Evening star., 1919-11-16

barely sixteen years when he was
killed in the Trugny wood, near
Chateau Thierry. France. Such is the
brief record of the lad from Brook
line, Mass, in whose memory Con-
gress is now asked to grant his
parents the congressional medal OF
honor. This boy carried a light auto
matte rifle and had become one 'of
the most skillful men Of the division
in handling his favorite weapon. lust
beyond the little town of Epieds on
the S1st of July. young Scott was
stationed at path in the woods un-
der orders to let no German get
across They tried. but again and
again he emptied the automatic. In
the end sharpshooter got him
When the fight was over and his COM
rads had cleared the wood they found
a. stack of thirty dead and wounded
boches who had fallen before that
deadly rifle.
Now Representative Gallivan is urg-
ing that Congress grant the meoai
posthumously to his parents: and Gen.
Pershing, whom he saw, is under-
stood to indorse the application
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Among the few million policy hold
ers of war risk insurance some have
.. lost their poll
Inst Po1icies of cies; and natu-
rally feel anxi-
war INSURANCE. Gus over the loss.
Inquiry develops the fact that the
loss means nothing very serious. for
the bureau has records of all policies
and will protect the insured as far
as possible. But it is better, they say,
to give the matter prompt attention
The thing to do in such cases is to
write to the bureau of war risk in
surance, Washington. D. G.. and re-
quest duplicate policy. When writ
Ing, give the following data, II pos
sible: The name of the insured; the
home of the insured at the time he
entered the Army; his unit: his own
and his beneficiary's present address;
the name of the original benenclafy'
and the number of the policy, which
may be found on the receipts for the
premiums. Give all the names IN 1ull
and spell them exactly as you did IN
making the application for the in
surance. If the application be made
by mail. it may take some days Tor
an answer; but on personal applca-
ton to the inquiry clerk. it took Just
five minutes to obtain new policy.
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There is a lot of misunderstanding
about the relation between compensa-
tion allowance
War Insurance and war FISK
Not Compensation. About the only
thing common to both is that the gov
ernment pays each to the war vet
erans through the same agency-the
bureau of war risk insurance. The
government pays compensation In
varying degrees to man as he is
more or less incapacitated by reason
of sickness or injury arising from his
military service during the present
war. This compensation does not de-
pVnd in the slightest degree upon the
amount of his insurance or whether he
has any. The amount of the compen-
sation depends solely upon the degree
of his incapacity and whether or not
it be permanent. The test is whether
the incapacity arose from wound or
disease incurred in the military sarv-
ice. However, he cannot receive COM
pensation as long as he remains in the
service, the government then provid-
ing for him in another manner.
The man who has a war risk insur-
ance. unless he converts it into short
term insurance, ordinarily gets no
personal benefit from it other than the
making of provision for his depend
ents; but there is. one important ex-
ception. and that one most ex-service
men do not know. If man with one
of these policies becomes totally dis
abled at any time for any reason
whatever-not necessarily for war
service-the law declares that his poll
icy has matured; he pays no more
premiums to keep It alive; and the
government forthwith begins to pay
to him the amounts due under the
terms of his policy. This insurance
payment does not depend at all upon
whether or not the beneficiary is re-
ceiving compensation allowance. He
may receive both. = -
Many are looking eagerly to Con-
gress to learn the fate of the Sweet
bill. since it
Interested in will. if en-
Increased Allowance. wy ,,',
increase the rates of disability COM
pensation. This bill, introduced by
Representative Sweet of Iowa, pro-
vides two rates for disability, depend
ing upon whether it is temporary or
permanent. If permanent and total.
the rate proposed is 500 a month. and
If temporary. $50 per month. with de-
scending amounts fixed according to
a carefully constructed scale of disa-
bilities down to 10 per cent. The pres
ent law gives maximum OF but $50
a month; and that is the rate at which
the totally disabled have been paid
since they were entitled to receive the
compensation. The Sweet act proposes
to make the full amount. retroactive;
so that, If it becomes the law, the
severely injured will receive substan-
tial sums in a lump.
The War Department is trying to
make known that good ex-service
men can ind ex-
Good Jobs for cellent jobs in
Ex.Service Men. v.-a. a,ons w.
Atlantic coast. It announces that the
Bethlehem Ship Corporation. Limited
at Point Sparrow. has openings for
frst-class mechanics in practically
eve9y shipyard trade; and to such mer
1T pays so cents an hour. That concern
now wants $500 mechanics helpers. tc
whom 1t pays 81 cents an hour. and
bright young men in from four to si1
months can rate as mechanics anG
earn the higher pay.
1t also announces that the ship.
ring board is in need of first-clas.
radio operators. and this offers q
epIendid opening for the young mer
who. either in the Navy radio school,
or in the Army Signal Corps, tool
radio instruction. The requirement.
are not very high; for in order to OBJ
tain the government license the ap
Dlicants need TO receive only twent.