The Redwood gazette., 1918-02-20
Insurance Drive
At Camp Cody
(Too late for last weekly

| l LOO IdCc lOF IdSI WCShy
This has been the night of the big
insurance drive in this regiment, and
for two and more hours it was stren-
uous drive. All men in the regiment
who had not taken the maximum $10,-
900 policy or had refused to make
application for any amount were as
sembled with their company officers
in a mess hall where division in
surance officer outlined the provisions
of the government war risk lnsur-
ance. Following his "sales talk" he
was broadsided with questions to set
| tie some confused points. Then the
real sport began. Most of the men
chit the trail" at once, but at that
the after meeting did not lack for
participants. Every man was urged
to take the maximum. And why not?
No government has ever given its
soldiers such a magnificent gift, yerl-
tably offered on a silver platter. In
surance at the rate of go cents and
up per thousand dollars. For $6.4O
man in the early twenties can buy
$4,000 worth of protection, payable
in event of death to immediate mem
bers of the soldiers family, or in
event of only injury and disability,
payable to him in installments with
additions if necessary to cover the
balance of life time. The death
benefits paid to relatives would be di-
vided over a period of 240 months.
Wouldn't you like to have such
chance to pension yourselves? And
yet there were men who refused to
sign the dotted line, opposed to in
surance in general. Others had no
need for more than $4,000, so they
claimed; and one man to whom l
talked felt that he was being picked
on because urged by officers to take
the limit There was no occasion to
make a man buy. But such patience
such interest and earnestness on the
part of officers in presenting the bene-
fits of this scheme both for the well
fare of the man himself and protec-
,. ton of his immediate relatives could
i not be more hoped for. John Jones
. has only himself to blame if after
the war he finds himself pensionless,
or should he not return, unprovlded
for relatives can only blame John
Jones for his failure to insure him.
self. After February IL no man will
be able to purchase insurance and
those who refuse to take it must sign
an affidavit to the effect that they
clearly understood the provisions and
privileges of the policy.
This division has been famed in its
lead on Liberty Loan subscriptions
1t is aiming for a 100 per cent per
feet insurance record which i'll all
probability will not be realized, though
the shortage of some $73,00O,OOO from
that mark two days ago will be con
E siderably shrunk by February II. In
Company l. every man has taken out
a policy, all but one or two for the
$4,000 maximum.
Two fire calls for the regiment
featured reveille this morning ano
tattoo call this evening. When fire
breaks out here the sentinels first
noticing it, fire three shots in rapic
succession. Buglers are Immediately
on the job with wildly blown fire
call. Every company is formed ir
it's own street and held for orders
O from the regimental fire marshal. The
! guard is turnel out and detail rushed
), to the hose cart, the hose is attached
y to nearby fire plug and the fire is
put out in the same manner as any
= civilian fire. Besides the guard, ex
= ira salvage and fire details are fur
! nished from each company permanent
:. details with special drill for fire oc
casions. In the meantime some ont
phones 383 Deming for the city fire
q department and 971 for the camp
. pumping station, the fire whistle il
hoarse blasts announces the location
of the fire. and twenty minutes late
the city motor driven fire wagon ar
!, rives for the closing scenes of tn
n fire. This morning a mess hall fur
y nished splendid blaze for a few
2 minutes, but tonight's call provide
( only excitement. Fire protection i
} well administered in camp.
A box of books arrived for tn
e company from Redwood Falls las
~ week, and has made splendid com
;, pany library. Let this express ou
i collective hearty thanks.
X X Pvt. Ed. Gather, who has been dc
> tailed for some time as clerk in tn
regimental office, has been perma
- nently assigned there by transfer
Va Headquarters Company with rank G
8 corporal.
3 Mrs. Captain Clement and daugf
z ter have gone to Magdalena, Me-
B Mexico, for a weeks visit with tn
G formers brother, Paul Hitchcock.