Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-09-23
.GE ORG|A FAMILIES
ARE RECEIVING j. s.
WAR RISK INSURANCE
Government Is Paying S24,-
+ 716,720 inCIaims-Moth-
ers Are the Main Benefi-
Charles Named by Men

Vial 100 lNQlIlCu Wy WGIl
Georgia families are being paid
$24,716,720 in war risk insurance
claims by Uncle Sam. He is making
restitution to those whose sons and
husbands died in the service of their
country during the greatest war of
all times.
There are 2,828 insurance claims
being paid in Georgia through the
bureau of war risk insurance to ben
ef1ciaries named at the time applica-
ton for insurance was made by SOL
diers, sailors and marines, now dead.
The average policy carried by these
2,828 men was $8,740.
Disabled soldiers, as we'll as wild
ows and children and dependent par
ents of those who have died. are
being made comfortable by the gov.
eminent, which is paying 1888 COM
pensation claims to residents of
Georgia.
In addition to the insurance and
compensation claims now being paid
in Georgia, there are 1,187 of both
these classes of claims under inves-
tigation. These cases, however, are
rapidly being adjusted following an
investigation by bureau representa-
tives.
The bureau of war risk insurance
which administers these affairs has
been established by the government
as permanent institution in recog-
milton of the services veterans of the
world war rendered their country.
The insurance which veterans are
able to carry as the result of this
act of an appreciative government
will be constant reminder to them
of the part they took in the war
whether it has been matter of &C
complishing a deed of Valor as per-
formed by Sergeant Alvin Cullum
York, of Pail Mall, Tenn, or that
of the newest recruit who only under
went the discomforts of barrack life
and was deprived of overseas service
by the armistice.
Records in the bureau show that
this has been a young mans war and
a mothers war. More than Al per
cent of the men who carried govern
ment insurance made mothers their
beneficiaries. Fathers were named
by approximately 16 per cent of the
men. ..
The average age Of the men killed
in France was twenty-three years. &c.
An examination of the records in
the bureau of war risk insurance
shows that large percentage of
married men in arranging for the
future protection of their families
planned for insurance to be paid to
their mothers, while their thought,
in arranging their compensation BEN
efts, was. for their wives.
- About 80 per cent of the men who
carried war risk insurance named
their wives in making arrangements
for compensation. Mothers were
named by % per cent, while the
wife and child" were named by IA
per cent. This is theEnatural con-
sequence of privileges granted by the
war risk insurance act. They felt
it their first duty to provide for the
immediate needs of their family,
making, at the same time, through
application for insurance, provision
for their parents in their advance
ing years.
Insurance claims which the bureau
to more than $1,012,000, 200. The
amount of premiums received from
all service men and which was de-
Quoted from their pay during the
active period of the war approx
mates only $200,000,000, or less than
one-fifth of the amount of insurance
claims. The excess above premiums
will be paid by the government.
More than 100000 men who were
born and raised on farms in the
United States and who served in the
army. navy and marine corps during
the recent world war carried ap-
proximately $1O,488, 100000 of war
risk insurance. Records show that
large percentage of this sum was
made payable to their mothers,
fathers and others who reside on
farms
Heavy Farm Loss.
According to an estimate made
by the department of agriculture,
the loss in man power to farms as
the result of former service men
giving up farm life for the city
upon their return from the war,
eventually, after the general rest
lessness brought about by the war
has subsider, will be about 500, 900.
Records in the bureau of war
risk insurance, compiled during the
rapid rehabilitation, covering the
period from January 1, 1919, to
June 1, last, show that more than
half the men change their residence
after being mustered out of the
service.
A certain percentage of the vete-
c IL.
their government insurance. In Or
der to reach those who temporarily
have allowed their insurance to
lapse, the bureau of war risk in
surance has organized a voluntary
field force which will endeavor to
conserve as much as possible of the
nearly $4,000, 100000 of insurance
carried by mon in the service
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