The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-22
WAR INSURANCE..
Secretary McAdOO Calls Attention TO
The Generous Provision Made for
Enlisted Men and Women.

TO VHE OFFICERS AND ENLISTEl
MEN AND WOMEN OF TIL
ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNIT
ED STATES AND THEIR RELA
TIvES:
The Secretary Of the Treasury
through the Bureau of War Risl
Insurance, has been charged
with the administration of tn,
War Insurance Law enacted b,
the Congress as a measure O.
justice to the men and womer
who have been called to give
their lives, if need be, in the ser
vice of their country.
| wish to acquaint you with the
benefits and privileges which
your Government has placed al
your disposal. =. 1t is essential
that you and your families at
home should know of your and
their rights under this law in or
der that full advantage may be
taken of them.
To care for the wife and chill
dren 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 S5
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, brother,
sister, or grandchild, they may
be included in the Government
allowance.
If, as a result of injuries in
Cured or disease contracted in
the line of duty, an officer or en-
listed man or an Army or Navy
nurse should be disabled, pro-
vision is made for compensation
of from $50 to $100 a month to
him, and, should he die, compen-
sation of from 500 to $75 a month
will be paid to his wife, his child
or his widowed mother.
In order, however, fully to pro-
tect ea ch 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 re-
ceived while he or she is in the
service or after he or she shall |
nave felt it.
Exposure to the extra dangers
If war makes the cost of life in
'urance in private life insurance
companies prohibitive. 1t was
therefore, a plain duty and obi
ration for the Government to
assume the risk of insuring hun
lreds of thousands of our soldiers
md sailors who are making the
supreme sacrifice. Under this
aw, every soldier and sailor
md nurse, commissioned and en-
listed, and of any age, has the
light, between now and Febru-
Irr II, 1918 to take out life and
otal. disability insurance up to
10, 900 at very low cost, with
he Government without medical
Examination. This right is pure
Y optional. The soldiers and
ailors are not compelled to take
Insurance, but if they desire to
xercise the right, they must do
0 before the 18th of February,
91S. The cost ranges from Go
ents monthly, at the age of Il,
D $1,20 monthly, at the age of
l, for each 81, 600 of insurance.
his is a small charge on a mans ,
ay- small in proportion to the !
enefits it may bring. The pre-
liums will be deducted from his
ay if he desires, thus eliminat-
lg trouble on his part.
To provide adequate protection I.
ntil February IL, 1918, during
lie period when the soldiers and |,
silors are learning the details of
lis law, the Government auto :
atically insures each man and
oman, commissioned or enlisted