The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1918-08-23


FROM. ROY, LAWRENCE
Headquarters 173 Infantry Brigade,
Camp Dix, N. j., July 18th, 1918.
My Dear Mother and Father:
We haven't received any order for
overseas duty yet and may be some
time before we do, but am writing
you 10th in this letter some few little
things which have been intending to
write for the past few days, and
want you to keep this letter for fu-
tare reference or information.
Every enlisted man in the service
is given a number, called our iden-
LITIGATION number, and all our records
such as War Risk Insurance Policies,
War Risk Allotments, and all other
allotments have these numbers on
them. These numbers are on our
Identification tags which are worn on
our person, suspended on a string
worn on neck as showed you. There
are two of these tags and one to be
taken from our body in case of in
jury or death at the time of being
wounded and the other left on body,
the purpose of which is to identify
you afterwards by this tag, when the
time prevents you being picked up
and cared for at the time of injury
So for the reason that they use this
way or method of identifying the
men, this number is placed on all our
records. Another reason for these
numbers there might be men of the
same name so each man being given
number the records are kept entire
ly straight.
Every man is directed to give their
number, their name as given when
we entered the service, our rank and
organization, so NINE is this:
Name, George X. Lawrence; Army
identification Number, 2,UY5,577:
rank, Keglmental Sergeant-Malor.
ORGANIZATION.
Headquarters Detachment 173, Infan-
try Brigade, 87th Division, Ma
tional Army
This number, 2,095,577, will gov
ern all my records, such as allotments
and insurance; so you both want to
keep this letter or record of my
number. In my War Risk Insurance
Policy made you both as my bene.
ficiaries, making 100000 to each
of you. My policy will be sent to you
all, but it may be made up in one pol
icy for the $1O,O0O.0O. / understand
what policies are being sent out are
made in one though there be more
than one beneficiary designated on
our application, so l don't know in
which one of your names it will be
r.ade out nor just when you viii get
the policy as they are very slow in
getting the policies out, there being
so many of them. But one of you
and maybe you both will get a poll
cy some time, and you know govern
ment policies are safe. Don't know
whether have ever told you all or not
about this government insurance, and
don't know all the details about it my
self. But / understand on a $4,000
policy the beneficiary will receive
S57.50 month for 20 years, in case
of death of the soldier. In case of
total disability We receive so much a
month for life, owing to how badly
wounded as to how much we receive.
So, my dearest loved ones, should J
be SO unfortunate as to get killed
while in the service (which of course
I don't expect to or hope not toy I
want you both to have the compensa-
ton for my service in the army which
his War Risk i'Isu-ance is supposed |
TO be, and whit. I: the best thing for
soldiers in the wa of pensions that
any country has any record of |
New, don't want s.'l all to tbi'lk that |
think that san vii be QUE misfov-
tire; but just want you to under
stand more about this insurance. II
am taking it for both, my own pro
lection and yours.
Now, dear father and mother, 1 I
know it is sad time for you all, as
It is with thousands of other parents.
It is sad time for us-the boys
that are away from home and loved
ones; but it is the father and mother
the mother-that such
unforeseen things as this hurts. 1t is
hard, very hard, for you both and all
fathers and mothers who have reared
their boys, who have worked hard
and suffered many hardships in order
10 provide food and cloth us, to have
their boys taken away from them
under such circumstances as today.
ad not been gradually brought