The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-03

The farms Of The country COM
iributed about onc-fourih Of ihe
man power Of The forces Of lhe
States engapgd 10 NE war.
u IL estimated that I2o0o0o men
Who served IN The army. NE navy
and The marine corps were born
and reared on American farms.
A total Of A53o.Oi8 men took out
war risk insurance, their aeErvsaia
policies tolalllng nearly eiooo0oo0-
eco and each policy averaging a.
eco OF this total insurance. SER
vice men from the farming dla-
tricts carried approximately Qlo.-
|t20Oo00o0 and by far the greater
lpercenlase Of this insurance was
made payable 10 wivea mothers,
Fathers and other relatives who re-
side on farms
The average age Of the men who
fell In action. died Of wounds or
from other causes during The war,
was p years. and because Of their
youth. By far the greater percent
aee were unmarried men. which
~explains why ~ per cent Of the
policles taken out named mothers
as bene0ciaries. 10 per cent named
fathers and only 7 per cent named
wives
In the original war risk act pro-
vision was made for the policies
written on service men during The
WAR 70 be continued as permanent
government insurance. To avail
themselves Of the opportunity 70
convert their war risk insurance
into permanent United States gov
lernment insurance II Il necessary
that the men discharged from ser-
vice continue 10 pay their monthly
premiumA, and al some time dur
Ing the Ave years following the
formal declaration Of peace that
they convert Il into a permanent
lpolicy.
From The record Il appears that
Only about e per cent OF the men
who had insurance during the war
/, are continuing 10 keep up their
Insurance. This Is largely due IA
1.-THE fact that the men were un-
lacL or that they had not felt nnan-
: cially able 10 carry their insur-
! ance al this time.
To guard against any man losing
his right 10 government insurance
D because OF this condition, the sec
E Rotary Of the treasury recently Is
y sued n ruling allowing every mar
eighteen months In which he hai
the opportunity 10 reinstate his In.
: surance after he has allowed Il h
lapse because Of nonpayment o.
J premiums.
The reinstatement privilege mus
. be clearly understood. So long a
: q nan IL not paying hls premium
he u not insured. His reinstate.
g ment privilege merely gives hin
the right 10 again have govern
ment insurance without undergo
y ling physical examination. and rpol
n the payment OF two months prem
a ium.
A nationwide campaign Ia
been inangurated for direct per
lsonal contact with former servic
men through which they may b
Informed OF their rights 10 perma
nent government insurance, and q
n this campaign have been enliste
all the organizations OF tho arm,
L.. The former service man VIII
b lives on the farm viii be reache
" 70 a large extent through bank
% (which have volunteered 10 serv
as clearing houses for information
d on war risk insurance.
There are six permanent form
= Iof government insurance. as fol
" lows:
VI Twenty year endowment S0-yea
- endowment 10-year payment III
I30-year payment life, endowmer
lot age Of az, ordinary life.
Applications are being receive
lby the bureau OF war risk insur
Nance for changing the present teri
insurance. which was issued al IN
le time Of entering the service. Int