The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-23
WAR risk PENSION
ACT NOW IN FORCE
Officer To Take Charge Of Insur-
ance Bureau In Honolulu
!. Authorized BY Washington

|NNhElNho W WI Elhhl
for the troops stationed in the Hawa.
ian Department. was made yesterday
when a eablegram from the war depart.
ment at Washington was received b!
General Wiser, commanding the local
department, authorizing the selection Of
an officer of a rank not higher than a
captain to take charge of the insurance
bureau, y This will be newly created
Office in Honolulu. T.. r.
The act established in the treasury
department bureau TO be known as the
bureau Of war risk Insurance, the direc
tor of which is to administer and en-
force the provisions Of the act, and re
quires all married men in the service to
Immediately commence making an allot
ment Of his pay Of $l5 a month. The
provisions Of Article III apply to all en-
listed men in the military and nava
forces of the United States, and pro
vide that allotment Of pay, shall, sub
iect to certain conditions and hmita
ions, be compulsory Ms to wife, for
mer wife divorced who has not remar
ried and TO whom alimony has been de
creed, and a child, and voluntary as &c
any other person. The divorced wife
nay, however, IL she consents and shows
she has ability to support herself and
the children In her custody, waive tho
allotment.
Compulsory Allotment
The monthly compulsory allotment
which is to be required Of eigibles in
the army here shall be in an amour,
equal to the family allowance, except
hat il shall not be more than half the
pay, or less than SIS. The enlisted
man is not barred from making addi'
tional allotments of his pay for tn,
'ame purpose, after the compulsory por
ion has been made. .-1
This allotment goes as an allowance
o the man 3 family from the time Of
enlistment to death in or one month
after discharge from the service, bu
not for more than one month after the
present war emergency. No family al
lowance under the allotment system wa,
made prior to November 1, but the acf
Is in full force and effect now. The fam
lily allowance payable per month shall
be ms follows: a s,r.E
In the case Of a man, to his wife lin
,luding former wife divorced) and
TO his child or children, IL there be
wife but no child, SIS; il there be 6
wife and one child, $25; il there be
wife and two children, $3.50, with s;
Der month for each additional child
Provisions are made il there be no wife
but children. Other provisions relate
o payments for grandchildren.
Death Compensation lE..
| In case of death while in service, ex
eept for personal misconduct, thu
monthly, compensation for the widow
,r child shall be $25 for the widow
alone, and $35 il there is a widow AM
one child. A widowed mother will re
ceive $50 a month. For total disabilit,
results from an injury the eOmpensa
tion to himself IL he has neither wifi
nor child living shall be $50; if wifi
but no child, as, and il a wife and ont
child, $55. In case there is a wife an
three children the allowance is $75
There are provisions for entire help
less requiring the services of a nurs,
or helper. The injured person is ais
entitled to reasonable governmental
medical, surgical and hospital service.
and with such supplies, including arti
fieial limbs, trusses and similar apph
nhces as may be deemed necessary.
The act also calls for special aid u
the ease of ACKNOWLEDGMENT, or injuries
to sight and hearing and of other in
juries causing permanent Disability
and the injured person shall follow
such course Of rehabilitation, reeduca
ton and vocational training as IN,
United States may provide, If sucl
course should prevent the injured per
son from following a substantial gain
full occupation while taking same,
form Of enlistment may be requires
which shall bring the injured person IN
to the military OF naval service, ~,
War Risk Insurance ~
D., In order to give every commissioner.
| officer and enlisted man and to ever.
member of the Army Nurse Corps ere
male and of the Navy Nurse Corp
| [female) when employed in active ser
vice greater protection for themselye
and their dependents, the Unite
States, upon application to the bureal
and without medical examination shat
grant insurance against the death OF
| total permanent disability Of any suel
person in any multiple of $500, and no
less than $1,000 or more than $l0,0OO
| upon the payment of certain specific
( premiums Such insurance must be ar1
Piled for within 100 days after enlist
ment or after entrance into or employ
| ment in the active service and beforr
discharge or resignation. Any perso.i
! II the active service on and after Apr
o, 1917, becomes disabled or dies with
in the 1870 days after April q, is Gu
| titled TO the to have been granted IN
suranee, payable to such person dprinl
his life in monthly instruments Of ~
each. ILL.,. - w.
The war risk insurance and the allot
mept system apply to members of tn
a, regular army aud the national arm,
and all branches that are not specific
as having connection with the mos
conspicuous organizations and units.
With an army Of nearly fourteen
thousand men stationed hare and will
gOodly proportion coming under thu
provisions of the married men s class
the work of the insurance officer vii
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