Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-21
WAR CERTIFICATES AND
THRIFT STAMPS SOON
Beginning December 5, Even Scam
test Savings Can Be Lent
to Uncle Sam.

War savings certificates ana 'tnriTC
stamps are to be issued by the Treas
ury December ..
These certificates and stamps will
permit every person who was unable
TO buy a liberty bond to lend even
the gcantiest savings to Uncle Sam to
help win the war.
The war savings certificates are to
DO in S. denominations. The thrift
stamps will sell for rs cents each.
They can be converted into certificates
aS soon as a sufficient number have
been acquired.
issuance OF $4,000 100000 in certi6
Gates has been authorized by Congress.
when they are offered the public De-
eeMlber 3 the. war savings certificates
VIII sell for $4.12 each. They are re-
Meemable in i've years for IS, giving
the holder per cent interest COM
pounded quarterly. The certificates
are tax-free to small holders, and IL Is
6ypgessly provided that one person
worth.
Redeemable in 1898.
AS all of the certificates mature or
are: redeemable January 1. 1893. the
sale price will increase cent month
each month after December to OFFSET
the interest rate
The thrift stamps are like postal
eew1m8s stamps. They are to be pasted
sprss S 81. ' Thsn they the Ac cam Be-
, converted into q certificate by payment
OF the difference between the ~ and the
am0unt In: cents OF the price Of the GER
tineate for the month of issuance.
On Sale "Everywhere."
The war savings certificates ana
thrift stamps win be on sale at every
States. and at stores and banks. They
Will be made available to every citi-
Cen Of the country. The provisions for
their issuance are so simple that q
child can understand them.
They will not have to be sent to the
TE3Agury to be redeemed When they
mature the IS for each certificate can
% collected at any money order post
once Of the United States.
EeEsone who put their small savings
In the issue and then need the money
can withdraw the amount put in plus
y per cent interest at any time that
the exigencies Of life necessitate with
drawal Of their savings.
First Mortgage on o. 8.
Like liberty bonds, the certificates
@re obligations of the government, and
Are hrst mortgage on the United
States and everything in it. They offer
9 mne investment opportunity to the
man without large income.
~ The certificates are not transferable.
but must be redeemed by the owner.
They may be registered at any post
once II the purchaser fears that they
may be lost or burned up In case
they are registered. however, they
can be redeemed only at the ONCE Of
registration Otherwise they can be
caehed at any post Office on ten days
notice.
The certificates very much resemble
= liberty bond, and the names Of All
purchasers are recorded by the Treas
urys putting them on the roll Of honor
ADpatriots.
mach IS certificate is represented by
q, big stamp. to be pasted on the GER
ti0cate, which will accommodate twenty
such stamps, giving it a full value Of
Money derived from war savings cer-
ti0cates will be used to meet the ex-
Donoes Of the war. The greater part
Of these funds will be spent in the
United States, SO that the money will
60 back to the people who have lent
Il 70 help win the war for democracy.