Gilpin observer., 1919-10-23

ties of Government Insurance.
Compensation, Vocational Train
ing, Allotments, Allowances, Bon
uses. Extra Travel Pay, and other
difficulties that confront the men
getting back into civil life, the
Observer has established an Ex-
Service Column in which will be
answered on Thursdays of each
week any questions that former
| fighters wish to ask.
Have recently been discharged
from the Army, after two years
service, and understand can Sc
cure information from you re-
garding government lands that
have been opened for homestead
ing to discharged soldiers. Will
you please send such information
as you have for distribution re-
garding this? Thanking you for
any interest taken. F. E. H.
Answer-Honorably discharged
service men can take up home
steads and are given credit for
the term of their service on the
three years residence period re-
quired on homesteads, provided
however, that they must maintain
a residence of at least one year on
the land. This applies to men
who served on the Mexican bord-
er as we'll as those who served in
the war with Germany. If man
was wounded, he obtains credit
for his whole term of enlistment.
If you had two years service, you
would be able to take up a home
stead after one years residence,
which means that you would have
to live on it actually only seven
months.
If you will write to the General
Land Office, Department of the In
terror, Washington, D. c., and
ask for Circular 541 you will get
complete information under the
title of Suggestions to Home
steaders and Persons Desiring to
Make Homestead Entries" Ask
also for Circular No. GAL which
explains fully the status of ex-
service men in this respect.
The Vocational Board has led
me to believe that l can go to
school at government expense, be-
cause l have been wounded in the
Argonne, but l also understand
the compensation which am now
getting will be cut off if l go to
school. If you can tell me about
this, l will be very thankful.
Answer-While it is technically
true that compensation is stopped
during the period that man is
in training, under the Federal
Board, for vocational education,
he receives an amount of money
thru the Federal Board always
equal to his compensation, and
generally greater. The distinc-
tion is that the money comes from
different fund.
The average man in training
under the Federal Board receives
more money than he formerly re-
ceived from the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau, as compensation. If
for any reason the training pay of
the Federal Board is less than the
amount of compensation granted
by the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance, the Bureau will make up the
difference, so that in no case will
his remuneration be lessened.
AS soon as mans training un-
der the Federal Board is over, his
compensation will be resumed, as
tIt there is a provision which says
that a mans re-education shall
not prejudice his rights to COM
pensation in any way.
During my Army service, my
home was sold for taxes. On my
return, l was forced to pay inter
est penalty and advertising costs
on the taxes that became delin
quent. What are my rights under
the Civil Rights Bill?" P. S. M.
Answer-The law you refer to,
is the Soldiers and Sailors Civ
il Relief Act" approved March
8, 1918. Paragraph a of Section
500 of this Act, provides with ref
erence to Soldiers and Sailors
taxes. that whenever any tax or
assessment shall not be paid
when due, suoh tax or assessment
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