Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05
A0W THE Government STRENGTHENS
FIGHTER and SAFEGUARDS HIS HoMF
e Sans War Risk Insurance Offers Protection at CosGov
eminent Assumes All Administrative Costs and Extra War
Hazards-Business Exceeds by Several Hundred Per
Cent Largest Insurance Company in World.
20, LANES n. COLLINS.

s,nn,ittee on Public Information.)
" o. october 6, 1917, the war-risk in
sarce law went into effect, prOvid
s~g for protection of our soldiers, sail
~ and marines and their families.
y" ,nri 6 1918, only six months lat
rncle Sam had written approx
.o,v S14OOO,OOO,O00 of war risk in
.nronrp ON his fighting forces, cover
~, inward Of 100000 persons in the
n,i,,tary and naval service. For allot
-,,,,ts and allowances alone, approx
,,otelv 100000 checks aggregating
noro than $43,000,00O have already
hoon sent. 1t will not be long before
,bo bureau will be sending out a mil
,on checks a month.
ve have spoken of it as ''the war
-,s, insurance law" Technically
+bis il correct; actually, it is mislead-
mo. for the legislation that went into
effect ON october 6, 1917, was really
= croup of laws-fOur acts co-Ordinat-
oil for common purpose. The first
measure in this unprecedented pro-
Gram Of protection is the system of
allotmcnts and allowances, in which
rho fighter and the government are
Mariners for the care of the families
If MI enlisted men in the military or
naval service.
The second measure provides fol-
stated compensation for death and dis
ability incurred in the line of duty
This IS the modern American SubSti
tute for pensions. The compensation
which ranges from $40 to 500 a month
is paid automatically by the govern
ment to certain specified beneficiaries
regardless of rank or pay, and withou
any cost to the recipient.
The third measure of protection i!
outright government insurance agains
death and total permanent disability
among the nations of the world-offer
lng insurance up to $4,000 to ever,
member Of its fighting forces, at ne
peace rates. The government assume
mniStration, thus making the rates al
most incredibly low. This insuranc
Is n supplemental form of protection
stimulating thrift and strengthenin
selt-respect.
immensely Of Bureaus Work.
The fourth measure OF protectio
embodied in the military and nava
insurance act is the system of re-edr
cation and rehabilitation of the me
disabled in the warm itself a tas
of vital Importance and great magn
tude.
The figures given convey an idea {
the immensely of the bureaus wOrl
The insurance now on the books {
the Bureau of War-Risk Insuran(
exceeds by several hundred per eel
the insurance held by the largest lii
Insurance company in the world.
To cope with the hydra-headed pro
lem imposed upon it, the Bureau {
War Risk Insurance has been forced I
expand ut an exceedingly rapid rat
The bureau now occupies space
eight separate buildings. covering 6
area Of more than 100000 square fee
and has a personnel Of more than
800, working in two shifts, from nil
o'clock in the morning till midnight
1t may be asked why the Cover
ment, in addition to family allOwanc
and liberal compensation, should off
insurance against death and disabili
10 its fighting men. The justificati'
Tor this sweeping innovation is simp
his: The government by calling
man to war takes him into the me
hazardous business in the world, a.
mus destroys his instability. In ]
turn it is only fitting and proper tn
the government should go into the
surance business for his benefit. P
'ate Insurance companies could r
possibly insure soldiers and sailors
eept at prohibitive rates. At &C
terence of life insurance represen