The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-08-07
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|, amount, however. Is more than ample
for the average requirements of sob
der In France.
In addition to the arrangement
which has just been described, there ID
another which is available to officers.
Under this commissioned officers hav-
Ing accounts with the Paris Office of
the Guaranty Trust Company of New
York can cash their checks at any Of
the ITO branches of the Bank Of
France, as follows: Officers below the
rank OF lieutenant colonel can cash
checks for $50 francs at any one time;
lieutenant colonel or colonel can
cash checks for 500 francs and a gen.
eral for 1000 francs This operatlor
may be repeated as often as six times
| during calendar month. The officer
can make this arrangement either be-
fore he leaves the United States or
Wnen ne arrives In France. IL he
wishes to make the arrangement be-
fore he leaves he can make a first de-
post with the Guaranty Trust Com
pany's New York Office When be ar
rives at seaboard city In France he
communicates with the Paris Office OF
the Guaranty Trust Company, and
they send him a check book and COM
plete the arrangements with him.
If soldier does not have a check
ing account at bank or does not wish
to open one another safe. convenient
and economical means for carrying
ready funds both on the trip across
and while on the other side is pro-
vided. This is a new form of service
check"
These service checks" have been
perfected by the trust companies which
are officially designated depositaries
for Government funds of the United
States In France and In England. The
checks, issued Jointly by these comps.
MES. are authorized and approved by
the United States Government and are
sold at the official rate of exchange
agreed upon between the United
States and French Governments. No
commission is charged.
These checks can be purchased NJ
concentration camps In the United
States In various amounts ano al all
the offices of the trust companies tssu
ing them. They can be cashed readily
In France England and Italy A self
identifying feature makes Il pras tical.
ly impossible for an. but the rightftp
holder to cash the checks One S c.s.
protected against loss incident TO car
rying currency
The cost ~ ne service checks. which
includes tn. required French revenue
stamp is as follows
so fran, service heck. .$SSs
100 franc service 'heck. .17.60
200 franc service check. .... .35.l5
When cashine service checks me
ae!ae. receives the face amount OF the
check without any deduction whatso.
ever.
A still further convenience for the
soldier at the front Is an automobile
bank. which also has been established
In Paris by the Guaranty Trust Com
pany of New York and which will reg
ularly carry money TO our mer In the
nearby camps and trenches along the
i battle front In France
This travelling bar Ain be of great
assistance 10 4 c officers at the
various cnnil,> lt tie transportation Of
funds and viii also be a decided con
venience for our soldiers. Ii will nit
only expedite their payment by IA
government. but II will also add 10 the
facilities which they have for cashing
checks and transacting other money
affairs
Most of the camps behind the sec
tors in France now being held by the
American soldiers are within two or
three hours motoring distance of Paris
and the automobile bank" will there
fore be able not only to go to and fro
between Paris and the front, bat also
to keep in almost daily touch with Gus
soldiers wherever they are located
along the lines. Those in charge of 1t
VIII be Americans who understand and
can be understood by the soldiers who
are far from home in land of unsa-
miliar language and customs. This
travelling bank promises to become
feature of the life behind the trenches.