The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
SECRETARY OF TREASURY
POINTS OUT BENEFITS or
THE WAR RISK INSURANCE

4 Hon. w. u. hCAQOO, oCSASe0AJ
1.-THE navy, has issued the following;
To the Officers and Enlisted Men anu
/ Women of the Army and Navy Oh
the United States, and Their Rela-
tives:
/ The secretary of the treasury,
| through the Bureau of War Risk In
/ surance, has been charged with the
| administration of the war insurance
law enacted by the congress as
measure of Justice to the men and
/ women who have been called on TO
4 give their lives, if need be, in the
service of their country.
/ / wish to acquaint you with the
benefits and privileges which your
j 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 service
the war insurance law compels him
to contribute up to one-half OF his pay
for their support. The government,
on application, will generously add to
| this an allowance Of from IS to $50
a month, according to the size OF the
family. Moreover, if the enlisted
man will make some further provision
| himself for a dependent parent, broth
er, sister, or grandchild, they may be
included in the government 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 disa-
bled, provision is made for compen-
sation of from $50 to 500 month
to him, and, should he die, compensa-
ton of from $40 to SO 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 to-
tai disability insurance. This insur-
ance applies to injuries received
while he or she is in the service or
after he or she shall have left it.
| Exposure to the exrta dangers of
war makes the cost of life insurance
in private life insurance companies
prohibitive. 1t was, therefore, a plain
duty and obligation for the govern
ment to assume the risk of insuring
hundreds of thousands of our soldiers
and sailors who are making the SUI
preme sacrifice.
| To provide adequate protection I'M
til February II, 1918, during the period
when the soldiers and sailors are
learning the details of this law, the
government automatically insures
each man and woman commissioned
or enlisted in the military service of
the United States. 1t pays the man
| s25 month during total permanent
| disability; if he dies within 20 years
it pays the rest OF $40 monthly in
stallments of $25 each to his wife,
child, or widowed mother.
| desire to call the provisions of
this just and generous law to the at
tention of our officers and enlisted
men ad 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 Risk Insurance of the Treasury
Department, Washington, D. c. ear
nestly 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 it may be obtained.
! THIS is the greatest measure of pro-
lection ever offered to it's fighting
forces by any nation in the history
OF the world. 1t is not charity; it is
simply justice to the enlisted men and
women and to their loved ones at
home, and each and every one Of
them should promptly take the bene-
fits Of this great law.
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