The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-06-21
HOW The GOVERNMENT STRENGTHENS
FIGHTER AND SAFEGUARDS HIS HOME
's Gam War Risk Insurance Offers Protection a, co.,
'",e' assumes All Administrative Costs and Extra War
nd1aros-Busness Exceeds by Several Hundred psr
cent Largest Insurance Company in World

ehl act was discussed. IL WINS stated
''iat 500 thousand was the lowest re-
Nie at which any insurance comnsnv
could AFFORD TO accept soldiers and soii.
,r ~ uS rlsks, and that only for one year
! nus, $4,000 life insurance. which nm.
uer ihe government system would cost
d soidier twenty-six years old $50 40
"ou'u cost about $3.50 with priyate
insurance company. This DISPARITY is
largely explained by the governments
Hoeraaiity In itself assuming all the ad-
illustrative costs and the extra war
hazards. :
SuPpiants Pension system
Ahe entire system of protection af-
'orued by the government is. I'm the
words Of major general In the army
an element of victory in the present
war Families provided for means
lighters unafraid.
Inc difference between the old pen-
SION system and the modern system
"hlch has supplanted Ii is clearly
demonstrated by the case of Mrs. Ref.
" lngraham. 403 Third street Platt
Clty' Ala, the first woman To receive
a check from the Bureau of War-Risk
insurance for u soldier or sailor killed
IN action in the present war. Her son
Gunners Mate OSmond Kelly Ingra-
nam, was killed October Ii. 1917 when
the I. ). $. Cassin was attacked by
a German submarine.
under the terms of the military and
naval insurance act, Mrs. Ingraham
Oelng widowed mother dependent up
on her son for support. will receive $40
per month, as long as she lives. unless
she remarries. Furthermore, she is
entitled 10 $50 month for 24O months
under the insurance provision of the
act. Her son had not made specific
/ application for insurance. but up 10
February l., 1918, automatic insur-
ance for approximately 81 300 was pro-
Vided. Thus, Mrs Ingraham will re-
ceive a total Of $40 per month from the
! United States government. II her son
| had applied for $4,000 of insurance
she would receive $3.50 a month. I'm
| der the pension laws, section 4707, Re
/ Vlsed Statutes, as amended by the act
Of June ~, 1890, Mrs. lngraham would
have been entitled to Sl2 Il month
/ Such is the chasm between the old and
4 the new.
The vast amount of correspondence
which comes to the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance is stepped in human in.
terest. Stories of heroism and lofty
/ patriotism are found by the thousand,
in the letters received at the bureau
Many mothers and fathers have re
turned checks sent to them by the gov
eminent, declaring that the govern
ment needs the money at this crucia
hour TO win the war.
Keeps Home Fires Burning.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance Is
keeping the home fires burning. Blu
it is doing more than that. II is keep
ing Americas fighting forces confden
and treasured,
A 'bluejacket" on one Of the battle
ships after signing the application fo
! $4,000 of government insurance, drop
ped his pen and said:
II have taken care of my family
now can go out and fight like bazes.
Thousands of families Throughout
the country are directly and vitality af
fected BY the allotment and allowanc,
feature Of the war insurance law. Ev
cry married enlisted man In the arm,
and navy must allot from his pay lev
cry month"; mt least SO a month, an,
not more than half his pay, toward tn
support of his wife and children. T,
this allotment the government add
certain allowances, depending up0l
the size of the family. In addition
the enlisted man may make som
further provision for other relatives
and in case Of dependency the govern
ment will add certain allowances.
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
therefore, must keep a tremendous nj
ing and cross-filing system covering
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