Gilpin observer., 1919-05-08
RED CROSS NOTES
A. R. c. HOME SERVICE.

Well, we have celebrated our
first birthday anniversary and we
had birthday cake too!
A year ago when Miss Vaile
came and talked to us of Civilian
Relief and Home Service, it was
thought that there would be no
work for such a committee in this
community and nobody objected
to being a member of the same be-
cause there would be nothing to
do. Oh! What a delusion!
If you could see the correspond
ence concerning Insurance, Trans
portation, $50 Bonus, Home Ser
vice Overseas, Handbook Chang
es, Vocational Education, Non
payment of Allotments and AL
lowances, Discharged Soldiers
and Sailors Engaged in Peddling.
Compensation, and many other
things that come pouring in, you
might realize something of the
scope of the work.
Besides the above mentioned
there are all sorts of labors that
cannot be recorded. During the
past year there has been an aver
age each month of twenty famil-
les dealt with in one way or an
other thru the Home Service.
If you are in need of advice or
wish information, don't hesi-
tate to call upon the Home Ser
vice committee. We are always
willing and glad to serve in any
possible way. Ready to serve is
our watchword.
1t is vitally important that SOL
diers keep up their insurance with
the United States government.
You will be able to change it lat
er into a standard government
policy without medical examina-
tion. The government will write
ordinary life insurance, 2O-pay-
ment life, endowment maturing
at age 62, and other usual forms
of insurance. This will be gov
ernment rates. The Bureau will
be ready shortly to take care of
the conversion of policies. In
the meantime keep up your prem
iums and HOLD ON TO UNCLE
SANS INSURANCE! u.
The following statement by
Carter Glass, secretary of the
treasury may straighten out some
confused ideas.
Considerable confusion and
much misunderstanding seems to
prevail among the relatives and
benefciaries of men in the mill
tary and naval service as to their
rights under the War Risk Insur-
ance Act. Many mothers and
fathers named as beneficiaries of
the government insurance applied
for by their sons have gained the
impression that they must prove
dependency in order to receive
payments of insurance. This is
an entirely erroneous impression
probably due to a confusion of
the insurance and compensation
provisions of the Act of Congress
of October 6, 1917, and to mis-
taken assumption that the terms
Insurance" and Compensation"
are used INTERCHANGEABLE, where
as they represent two entirely
separate and distinct benefits.
Insurance is payable regardless
of any dependency and benefic-
iary designated in an application
for government insurance if with
in the permitted class of spouse.
child, grandchild, parent, broth
er, or sister is entitled to receive
the insurance in monthly Install
ments without proving any de-
tendency upon the insured.
compensation, however, that
is separate and apart from insur-
ance and takes the place of the
pensions provided under the old
pension system is payable only to
wife, child, dependent mother.
or dependent father of a man who
is disabled or dies as a result of
injury suffered or disease con-
tracted in the line of duty while
employed in the active service.
Compensation may be payable in
addition to insurance, but
mother or father must prove ac-
tual dependency in order to re-
ceive monthly payments of COM
pensation altho they will receive
the insurance in monthly Install
ments if named as the beneficiary
| thereof whether they are danond-