New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-06-05
INVESTIGATE PLAN
TO PROTECT BOYS
ACOUAINT YOURSELF WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF SOLDIERS
INSURANCE
NEW MEN SHOULD DECIDE NOW
TO TAKE EVERY CENT THEY
CAN CARRY

With the new draft quotas steadily
entering the service, the question of war
insurance is again prominent one.
Parents and other relatives of the boys
should thoroly understand the propo-
sition and talk it over with the soldiers
to-be and agree with them to make
every possible effort to take advantage
of the full amount allowed. Thele is
nothing that will give the soldier more
confidence and comfort than to know
if he is disabled by the fortunes of war,
that he will still be well provided for and
cannot become burden or if he loses
his life, his dependents will be well
provided for.
Sure Thing Bet
The plan for the Government insur-
ance is a splendid one, it is an absolutely
"sure-thing" proposition, one in which
the boys can not possibly lose financially.
1t will, moreover, induce a spirit Of
thrift The soldier without insurance
will be considered more or less as is the
man who spends more than he earns and
has no future before him. The soldier
who saves little every month for his
insurance soon acquires feeling of in
dependence He knows he's got some
thing laid up for his future and he can
face the world fearlessly. It's good
thing for your boy, splendid thing.
~, -,,oc+:or, o,I Crix
below so that you thoroly understand
the matter and then urge your boy to
take the limit.
What Government Insurance is.
@. BY whom is this insurance offered?
A. By the United States Govern
ronnl, as author y +. an act of Com
gress fct that purpose approved October
6, 1917.
Q. What security is back of this
contract of insurance?
A. The United States Government.
Q. Is it the only protection furnished
by the Government to it's soldiers and
sailors?
A. No. The Government has pro-
~vided, in addition, compensation for
death or injuries or disease suffered in
line of duty.
O. The insurance, then, is in adj
dtion to compensation?
A. Yes; and they are entirely in
dependent of each other.
Q. Does insurance interfere with
service or retirement pay?
A. No; the right to insurance is in
deEencent of the right to service or re-
tirement pay.
@. Am compelled to take insurance?
A. No; you may take it or not, as
you see ft The Government recon-
mends it but does not compel you to
take it.
Insured - Benefciaries
Q. Who can be insured?
A. When engaged IN active service
under the War Department or Navy
Department, any Of TIE following can
be insured:
y Commissioned officers.
p Enlisted men (meaning a person,
male or female, enlisted, enrolled, OF
drafted into active service in the military
or naval forces of the United States, in
Guiding noncommjssioned and petty Of
fcers and members Of training camps
authorized by law.
81 Members of tie Army Nurse
Corps Nemale) and members of the
Navy Nurse Corps (female).
@. Who can be named as beneficiary?
A. Any one or more of the following
may be named: Wife, husband, child,
grandchild, brother, sister, adopted
brother, adopted sister, stepbrother,
stepsister, parent, grandparent, or STEP
parent of the insured, and parent, grand
parent, or step-parent of the insured's
wife or husband. "a bill pending before
Congress proposes to include, in the per-
nitted class, father through adoption,
mother through adoption, and any per-
son who, at any time preceding Oct. 6,
1917, or the insured's enlistment or en-
trance into or employment in active
,ervice in the military or naval force,
has stood in loco PARENTS to the insured
for a period Of not less than five years.)
O. Can I name as beneficiary any
one other than those named in No. 8;
for instance, trustee or guardian or the
legal representative of some one in the
permitted class or my estate? a
A. No; only those in the permitted
class may be named. Il