The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-11-23
Soldiers Life Insurance.

and Women of the Army and Navy
of the United States and Their
Relatives:
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 a
measure of justice to the men and
women who have been called to give
their lives, is 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 COM
pells him to contribute up to one
half of his pay for their support. The
Government, on application, will gen.
erously add to this an allowance Of
from S. to $50 month. according
to the size to the family. Moreover,
if the enlisted man will make some
if the enlisted man willmake some
further provision himself for a de-
pendent parent, brother, sister, or
grandchild, they may be included in
the Government allowance.
If, 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
disabled, provision is made for COM
pensation of from $50 to 500 a
month to hh, and, should've die,
compensation of from $40 to SIS a
month will be paid to his wife, his
child, or his widowed mother.
In order, however, fully to pro-
tect each person and family, Con-
gress has made it possible for every
soldier, sailor. and nurse to obtain
life and total-disability insurance.
This insurance applies to injuries re-
ceived while he or she is in the SER
vice or after he or she shall have
left it.
Exposure to the extra 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
Government to assume the risk of in
suring hundreds of thousands of our
soldiers and sailors who are making
the supreme sacrifice. Under this
law, every soldier, 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-disabilty insurance up
to $4,000 at very low cost, with the
Government without medical exam
ination. This right is purely option
al. 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 Feb
ruary, 1918. The cost ranges from
65 cents monthly, at the age of 21,
to $1.2O monthly, at the age of 81,
for each $1,000 of insurance. This
is small charge on a mans pay
small in proportion to the benefits it
may bring. The premiums will be
deducted from his pay, if he desires,
thus eliminating trouble on his part.
To provide adequate protection un-
til February IL, 1918, during the
period when the soldiers and sailors
are learning the details of this law;
the Government automatically in
! sures each man and woman, COM
missioned or enlisted in the military
service of the United States. 1t pays
the man $25 month during total
permanent disability; if he dies with
in 20 years, it pays the rest of 24O
monthly installments of $25 each to
his wife, child or widowed mother.
desire to call the provisions of
this just and generous law to the
attention of our officers and enlist
ed men and women so that they
may not be deprived of their rights
through lack of knowledge. Full in
formation may be obtained from the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance of
the Treasury Department, Washing
ton, d. C. earnestly urge that the
officers of the Army and Navy give
to the men under their command all
possible aid in helping them to un-
derstand fully the benefits that this
insurance may bring to their fami-
lies and the small cost at which it
may be obtained.
This is the greatest measure of
protection ever offered to ifs fighting