The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-05-25
RELIEF FOR OUR SOL
DIERS and SAILORS.

The Soldiers and Sailors Civil Re-
lief Act, recently passed by Congress,
aims to protect soldiers and sailors
from undue hardship, due to their ina
bility to bring or defend lawsuits and
to attend to their business obligations
or property rights, during their alb
sence in military service.
A soldier or sailor may owe money
on note. Or he may have bought or
leased land or tools or furniture ON
which an installment is yet due. Or
he may have mortgaged his home. and
be liable to foreclosure for non-pay-
ment. Or he may have started home.
stead or mining claim and be unable
to continue othe necessary occupation
in the required period of time. Or he
may have carried life insurance for
several years and now be unable 10
keep up the premium payments. Or
he may have money claim against
some one and during his absence the
lapse of time may raise legal bar
against suing for it when he returns
Or he may be sued on some claim i.
his absence and may be unable to de-
fend the suit effectively while absent.
In these and other ways he may suf-
fer undue hardship. The object Of
this Act is to give relief from such
hardship.
The provisions of the act are too
numerous to set forth accurately here
Enough to point out that it's main
principle is as follows:
(D Let some one, on behalf of the
soldier or sailor, notify the court that
the party concerned is a soldier or
sailor. Then the court will make
prompt inquiries into the merits of the
case; if the case merits it, the court
has power to stay the other party from
further proceedings, or to give other
remedy that may be appropriate. The
court may also appoint an attorney ts
represent the soldier or sailor in the
lawsuit.
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already in some court against the
soldier, or sailor, 60 to that same court
and give the notice above mentioned.
If no lawsuit has vet been begun. but
some landlord or other person is pre-
pairing to sell out or to take possession
of property in which the soldier or
sailor is interested, go to the court in
whose jurisdiction the property is.
notify the court as above, and ask the
court to summon the other party. AN
such persons are forbidden by law to
take property in that way without first
applying to court for and order; but
some persons may attempt to take
possession without doing so, in ignor-
ance of the new law.
(3) If the soldier or sailor had an
insurance policy or fraternal benefit
membership, before September /, 1917.
and fears that he may not be able 20
keep up his payments, he should write
to the War Risk Insurance Bureau at
Washington, and ask them for form
of application Tor ask his post adjutant
at the camp. The Government, on
certain conditions, will guarantee tho
payment of the premiums, 80 that tho
policy or membership will not be for
feited during the soldiers or sailor;s
absence; he will then have year after
his return in which to pay up and save
his policy or membership. This relief
does not apply to all policies or meBa-
berships, and details can not be given
here; but on filling out the application
and sending it to the War Risk
Insurance Bureau it will be duly taken
care Of, if it the kind of insurance
that is protected by this Act.
Copies of the Act may be secured by
writing to the Division Offices of the
Red Cross.