Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-27
How Uncle Sam Is
Protecting Soldiers
and Their Families

10 the amount granted by the government
TO his wife and children rs an allotment
The enlisted man earning $50 month
who has a wife and two children IL, there
fore. required to allot $50 a month, or hall
his paw inasnuch rs the government
grants an allowance of $32 so TO his wife
and children. For private earning $50
a month. Of course, SIS Is both MINIMUM
and maximum.
When An enlisted man is injured or
disabled and discharged from the service,
or when he dies, the allotIncntS and
allowances automatically cease, and the
conversation feature OF the act and the
insurance feature, If insurance has been
applied for become operative ihIS com
pensation ranges from $40 to 500 a
month. In ease of disability IT is paid to
the fighter himself: in case of death II Is
PAYABLE 10 only wife, child. or widowed
mother The amount paid depends on the
size of the family and on the extent of the
disal llitv. Compensation Is paid only for
death or disal IlIty incurred IN the hne
of duty, and is paid alike TO commissioned
officers and enlisted men, from the lowest
ranks to the highest.
But the government does not stop with
compensation, which Is a substitute for
To guarantee adequate comfort and pro-
lection the government goes step farther
and offers TO its fighting forces govern
ment insurance against death and per
manent total disability
When the American government starts
benciicent plan il takes pride IN avoiding
half measures The protection Of its men
and their dependents in the present war
is one of the greatest Legislative measures
ever put through by any country in any
war Not content, therefore with its
wardShip al the wives and kIddlcs Of hiS
soldier and sailor lads Uncle Sam is eX-
tending to "Samme and Jack the
most generous form Of protective in
surance ever conceived, and IN SO doing
stands revealed as the greatest insurance
company In the world
MILITARY AND NAVAL
The So-callcd Military and Naval In
suTanCc Act which provides for this new
system of protection Is IN reality three
separate and distinct acts merged for a
common purpose namely, social justice
Of the highest order The first measure Of
protection Is the system of allowances and
allotmcntS which safeguard the fighting
man and his family while he IS II var
The second il known - compensation, aud
IS FflR IftNitEll StAtItitlt anu tiLti al sun
<tltutc for the dIscredited pension; the
third measure Of protection is government
insurance field in which the United
states is a pioneer among the nations Of
the world
In the FIVE months from October 6.
when the Military and Naval Insurance
Act was approved the Life underwriting
Section of the Bureau OF War Risk In
surance has grown 10 be the largest life
insurance company in the world The in
surancc now on the books Of the Bureau
Is more than three times, almost more
than four times. a. great as the ordinary
insurance held bv the largest commercial
company in the world
" hen the idea of v ar Risk insurance
for soldiers and sailors was broached last
summer the plan was outlined IN con-
servative manner That the CURES might
reach s. 900, 900 900 was limited at and
that the government could put ii over
without too great strain upon the people
was also regarded As likely Today the
total amount nf insurance taken by the
bows totals more than $4,000. 900 900
which has been taken up by over mil
hon and 8 halF young american men.
Tins war risk insurance has for ItS man
benei.t the protection Of dependents IL
the case OF the soldiers or sailors death
Il goes far beyond this, however, becausc
in case OF total disability it serves as life
insurance for the man himself, and IN the
event Of his return home safe and sound,
or slightly injured. he may convert his
war risk insurance into some one Of
several forms OF life insurance which will
be placed at bis disposal without physical
examination Il follows, therefore, that in
purchasing,his quota Of war risk insurance
the ghting man on land or sea eau not
possibly lose out