Evening star., 1919-10-12
WORLD-WAR VETERANS
A Column Devoted to the Interests of the Men Who
Defended the Nation on Land and at Sea.

Representative julius Kahn, who. it
will be remembered. led the selective
draft act through the House. discuss
ed at recent gathering of Army
finance officers the subject of added
bonuses to soldiers, sailors and ma
rines. He had been talking about
the burden of raising by added taxa
ton the billion dollars annually rec
commended by the War Department for
the Army. He pointed out that if
some of the many bills introduced for
bonuses were enacted into laws they
would carry with them a further bur-
den of perhaps s3.ooo.ooo,0oo
He said that reports showed that of
the whole number of men discharged
from the Army not more than 10000
are unemployed and that most of
them have secured positions much
better than they had before they went
into the Army. They are better men.
Congress, he promised, intends that
every disabled man of the war shall
nave job, or, if unable to work, shall
have care from the government But
he urges that every self-respecting
soldier served his country not for the
money that was in it. but to maintain
its freedom; and that now to seek a
cash payment is to cheaper the serv-
ice by putting it on a commercial
basis.
The forthcoming census offers many
jobs to soldiers, sailors and marines
who have left
Census Jobs Available the service
for Veterans. . ADou. BOW
the census bureau at Washington.
D. c., will last until the operation is
over, and there will be $4,000 oppor-
tunities for employment as field
enumerators for two to four weeks.
The Civil Service Commission-for
all the clerkships are classified-has
made it easy for the veterans. They
nave to reach a passing mark of but
65 against the standard of 10 for
clVllans: and If they pass at any
mark they are placed at the head
OF the list and get the Job in pref
erence to the civilians who NAV have
passed a 100 per cent examination
A soldier seeking one of these clerk
ships should apply at once to the
Civil Service Commission. Washjng.
ton, D. C. The commissioners will
tell him what to do in order to take
the examinations, which will be held
in the various districts October ~
and November Is.
Ihe choice Of the field enumerators
rests with the supervisors (sixty-five
OF whom are veterans of this war;
OF the 1862 census districts. Although
c1ss enese appointments f are not in the
VIII hold competitive tests, giving the
preference where possible to the ex-
service men.
A bill introduced by Representative
sweet OF Iowa, enlarging the scope
of the war
Effect Of Pending risk bill. has
War Risk Changes. Ran.s pa e ID, d the ,e
now pending in the Senate commit
tee. The committee has given no
indication of what it will do with
1t: but If it becomes a law II will
increase the compensations to dis
aoied veterans-in case of total disa-
pil1ty the compensation will be as
much as 500 a month. The bill pro-
poses TO expand the list of bene-
nclar1es OF insured ex-soldiers to In
ciuae those who stood in the place
OF the parent, and will include uncles
aunts. nephews and nieces. brothers
and sisters-in-alw
Inc pian OF war risk insurance. as
outlined in the letter of Assistant
secretary Of Commerce Edwin r,
sweet, and followed by the Secretary !
OF the Treasury, was to create A suh.
stitute. for the old pension system
and In such case the benefits were
properly under strict Limitation. Now
1t is the plan of the government to |
maintain the insurance office for the
benent OF veterans. 1t lis only reason
able that the insured should have the
same libertyyof choice Of beneficiaries
that a commercial insurance company |
would allow.
This act will also provide for the
of the twenty-year pay
ments to cash or three-year payments. |
SO that a beneficiary will have the
option of cash or long deferred pay.
ments. This Is a departure from the |
ldea OF the pension substitute and /
probably will receive careful consid- !
Grafton before it is accepted.
Here is something which discharged
soldiers are expected to bear in mind. |
Inc war FISK j
Provision in Cases insurance actI
of Disability. pno'''eo pro eomnens.
tion shall be payable for death or dis |
ability which does not occur prior to
or within one year after discharge or
resignation from the service, except ,
that where. after a medical examina-
tion made pursuant to regulations, at
the time of discharge OF resignation
from the service. or within such rea-
enable time thereafter. not exceed
ing one year. as may be allowed by
regulations, a certificate has been
obtained from the director to the ef-
feet that the injured person at the
time of his discharge or resignation
was suffering from injury likely to
result in death or disability"
These compensations are the allow
ance made by the government for dis
ability and are not to be confused
with the benefits derived from the
policy Of insurance. This provision
Of law was designed for the express
purpose Of cutting of abuses which
inevitably spring up under a pension
system: and all veterans who suppose
themselves likely to claim benefits
should make themselves safe by OBJ
serving this provision and should