The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-31
WAR RISK INSURANCE.
Enlisted Men Must Act on or Before
February 18th II They Are to
Have Protection.

they be killed or disabled in the
service, deprive their families OF
dependents of millions Of dollars
that Uncle Sam Is willing to con
tribute TO their support.
They will lose this aid by fail
ure to obtain protection of the
War Risk Insurance. A time
limit has been fixed for the issu
ance Of this insurance. The
Pennsylvania Committee OF
Public Safety Is authorized tc
announce that men who entered
the service on or before October
15, 1917 will not be able to sc.
cure War Risk insurance aftt r
February IL
This protectioni Is offered by
the Bureau OF War Risk Insur-
ance of the United States Treas
ury Department aud is backed
by the entire resou 'ces Of the
nation. It's a form of insurance
easily obtained 1t Is low priced
in proportion to the protection
given. 1t ls paid over IN a way
that safeguards g man or his
family for the term OF bis total
disability aud up to 20 years IN
case OF permanent disability
Families, IN event OF an enlisted
mans death, are also protected
for 20 years by monthly benefits
All men In the army and navy
and also army aud navy nurses
may obtain Wsr Risk Insurance
provided they apply within the
the time limit, which extends 120
days after the date of their entry
lnts the service.
More than S3,700,L00.000 OF
War Risk Insurance has slreadY
beeu tai e n. The ms rance
plan is simple, For examp.a, an
enlisted man aged % years mey
obtain what is clsssed as a $10,-,
600 policy upon payment of pre-.
miums of Sc 60 per month. In
case OF total permanent disability
he would os eatitled, under this
policy, to receive monthly bene.
tite of S57 80 for 90 years.
Should the disabled man die
in 10 months, by way of lllustra .
tion, his beneficiary would con-
tlnue TO receive the monthly beue
fits for the balance OF the 20 year
period. Total disability that
results from illness counts the
same as that due to injury and
brings the same monthly bene-
fits. lnsurance may be taken
in amounts of $500 or any multi
pie oft up to $4,000 and the
monthly benefit Is paid at the
rate of $5.75 for each $1,000 of
insurance. There is no lump
sum payment of insurance at any
time, the plan being devised to
give the Insured or his benefici-
ary a fixed income covering the
period OF disability,
Monthly premiums are graded
according to age. The lowest
charge is SO cents per $1,000 for
men aged Is A man of 30 pays
60 cents, and the rate at 40 years
is 81 cents per thousand.
Any or more of the following
may be named as beneficiary by
the person taking the insurance:
Wife, husband, child, grand
child, brother, sister, adopted
brother, adopted sister, step.
brother, stepslster, parent,
grandparent, step parent of the
insured, parent, grandparent, or
step parent of the insured's
wife or husband.
Liberal adjustmen is are made
to meet all contingencies. There
is 81 day uon.lapslng feature
which protects against forfeit
ure in case of delay in payment
of premiums An insured man
may leave the service and still
carry the insurance.
War Risk Insurance Is sep.
arate from the pensions and
other compensations pr divided
for by the Government and does
not interfere with them in any
way nor with service or retire
ment pay.