The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-11
ADDITIONAL DETAILS GIVEN TO GOVERNOR
 FOR SOLDIER MONEY
Decisions Rendered by the Comp troller Regarding Settlement and Claims for Returned
 Soldiers

The Governors office has received information regarding additional travel allowance for soldiers, as foi- lows:
 The comptroller of the treasury by decisions rendered April F and May 3, 1919 has authorized the War De partment to make settlement of ali claims for the 1 1-2 cents difference from place discharge to place of entry into the military service. also the claims for additional allowance to actual bona fide home or residence at date of discharge when such bona fide home or residence can be deter mined from the affidavit of the sol dier and verified by information con +ained in his original service record The Zone Finance Officer, Washing ton, D. C., has been designated tc settle these claims with the above restrictions. Applications should be addressed as follows: Zone Finance Officer, Lamon Bldg, Travel Allow. ance, Washington, D. C."
 A blank form of application, which
 includes the necessary affidavit for the additional travel allowance, may be obtained from any Army recruit ing officer, Red Cross or other agen- cies organized to aid soldiers. This affidavit must be accompanied by a
 rue copy of soldiers discharge cer- tificate, certified as such by a re cruiting officer, or the original dis charge certificate, the latter to be re- turned with check While payment will be made on the original dis charge certificate, claimants are ad- vised that the use of the copy will eliminate the possibility of the loss of the original. No further core 5pondence is necessary except in case of change of address.
 A certified copy of discharge cer tificate submitted for payment of $6C bonus and now on file in the Zone Finance office will be accepted 1T lieu of other copy of original dis ,harge certificate. Men who have submitted these certified copies vii 70 state when forwarding claim Payments will be made as expedi iously as circumstances permit. In the event that the actual bona | fde home or residence at date of dis | charge, as claimed by the soldier, i: not the same as stated on his orig nal service record, the Zone Fin ,nce Officer will make settlement fol | he additional 1 1-2 cents per mile: l on the same basis that the l.: cents per mile was paid Chat is /! rom place of discharge to place O. entry into military service), and sol Her may make claim to the auditor for the War Department for any ad litional travel pay which he believes may be due him.
 Men who have been discharged since February 2S, 1919, and paid .ravel allowance at 5 cents per mile
 70 place of entry into military ser vice, and whose actual bona fide home or residence at date of dis 3harge involved greater distance may submit claim to the Zone Fin
 ,nce Officer, Washington, D. C., as above.
 The place of a soldiers entry into
 he military service for purposes of determining travel allowances due him upon separation from the ser
 rice for purpose of determining travel allowances due him upon sep eration from the services is as fol lows:
 The places of acceptance for en 'istment in case of men who enlisted n the Regular Army or men who en- listed in an organization of the Ma. tional. Guard after it had been called into Federal service (Men who en. listed in the Regular Army for ac- tive service are, upon furlough to the reserve after November H., 1918, entitled to travel pay at the rate of five cents per mile from place of fur tough to place of acceptance for en- 'istment or to their actual bona f1de home or residence, at their option, provided they have not been previ- 1usly furloughed to the reserve in current enlistment and subsequently recalled to active service.)
 The place of induction in case Of men inducted under the Selective Service Law. (The place of a sol dier's induction into the service is always the site of the Local Board to which the registrant reported (Form 1928, P.M.GO.) for immediate military service. In the large major ity of cases this was the same as his Local Board of registration or origin. In some cases it was. for geographic convenience, some other local board or board of transfer In those excep- tional cases when drafted men re- ported for military service directly to camps or stations and not to Local Board for entrainmant tO can1D or