Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-03-07
u. S. TO PAY ALL
DEPENDENTS OF
TUSCAN|A DEAD
WAR INSURANCE OR GOVERN
MEM COMPENSATION PRovID-
ED IN EVERY CASE
SCHEDULE FOR PAYMENTS
Uncle Sam Looks Out for Families of
Men Who Perished when Trans
port Was Sunk

Government war insurance and gov
eminent compensation protected al
Americans who lost their lives with the
sinking Of the transport Tuscania, by
a German submarine, off the coast OF
Ireland, the treasury department an
nOunces
Those who had not applied for insur-
ance were covered by automatic inshr-
ance which is payable to a wife, child,
OF widowed mother The automatic in
surance aggregates about $4,000 netting
1925 a month for 240 months Insur-
ance that had been applied for is pay
able to a much larger class of bene-
ficiaries and can 90 as high as $10,-
600, netting $3.50 a month for 240
months.
How many of the men ON the trans
port applied for government insurance
is not yet known.
Two Glasses Of Payments
The compensation in case of death,
given by the government without charge
and regardless of rank or pay, ranges
from $50 to $75 a month"; based on the
number of dependents. Payments under
the compensation feature of the military
and naval insurance act in case of death
are payable to widow, children, or de-
pendent widowed mother.
Thus two classes of payments, insur-
ance and compensation, will be made to |
the widows widowed mothers, or chill |
dren of any who may have been lost on
the Tuscania. Where specific govern |
ment insurance had been taken out, the |
amount of benefits will be much larger. |
hA 80,
Feb. ~, 1913. After that date persons
killed in military or naval service win
be protected by government insurance
only if they had applied for the same
and paid the necessary premiums The
compensation feature of the act is sep
srate and distinct from the insurance,
however.
Payments under the automatic insur-
ance are payable to wife during her
widowhood or to the child or widowed
mother while they survive him.
Payments under the compensation
feature of the act to widow or widow.
d mother continue until death or re-
marriage. Compensation to child Z
ceases at the age of Is, or at marriage. !
lnless the child is incompetent.
Scale of U. S. Compensation 1
The scale of monthly compensation in I
ase of death follows: $
(a) For a widow alone, $25.
(bl For a widow ard one child, $50. t
(el For 4 widow and two children, g
47.50, with S. for each additional c
hid up to two. 6
(d) If there be no widow, then for a
ne child, 500. 1
(e) For two children, $50. 2
(f) For three children, $40, with So p
,r each additional child up to two. il
(g) For a widowed mother, 500. The
mount payable under this subdivision k
all not be greater than sum which, ii
hen added to the total amount payable 81
the widow and children. does not hi
coed $75. W
Insurance can be applied for in to
MOUNTS ranging from $1,000 to $4,000. tt
he latter is payable in 24O monthly tn
stallments of $3.50 each, to any one
more of the following benefearies: w
fe, husband child, grandchild, broth E'
sister, adopted brother, adopted SIS
:, step brother, step-sister, parent, SCI
indparent, or step-parent of the insur- re;
and parent, grandparent or step we
-ent of the insured s wife or husband. tai