The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-12-09
URGE S. A. I. C. TO
KEEP UP INSURANCE
CAN BE CHANGED TO ENDOW-
MENT INSURANCE AGAINST
DEATH AND DISABILITY


DEATH AND DISABILITY
, The following statement has been
, issued by the secretary of treasury
for the information of soldiers about
to be discharged from the service:
Treasury Department, Nov. Is,
1918.
1 desire to remind all America s
soldiers and sailors that it is their
opportunity and their privilege to
keep up their insurance with the
United States Government after the
war has officially terminated and
even after they have returned to CT
william life.
Millions of Men Now Insured.
More than four million officers and
men of the army and navy are now
insured with the U. S. Government
thru the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance of the Treasury Department.
The grand total of insurance is more
than thirty-six billions of dollars.
Insurance is Renewable.
In it's present form this insurance
is annual, issued against death and
total permanent disability. Under
the provisions of the War Risk In
surance Act of the Treasury Depart
ment, every person holding this in
! surance may keep it up in this form
even after he leaves the service for
IF hot
necessary is the regular payment of
premiums. 81
Moreover, the law provides that not
later than five years after the ter
mination of the war as declared by
Presidential Proclamation, the term
medical examination, into such form
or forms of insurance as may be pre-
scribed by regulations and as the in
sured may request
Can Be Converted Into Ordinary
Endowment.
In accordance with the provisions
of the law, these regulations will pro-
vide for the right to convert into Of
binary life, 20 payment life, endow-
ment maturing at age 81 and into
other usual forms of insurance. This |
insurance will continue to be govern
mental insurance. The various forms
of policies which the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance will write are now
being prepared.
The Soldier Owes Renewal to His
Family.
Every person in the military or
naval service owes it to himself and
to his family to hold on to Uncle
Sans insurance. tits the strongest,
safest, and cheapest life insurance
ever written. Just as this insurance
relieved our soldiers and sailors from
anxiety for their loved ones and pro-
tected them against the hazards of
war, so it will continue to protect
them thru the days of reconstruction
and in time Of peace.
A Valuable Right is Thus Given.
The advantages of keeping this in
surance in force cannot be emphasized
too strongly. The right to continue
it is valuable right given by the
government to our fighting men as
for their services.
Opportunity May Be Lost Forever.
If this right is lost by allowing
their insurance to lapse it can never
be regained. When Government in
surance is permitted to lapse, the
holder can not again obtain insur-
ance except from private companies
at considerable increase in cost.
Moreover, many of the men may be-
come undesirable as result of the
war thru physical impairment and if
these allow their insurance to lapse
they lose their last opportunity for
their families to have the protection
If life insurance.
The economic value of life insur-
ance to society is so we'll recognized
as to need no argument. The Gov
now has in force upon the
ives of four millions of American
;itizens who have fought its battles,
/ life insurance group larger than
III others combined.
Therefore, it is manifestly of high
st Importance not only to the fight
ng men and their dependents but to
IL the people that the largest pos
ible percentage of this insurance
hall be continued in force after its