The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-10-06
B0NUSBLANKS
AREEXPECTED
I0ARRlVEIHE
J PRESENT WEEK
American Legion to Cooperate
With Court Clerk Rhoda
In the Work
CLAIMANTS SHOULD FILE
EARLY AND NOT DELAY
Certified Copy of Discharge
Paper Must Accompany
All Applications
CLAIMANTS SHOULD FILE
EARLY AND NOT DELAY

Blanks on WHICH return ooA Wv
men and army nurses are to make
application to the state bonus board
for the cash bonus of SIS month,
are expected to reach Bemldj1 the
latter part of this week, according
to information received at the head
quarters of the Bemidji post OF the
American Legion, which is to CO.
operate with Fred Rhoda, clerk OF
the district court, in the distribution.
claimants who file their applica-
lions early and whose cases are not
delayed by necessity for investigation
of their military records will be the
first to receive their bonuses. A Ger
titled copy Of the discharge certlh-
Gates of each applicant must accom-
pany the formal application. A spe-
.cial blank for certifying the dis
charge data also will be furnished by
the bonus board.
The applicant for the bonus must
write into the application blank fur
nished him by the board his name
and Identification number as it ap-
pears on his discharge paper. If a
draftee, he must tell the place of reg
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Der of the draft board by which he
was indicted He must give his pres
'ent address, date and place Of birth
and the number Of years and months
he has resided in Minnesota
Much Data Required.
The applicant must give his pres
,ent occupation, business address,,
name of employer, name and address
of nearest relative with the relation
ship and the name and address OF
parents at time of enlistment. The
applicant must state if he or she has
made previous application to this
state for the monthly bonus or If he
or she has applied or received bon
us gratuity or compensation from
any other state or country for mill
tary or naval service against Ger
many. If rejected, the reasons must
be given.
The applicant is required to state
if attempt was made at any time to
evade the selective service law. The
application blank states that agricu!-
tural Industrial and dependency
causes are not construed as an at
tempt to evade the law. Conscien-
tious objections and alienage are
given as grounds on which appl:-
cants should not have attempted t.
evade the selective service law.
The applicant must give the legal
residence at the time of enlistment,
induction or commission and the
present legal residence. He must
state where he last voted before en-
tering the service and the length of
residence in Minnesota prior to en-
listment, induction or commission,
and, if married at the time the name
and residence CT the wife.
For All Branches of Service.
The application blank also con-
tains special questions for army men,
marines, army nurses, navy men and
naval nurses. These pertain to en-
listment, induction and commission,
rank, length of service, date and
place of discharge, rank ami rating
on discharge and character given in
discharge.
Another section of the blank re-
quires the applicant to state if he
has made application for the state
tuition bonus and has received any
authorization from the state Tor tut
ton. The applicant may ask for The
refundment of tuition paid. He is
required to state if he has assigned
or attempted to assign any part of
the bonus applied for. He is asked
70 designate where the bonus shall
be mailed to him. The applicant
must sign the complete application
and have it attested before notary
public.
The last page of the application
blank is reserved for the bonus board,
and will contain instructions as to
the payment of the bonus when ap-