Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
NSI
AND COM TON
Speakers VIII Tell Rights OF Dis
charged Service Men And
Answer Questions
STATE HOUSE TOMORROW

yefary. has arranged for meeting to-
morrow evening to every discharged
earsics rnan OF any who are % be dis
chakged. III which the important sub-A
secGs or compensation aud insurance
viii be discussed The meeting Will
aiso be ol value To the melnheEa Of the
immediate family of discharged men.
and these are invited The meeting
wgn take place III the Old Senate
Chamber OF the State House.
Thore VIII he two speakers. sent by
The bureau from Washington through
the efforts 81 Mas Enniss and each
viii devote himself 10 one subject
An opportunity will be given 70 every
one present 10 Ask such questions -
dealred about the subject The mat
fera ere highly Important and may
mean great deal 10 the discharged
men and their families now and ~ the
suEsre.
The subject 81 compensation Is a
Big one and Ii not generally UNDER
stood at present II Ii ORs Of the
tialnga the. government q undertaking
Ia do Tor ils discharged service men
along lines and on a scale that no
other nation has ever undertaken -
hrlef. II may be said thai the United
States III undertaking to put any man
whose efficiency has been impaired IL
any way through his services back
whore ne was. and In many cases bet
Ter equipped to engage IN the strag-
gle De life than ne had been before.
This Il III doing by treatment v0catsoR-
III training and BY financial conlpensa
lion. The latter takes The place q
tho old pension system.
It may be said that some Annapolis
service men are already receiving the
benefit az seme branch Of this work.
one soldier. who was wounded and Is
not yet III physical Or nervous condI-
sion Ia so back to work. - receiving
thirty dollars 4 month. which helps
him greatly. until he II fully restored.
The amounts may be leasened or taken
away entirely, or may be Increased
according To the condition Of the serv-
Ice man. II there is any impairment
Mhataver, the Government Ii anxious
eO restore and compensate the man.
Compensation ID allowed On the fol-
lowing basis:
FOR d man With neither wife nor
child living. $50.
For man with D wife but Nd child,
4SB.
g'or man. wife and one child, S55.
FOR man, wife and two children,
9ss.
nor man. wife and three Or more
children. s7s.
For man with no wife but one
child, $40. with so for each addition
al child up to two.
Ii he has a mother or father either
ur both dependent upon him for sup
port, Iii addition To the above amounts,
SO FOR each.
For q man who Is totally disabled
and III addition No helpless az to be.
hi constant need Of nurse or attend
ami. ~ addilionai sum not exceeding
so per na0nth may hs paid
Far snnn who has lost both feet.
both hands or both eyes, or has be-
eosae totally blind az helpless and per-
lnanen4lv hadradden from causes &C.
curing I'd iine 81 duty ii the service
a the United States. the monthly CONF
nenaaslon shall be 500. but no allow
nnca Il made for b nurse or attend
ant where compensation 0f 800 per
month il paid.
The var risk insurance Is quite
apart from the system 81 allowances
for soldiers families while In the
service or compensation while he IS
out. and Is the return on the prenl-
lnnls paid by the soldier when condi-
lions arise against which he Is In
aured. SO far insurance. n payable
eOssly on death or total disability, but
there Is i movement to provide for
partial payments for partial disability.
This Ii one of the subjects on which
information can be secured at tonlor-
row evenings meeting.
Insurance was taken up during the
var b. nearly All 81 the service men.
iii nuifpiies of $1,000 up 10 $4,000.
Many os them have the largest amount
The question now arises as to rlaia-
tanning this Insurance now that the
men are out Of the service. The prenl-
Inns may be paid monthly and vary
according to the age OF the insured.
The premiums are small, compared
With tie same kind of insurance from
the companies, but increases Within
nve years after the close Of the war.
the war Insurance Is converted into
sons kind of old-lEne insurance, hut
the rate will always he about forty
per rent less than ordinary insurance.
Aecurding 90 the present scheme.
the Insurance, as Il becomes payable.
81 not paid as Il whole, but Ia month
III payments. reaching about seven per
cent annually on the whole amount.
III other words. The amount Of the
policy Ia invested at about seven per
cent However. the bureau has been
st work o. scheme whereby . lump
sum may be taken Instead. This. ans
many ether features, will be explain
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