Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

mat $oS thousand was the lowesttfio-
ure at which any insurance company
could afford to accept soldiers and sail
ors as risks, and that only for one wear
linus, $4,000 life insurance, which un-
uer the government system would cost
a soldier twenty-six years old SSO.4O.
would cost about $3.50 with a private
insurance company. This disparity is
largely explained by the governments
morality in itself assuming all the adj
ministrative costs and the extra war
hazards.
SuppIants Pension System.
Inc entire system of protection af-
forded by the government is. in the
words of major general in the army.
an element of victory in the present
war. Families provided for means
fighters unafraid.
The difference between the old pen
sion system and the modern system
Which has supplanted it is clearly
demonstrated by the case of Mrs. Bet
ty 1ngraham, 4O3 Third street. Platt
City, Ala, the first woman to receive
a check from the Bureau of War-Risk
Insurance for a soldier or sailor killed
in action in the present war. Her son,
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingra-
ham, was killed October Is, 1917. when
the .. S. S. Cassin was attacked by
a German submarine.
Under the terms of the military and
naval insurance act, Mrs. Ingraham,
a vi
on her sou for support, will receive $40
per month, as long as she lives, unless
she remarries. Furthermore, she is
entitled to $25 month for 24O months
under the insurance provision of the
act. Her son had not made specific
application for insurance, but up to
February II, 1918, automatic insur-
ance for approximately $4,000 was pro-
vided. Thus, Mrs. Ingraham will re-
ceive total Of $45 per month from the
United States government. If her son
had applied for $4,000 of insurance
She would receive $3.50 a month. I'm
der the pension laws, section 47O7, Re-
vised Statutes, as amended by the act
Of June q, 1890, Mrs. Ingraham would
have been entitled to SIP a month
Such is the chasm between the old and
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 thousands
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 i:
keeping the home fires burning. Blu
it is doing more than that. It is keep
!, ing Americas fighting forces confiden
, and treasured.
A "bluejacket" on one Of the battle
| ships after signing the application TO
l $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 blazes.
: Thousands of families Throughout
: the country are directly and vitality al
5 fected by the allotment and allowanc
+ feature of the war insurance law. EN
y cry married enlisted man in the arm
n and navy must allOt from his pay (e0
Y cry month"; at least SIS a month, an
Il not more than half his pay, toward tn
t support of his wife and children. T
d this allotment the government ado
! certain allowances, depending upo
t the size of the family. In addition
l. the enlisted man may make SON
j. further provision for other relative
It and in case of dependency the govern
< ment will add certain allowances.
l. The Bureau Of War Risk 1nsuranc
l. therefore, must keep a tremendous f
S ing and cross-filing system, GOVERN