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than 65 per cent Is lost within six
years after payment. Income insur-
anee undoubtedly is the best kind for
the benefeiaries Of our Colored service
men, who, for the most part. are I'M
accustomed to handling large sums Of
money. Many would lose thenoney al
together by spending it fOolishly, by
unwise investments, or in other ways.
However. this feature will in all prob
ability, be changed very soon, in order
to give the insured a chance TO choose
between the lump sum and the install
ment plan OF payment.
The opportunity which is now offered
service men 10 continue their Govern
ment insurance, Is one that no soldier
can afford 10 overlook II is a rare
opportunity and any good insurance
man will admit IL. Should YOU meet
eOuragingly concerning Government In
an insurance agent who speaks dis
suance, you may be sure that he Is
either uniformed. OF has a personal
or selfish interest which he Is hoping
10 serve. There are more than 10000
insurance agents enrolled as boosters
of Uncle Sam 5 Insurance.
Ii is indeed interesting to note the
number of inquiries that are pouring
into this Office from women and chill
drcn OF the race who have been
rrarhcd by our campaign of contact
and who have some relative or loved
enc whose Government insurance pol
icy they are anxious to save.
In the far Southland. whence a very
considerable number of our eOlOred
troops came, we know of family that
gave their bread-earneTs TO Uncle sam.
all of whom went upon that journey
from no mortal returns and are now
closed in behind those gates from which
no mortal ever escapes Two of those
three sons died in battle; they each
carried $4,000 of Government Insur-
anee which now pays their benefeiaries
fll5.OO every month. The third son
returned from war unsearred and
healthy. He returned TO civil life and
allowed his Government insurance TO
lapse and, in all probability, would
have lost his claim TO this valuable
protection had it not been for the wO-
men folk of the family who learned,
by reading the papers that Uncle Sam
was allowing his service men TO re-
claim their Government Insurance pol
icies. Immediately, the mother and
sisters began to urge the returned sol
der of the family TO have his war pol |
icy reinstated. The young man had
only been reirstated two months when
he was thrown from a horse and killed. |
Sad as it may be that all three erst-
while bread earners of this family are 4
gone, under present conditions their
dependents are receiving $lT2.5O each |
month by virtue of the Government
insurance that they pudently carried.
This is a concrete illustration of the
advantage that Government
insurance offers. Let this become a
lesson to all wives, sweethearts and
1ther loved ones of our ex-serviee men.
Get busy at once and urge HIM to
save his Government Insurance.
Finally, it is hoped that in years TO
come, the War Risk Policy will be a
to the home of every col
pred war veteran in America, just as
i was a means of sustaining the civic
fabric and morale of our eolored eiti-
zens while their representatives helped
safeguard the honor and the integrity
Of the nation, and just as it is a safe
guard to the home of the family spoken
If above, which would otherwise be in
destitute circumstances.