Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-30
The Army and Navy Insur.
ance Law.

ouhdhCc mas ueen OIkdhlleu as q
part Of the Treasury Department and
is in active operation. A number Of
policies on the lives Of soldiers have
already been issued, sgerepaiiug
nearly S25, 100000 in insurance. The
benefits Of the law are available to all
OF the members OF the Unit d States
Army, Navy, and Nurses Corps.
A short summary OF some Of the
main features Of the law follows.
Premiums for $4,000 policy be-
gin with Sc. 30 per month at ages IS,
10 and IL; increasing 10 $6.40 per
month for the ages Is, 10 and 20; to
$3.50 per month for the ages 81, %
and %; to $6.40 per month for the
ages "a and %; to 1910 per month
the ages of 26 and q; $3.50 per
month for the age of 2S; to $500 per
month for the ages of % and 80; to
" per month for the age of 81, with
progressive increases for ages above
those given. The minimum amount
of insurance that may be taken out is
ZOO. \
The compulsory allotmentto a wife
or children, which is separate from
the insurance, shall not be less than
SIS a month, and shall not exceed
one-half Of a mans pay. A voluntary
allotment, subject to regulations, may
be as large as the insured desires,
within the limits Of his pay.
In addition, the government will
pay monthly allowances as follows:
Class A. In the case of man to'
his wife Including former wife di.
vorced) and to his child and children:
(a) If there be a wife an no child,
SIS.
(b) If there be a wife and one
child, $25. \
(c) If there be a wife and two
$3.50, with S. per month
additional for each additional child.
fd) If there be no wife but one
child, S..
q If there be no wife but two
$3.50.
(D If there be no wife but three
$40.
(g) II there be no wife but four
$50, with IS per month addi-
tional for each additional child.
Class b. In the case OF a man or
woman, to grandchild, a parent,
brother, or sister:
(a) II there be one parent, $40.
(b) If there be two parents, $50.
(c) For each grandchild, brother, ,
sister, and additional parent IS.
In the case of a woman, to a child |
Or children:
(d) II there be one child, SIS.
(e) If there be two children,
$3.50. 4
% Ii there be three children $50
(g) If there be four children, $50, I,
With S. per month additional for each
additional child.
II the man makes and additional al
otment to certain other dependent
elatives the government will also pay
hem an allowance which may equal
he allotment, but this shall not be
more than the difference between
80 and the allowance paid to the wife
nd children. |
The increased compensationin case
I'D cath runs from a minimum of $40
to motherless child, or sos
to a childless widow, to a
maximum of SIS monthly to wild
w and several children. The Wild
wed mother may participate in the
OhpChoduOuj
In case of total disability the month.
compensation runs from mini
num of $50, if the injured man neith-
r wife nor child living, to a maximum
{ SIS if he has wife and three or
nore children living, with $40 a
lonth extra II he has widowed
iother dependent upon him.
The maximum is enlarged still fur
her, for when the disabled man con-
tantly requires a nurse or attendant
20 monthly may be added. 1.-THE
is due to the loss of both
'et, both hands, { total blindness
! both eyes, OF Al lac is helpless or
b,di..tlan Sim month |