The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-01
FARMS FURNISHED
 0NE-F0URTH OF J. 5. MAN POWER
War Insurance Bureau Gives Interesting Data to
 All Ex-Service Men.

ASNA buted about one-fourth of the man | power of the forces of the United States enga ged in the war.
 It is estimated that 100000 men who served in the army, the navy and the marine corps were born and reared on American farms.
 \ total of 4,539,O48 men took out War Risk Insurance, their aggregate policies totalling nearly S+0,000, 900, and each policy averag ging $S,70O Of this total insurance, service men from the farming districts carried approxi- mateIy $1O,42O, 100000, and by far the greater percentage of this insur- ance was made payable to wives, mothers, fathers and other relatives who reside on farms.
 The average age of the men who fell in action, died of wounds or from other causes during the war, was 23 years, and because of their youth, by far the greater percentage were un- married men. Winch explains why 47 per cent. of the policies taken out named mothers as benefciaries, 16 | per cent. named fathers and only per cent. named wives.
 | In the original War Risk Act pro vision was made for the policies 1 written on service men during the | war to be continued as permanent 1 government insurance. To avail 1 themselves of the opportunity to con
 vert their War Risk Insurance into | permanent United States Government i Insurance it is necessary that the men 1 discharged from service continue to
 pay their monthly premiums, and at some time during the five years fol- l lowing the formal declaration of peace l ! policy
 From the record 1t appears that
 only about 25 per cent of the men
 who had insurance during the war
 are continuing to Keep up their in ! surance. This is largely due to the
 fact that the men were unfamiliar
 with the provisions of the act, Or that they have not felt financially able to carry their insurance at this time.
 To guard against any man losing i his right to government insurance be- cause of this condition the Secretary
 of the Treasury recently issued 1 ruling allowing every man IS months
 in which he has the opportunity to
 reinstate his insurance after he has
 allowed it to lapse because of non ii payment of premiums.
 This reinstatement privilege should
 
 man is not paying his premiums he is not insured. His reinstatement priv iIege merely gives him the right to again have government insurance without undergoing physical exami- nation, and upon the payment of two
 months premiums,
 B A nationwide campaign has been 7 inaugurated for direct personal con- { tact with former service men through which they may be in informed of s their rights to permanent government s insurance, and in this campaign have a been enlisted the American Red I Cross, the Y. M. c. A., the Knights i of Columbus, the Salvation Army, the j Y. M. H. A, the Boy Scouts, and q numerous other national social wei 3 fare organizations. In addition more than 50,000 life insurance agents J have been enlisted. The volunteer roll further includes thousands ot s bankers, doctors, lawyers, manufac- j turers, other business men and rep. 5 resentatives of all associations which q come in contact with dicharsged ser. !, vice men and their dependents. The former service man who lives i on the farm will be reached to large II extent through banks which have II volunteered to serve as clearins Il houses for information on War Risl Il Insurance.
 II There are six permanent forms O. Il government insurance, as follows: II 1. 20-Year Endowment. Il 2. 30-Year Endowment. Il 3. 20-Payment Life. Il 1. 30-Payment Life. Il 5. Endowment at Age 63. II 6. Ordinary Life.
 II Il the Bureau of War Risk Insuranc, II for changing the present term insur ]! ance, which was issued at the time O entering the service, into the perma
 nent forms.
 a Ten features which prominent, a stand out in the government polio, 4 are as follows:
 a 1. The total permanent disabilit, a clause is granted without cost to tn N insured and it is free from all re 9 strictions.
 A ?. Government insurance does no S charge its policy holders any over k5 head expense.
 Fl 3. It contains an extremely Hbera Ss definition of disability. M A. It gives very substantial pay g ments.
 B 5. It contains no age restrictions. E 6. It is unrestricted as to trave, E residence or occupation. E '. Premiums paid in advance ar sI refunded down to the month, in cas N of death.
 E 8. The policy fs non-taxable. E g. Unusually liberal cash, loar E paid up insurance and extended terr M insurance values are included. E 10. It participates in dividends E If the policy Colder is unable t H H keep the full amount of the War Ris E Insurance he carried while in tn E service, he may reinstate part of E from $1,O00 up to s1O,OO0 in mutt E pies of $500. Reductions may l. R made in multiples of $500 to an H amount, but not less than $1,OO s Premiums are due on the first of th E month, although payments may r E made during. the calendar month, E In automobile accidents the often, E ing motorist was always driving veI E slowly, but his steering gear at ju E that instant took a notion to get O