The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-03
OF IHterest to Soldiers Families.

OF Interest to Soldiers Families.
To the Officors and Enlisted and
drafted Men and Women t the
Uuited States and Their Rela
tives:
The Secretary Of the Treasury,
through the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance, has been charged with
the ed sdmiuistration Of the War
Insurance Law enacted by the
Congress as measure Of justice
to the men and women who have
been called to give their lives, if
need be, IN the service OF their
country.
wish to acquaint you with
the benefits and privileges which
your Government has placed at
your disposal. 1t ls essential
thaty you and your families at
home should know of your and
their rights under this law In or.
der that full advantage may te
taken of them.
To care for the wife and chll
dren OF the enlisted man during
his service, the War Insurance
Law compels him to contribute
up to one half of his pay for their
supprt. The Government, on
application, will generously add
to this an allowance of from IS
to $50 a month, according TO the
size of the family. Moreover, If
the enlisted man will make some
further provlslon himself for a
dependent parent, brother, sis
ter, or grandchlid, they may be
included IN the Government
allowance.
II, as a result of injuries in
Cured or disease contracted IN
the line Of duty, an officer or en-
listed man or an Army or Navy
nurse should be disabled pro
VISION is made for compensation
of from $50 to 500 a month to
him, and, shall he die, compensa-
tion of from $40 to SIS a month
will be paid to his wife, his child,
or his widowed mother.
In ORDER, however, fully to pro
tect each person and family, Con
gress has made it possible for
every soldier, sailor, and nurse
to obtain life and total disability
insurance. This insurance ap-
plies TO injuries received while
he or she Is In the service or after
he or she shall leave 1t.
Exposure to the extra dangers
of war makes the cost of life
insurance In private life insur.
ance companies prohlbitive. 1t
was, therefore, plain duty and
obligation for the Government
to assume the risk of lnsuring
hundreds Of thousands of our
soldiers and sailor who are max
ing the supreme sacrifice. Un-
der this law, every soldier and
sailor aud nurse, UNASSIGNED
and enlisted, and of any age, has
the right, between now and
February II, 1918, to take out
life and total disability insurance
up to $4,000 at very low cost,
with the Government without
medical examination. This right
is purely optional. The soldiers
and sailors are not compelled to
take insurance, but if they de-
sire to exercise the right, they
must do so before the 18th OF
February, 1918, The cost ranges
from 65 cents monthly, at the
age Of 81, to 81 20 monthly, al
The age of 81, for each $1,000 OF
insurance
This is a small charge on a
mans pay-small in proportion
to the benefits it may bring. The
premiums will be deducted from
his pay, if he desires, thus elm
mating troub ble on his part.
TIC provide ad, quate protection
until F. bruary II, 1918, curing
the period when The soldiers and
sailors are learning tie details of
tins law, the Government auto
matlcally lnsures each man and
woman, com missloued or enlist
ed ln the military service of the
United States. 1t pays the man