The Washington herald., 1918-04-09
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Best Service Column in tie. CITY.

Rear Admiral John D. Ford, U. S.
N. retired. died yesterday at BaIti-
more. after q long illness. He was 7s
years old.
Upon the recommendation of Gen.
Pershing, Julian H. Marshall has
been commissioned captain in the
Quartermaster's Corps, Oficers' Re-
serve Corps. He has also designated
for the same rank R. Harvey Ca
bell. jr., Quartermaster's Corps. ma
| tional army.
Following is the text of the act au-
thorizing furloughts without pay,
which will enable soldiers to engage
temporarily in private occupations
necessary to the national security and
| defense:
IS. 3471. An act to authorize the
Secretary of War to grant furloughs
without pay and allowance to enlist
ed men of the Army OF the United
| States
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con-
gress aSsclnhled. That whenever dur
hAS tAiN N-tiN tltAidLIt lnt ptSstnl
war in the upinoin of the Secretary
of War the interests of the service
or the national security and defense
| render it necessary or desirable, the
| Secretary of War, be, and he hereby
is authorized to grant furloughs 20
| enlisted men of the army OF the
United States, with or without pay
and allowances, or with partial nay
aII HI 4.
as he may designate, to permit said
enlisted men to engage in civil occu-
pations and pursuits.
Provided, That such furloughs shall
be granted only upon the voluntary
application of such enlisted men un-
der regulations to be prescribed by
the Secretary of War"
Approved March 16, 1918.
Frederick L. Baker. Camp Dix, n.
Grant, Rockford, Ill, have received
Medical Courps.
Col William L. Guthrie. 3O9th En-
gineers, is dead at Camp Zachary
Taylor, Kentucky, following a few
VI ne as a
native of Rocky Ford, Col. and had
reached his 43d year. Graduating from
West Point in 1901 he saw his first
service with the 18th Cavalry. Shortly
after this country entered the war, lTC
was made colonel in the National
Army.
To safeguard claimants under the
Wo1. 40 from haiOfr pVad
upon by Inscriptions persons seeking
to exact fees in connection with COL
lections of proceeds Of such policies,
the American Bar Association is CO.
operating with the L. S. Treasury De-
partment by offering free legal ad-
vice to all beneficiaries.
John Lowell, chairman for the spe-
cial committee for war service of the
the following communication to the
chairman of legal advisory boards
throughout the country:
Chairman Legal Advisory Board:
Dear SiT-It has come to the at
tention of the American Bar AS
sociation that unscupulous claim
agents and pension attorneys are
notifying benefciaries who have oc-
war-risk insurance act that they
must employ counsel in order to be
sure of obtaining payments for our
government. In many instances
beneficaries have been induced to
advance substantial sums of money to
these agents in return for the
promise of a service which in all
probability will be unnecessary.
These activities are IN direct
violation of. the spirit of the war
risk insurance act, and are in the
highest degree reprehensible and
unpatriotic. Unless they are
promptly and effectively checked
they will result in grievous abuse
and will produce the same un-
desirable conditions which brought
such discredit upon our previous
war-pension system.
Pending the passage of an