a month
to him, and, should he die, compensa-
tion of from $50 to SIS 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 it 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 it.
Exposure to the extra dangers of
war work makes the cost of life in
surance in private life insurance COM
panies prohibitive. 1t was. therefore.
plain duty and obligation for the
Government to assume the risk of
insuring hundreds of thousands of
our soldiers and sailors who are max
ing the supreme sacrifice. Under this
law, every soldier and sailor and
nurse, commissioned and enlisted. and
of any age, has the right, between
now and February IL. 1918, to take
out life and total-disability insurance
up to $4,000 at very low cost, with
the Government without medical ex-
animation. This right is purely OPP
tional. The soldiers and sailors are
not compelled to take insurance, but If
they desire to exercise the right, they
must do so before the 18th of Febru-
airy, 1918. The cost ranges from 65
cents monthly, at the age of 81. TO
s1.20 monthly. at the age of 81, for
each $1,000 of insurance. This is a
small charge on a mans pay-small
in proportion to the benefits ii may
bring. The premiums will be de-
Quoted from his pay. if he desires,
thus eliminating trouble on his part.
To provide adequate protection until
February IL. 1918. during the period
when the soldiers and sailors are
learning the details of this law, the
Government automatically insures
each man and woman, commissions d
or enlisted in the military service of
the United States. 1t pays the man
S25 a month during total permanent
disability; if he dies within 20 years,
IL pays the rest of 240 month install
ments of $25 each to his wife. child or
widowed mother.
desire to call the provisions of this
Just and generous law to the atten-
ton 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
partment. Washington. ID. c. earn
estly 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
il may be obtained.
This is the greatest measure of pro-
lection ever offered TO its fighting
forces by any nation in the history
of the world. 1t is not charity; II
is simply justice to the enlisted men
and women and to their loved ones al
home, and each and every one of them
should promptly take the benefits o.
this great law.
w. G. MCADOO.
Secretary of the Treasury.
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