Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-27
Ex-SeryiCe Column

Questions will be answered in this
column on Monday Of each week on
Insurance, Compensation. Vocational
Training, Allotment, Allowances. Bo-
muses., Extra Travel Pay Delivery of
Liberty Bonds, Medical Care, Home
stead Laws. Loans, Educational OPP
portunities and similar problems con-
fronting eX-seryice men or their faml-
lies. GIVE your fun name. date and
mace OF enlistment or induction, serial
number, original organization, date
and place OF discharge, and present |
address. Write your inquiry to the
Service Editor OF the journal. Your
query will be given prompt attention.
l.. l registered at Duncan, Okla,
June :. 1917. Immediately atterward
I married and came here to make my
home Filled out my QUESTIONABLE
here, took my physical examination
and received my card to report at
Duncan. proceeded there and was in
Quoted into service May p, 1918. I'M
mediatelv after being discharged ON
December 10, 1918, l returned to
Ration. resumed my former occupa-
| ton with the Santa Fe. Was allowed
mileage at the rate of Z cents mile
to Duncan, and later granted z
cents per mile difference to that
point Am allowed the cents mile
| age to my actual home, which Is
/ Ration? was stationed the entire
time at Camp Bowie, Tex,
c, L. L.,
Ration, n. NJ.
| IN,
nav al Z cents per mile to your actual
! bona fide residence, and your mileage
4 should he s cents per mile from place
Of discharge to Ration Go to Mrs. T.
lIegel Red Cross home service Sec
i retary in your town, and ask her to
\ assist YOU in filling out claim for al
4 ditional travel pay for the difference
lbetween the amount actually received
for fare to Duncan and what actual
fare would have been from place or
discharge to Ration, accompanied by
Traditional affidavit setting forth TO
? what point your fare was paid ana
the circumstances which show you
should have been paid to Ration
.. established a homestead, OF
rather took up squatters rights on
sac acres of undesignated land II
Taos county on May 2. Established
INV corners and built a house or
same. on being called into service,
informed the land office. | was in
, Quoted MAY 81, 1918. How much time
: will this give me on my homestead
+ and how long will it be before l vii
he compelled to live on it to hold 1t
. How long before / can prove it up?
c. L. L.,
Ration, n. M.
1INK Cd a i
, credit on the time you must I'VE OF
t your homestead the time when yo'
= spend in the service, that is from Ma,
. 81 te1S. To date of discharge, Decem
: her 10 1918, The time regularly re
ouired to prove up is three years, L
= your case it will be three years les
the time spent in the service. An
rights YOU acquired as a squatter WI
] not be lost because Of any omission
: of residence, because you were IN IN
> service. AS to the time which you WI
be required to get back to your nome
80 stead the safest thing for you to q
= is to write to the land office at once
stating the circumstances in fun, an
they will advise you Of just when, uil
der the given circumstances you WI
be required to move on to the lan'
They will also advise you as TO th
necessary steps to be taken In film
your application for the land VINE
you hold under the squatter's right
:. after fling vour rights VIII relai
l. back to the date or your original SCI
n tlemcnt
5. am a Canadian soldier VIII
II served overseas for thirteen month
/ have heard that the government
q giving a gratuity TO all men wh
y, served overseas Can you tell III
u how / can get this, as | could use
h little extra money very nicely.
II. f. (DenVer.)
Answer-The war service gratuil
- provided by the Canadian goyernmet
consists of a bonus of 500 a moht
-, or less, for a period of six month
y after the man is discharged, depend
% ing on the amount of his pay and a
- lowances during the time he was
active service, and the kind of servo
he performed For instance in we
of tho fact that YOU served oversees
for thirteen months, you would r.
ceive more pay than man WI
r served in Canada during the who
T reriod of the war The necessal
forms to be filled out in support
each claim, may be obtained from u
J. military headquarters of eaeh OIL
N trict; from district and unit pf
A. masters and from officers eomman
as ing militia units You may also pro
I'd erly take up this matter with the T
~ patriatlom committee, As Rldet
II. street, Ottawa, Canada