The labor standard., 1919-03-01

dependents or a man required by his
 course of instruction to live apart from his dependents, be paid by the government at least $65 per month. He may be paid more. If, for example, he received more than $65 per month as pay for his last month of active serv- ice, he will receive this same pay dur l ing his entire course of training. Fur thermore, if his disability is such that his monthly compensation under the war risk insurance act is greater than 1 $65, he will, of course, continue to re- ceive this sum, whatever it may be, l during his entire course.
 A married man and his wife will re- ceive $75 per month from the govern l ment, provided they live together l while he is taking 8 course of instruc- tion. If his course is such that he must live apart from his wife, the govern ment will pay him $65 per month and his wife $30 per month. The larger his family the larger the amount paid by the government for it's support, whether living together or separately while he is being educated.
 Allowance to Dependents. The same allowance and allotment will be paid to dependents as was paid to them while the man was in the ac- tive service. If he is married, his wife will receive $50 month. If he has a wife and child they will receive $40 a month, and $10 will be paid for each additional child up to three. If he has mother dependent upon him she will receive the same amount she re- ceived while he was in the service. In the case of a commissioned off, Ger undergoing training the support paid by the government will always equal the pay for the last month of ac- tive service, an amount always in ex- cess of the minimum guarantee of $65 per month. He will be expected to maintain his dependents out of the amount paid him while undergoing training.
 When the disabled soldier has com pleted his course of training he will receive the compensation prescribed by the war risk insurance act so long as his disability continues.
 That there is dafyer of confusing compensation with in rance payments is shown In the cases - some dis charged men to whom compensation had been granted for injuries received in line of duty and who have discon- tinued payments of their insurance premiums. In some instances they have discontinued such premium pay. nlents owing to mistaken belief that the sums they are receiving monthly from the government were insurance payments.
 Only in those cases where the dis ability from which the man is suffer ing is total and permanent does the discontinuance of insurance payments by the disabled man who is receiving compensation involve no risk and cause no harm. This is because in cases of total and permanent disability there is a right to recover government insurance payments as well as compen- sation, which made further premium payments unnecessary as soon as the disability was in fact total and perma- nent.
 Should Verify Payments.
 Any man who Is receiving what he believes to be insurance payments should carefully verify that the payments he is so receiving ar, in fact insurance payments rather than com pensation payments, and should not cease making insurance payments un- til he has definitely determined that the payments he is receiving are gov ernment insurance payments rather than compensation payments.
 The Red Cross is undertaking to see that every discharged soldier or sailor coming to it's attention is fully in- formed as to his rights to compensa- tion and insurance, and gives assist ance in making application for it. When the arrangements for training have been made, the Red Cross is pre- pared to see that the family receives supplementary assistance or service which may be needed in addition to the provision made by the government. Since, under the law, the taking of vo- cational training is entirely optional with the man, and his own will and ambition must first be enlisted in or der to insure success, the influence of the family may be vital factor.
 Whether man receives compensa- tion for disability OF not, whether he receives re-education or not, the board is ready to help him get a good job. If he is entitled to compensation and goes into training, when his training is finished the board will undertake to find him place in his new vocation.
 All disabled soldiers whether in or out of the hospitals, should address their communications to the federal board for vocational education, Wash ington, or to the district office of the federal board of the district in which he is located.
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