Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-11-22
BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE HANDLES
 CASES WITH SPEED

 4. The speed and precision with which the Bureau of War Risk Insurance is handling cases calling for the payment of insurance under the total and per manent disability feature of the law were emphasized in an unexpectedly substantial manner to group of wounded men who are patients at Walter Reed hospital, during the course of visit to the bureau at the invitation of Director R. G. Chome- ley-Jones.
 When the men reached the Bureau in the morning, they were unaware that their condition warranted pay ment of insurance on the policies which they held at the time they were wounded in France on account of total and permanent disability. Still less did they anticipate that within few hours they could be examined by med ical officers. awarded insurance, and handed checks ranging from $438.67 to SSSS.47, covering insurance due them from the dates of their injuries, to take with them when they returned to the hospital. But this is exactly what happened.
 The names of the men and sum- , mary of their cases follow:
 Eugene J. Morill, Private, Company M. 13Oth Infantry. Wounded at Al bert, France, July IS, 1918, by high lexplosive shell. Suffered amputatlon of left leg and loss of left eye. Pr1- yate Morill carried War Risk lnsur- ance policy of $1O,000. He was hand ed a check for $SSS.47, and will re- ceive insurance payments of $51.oo per month as long as he lives.
 Rolla Lee Tibbetts, Private, Com pany E, 47th Infantry. Wounded at Verdun, France, September "A, 1918, bv a high explosive shell. Suffered amputation of left leg, wound in left arm and wounds on nose and race Private Tibbetts carried a War RISK Insurance policy of $10,0OO. He re- ceived check for $760.92, and wl,l receive insurance payments of $of.oo ner month as long as he lives.
 James E. Harlan, Private, Machine Cun Battalion of 140th Infantry Wounded at Verdun, France, by nlgn explosiye shell September 2S, 1915 Adiudged permanently and totally dis- abled. Private Harlan carried war Risk Insurance policy for $10.OOO. He was given check for $753.25, and will receive insurance payments ol s57.5O per month as long as he llves.
 Robert A. Wolford, Private, Com pany c, 311th Machine Gun Battalion Wounded at the Battle of the Argon, re France. November 1, 1918, by a b;ob explosive shell. Suffered ampu. tation of left leg,sand wound in lef' arm. Private Wolford carried wal \ Risk Insurance policy for $10,OOO: ne Hi,eI received a check for $69O.O0, ana WI, receive insurance payments of So''o' ner month as long as he lives.
 Rartolo Lomhardo, Private, 'Com nanvK. 26th Battery. Wounded a Verdun. France, July "A, 1918, by high explosive shell. Suffered ampu mp, tation of left leg, and wound m rign ankle Private Bartolo earned @lo' non War Risk Insurance. He recelV ed ss77 .34 and will reieive insurance nayments of $57.50 per month as ioh' as he lives. m.,+e Reed are scheduled to receive si'',,la: lv speedy delivery of checks on 1ne, ne, ;nsurance policies today, and the wor' ;s to he continued by a committee ap no;nted by Director Cholmeley-Johe ,,nt;I al, the men entitled to payment of insurance for permanent and tota disability have been found ana giSe ,e the money to which they are eh'i''e under their policies. !, r p;., ,, All of the men who held war his .. Insurance policies and who are en en titled to payments of insurance 10 total and permanent disability Will re ceive "compensation" in ado,.ioh tba;r insurance money, after dischare from the service. They would nay received "compensation" automat'ca lv and regardless of whether they ca r;ed any War Risk Insurance. but the won,d not have received the insuranc money if they had not carried msu' ance policies. uo p;sl T,
 When one carries War RISK II |, surance policy and becomes totai' and permanently disabled tnioue sickness or injury, he becomes eligiD
 to receive monthly payments oI .,., II surance from the date of his disaoiii' and as long as he lives. He does n' have to pay any more premiums. E' cry former service man or sefVl' woman who keeps up his or her go ernment insurance will have this pr tection against possible total permal ent disability, which may occur to am