Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-18


low his old occupation successfully
without training or needs 10 he trained
for some new and suitable occupation
for which training is feasible.
The federal board for vocational
education will bear the entire cost Of
the mans training Ii will pay for his
tuition: it viii furnish him with books
and other necessary supplies and 1t
will pay all other expenses that may
arise i'm connection with his training.
During the time he is following
course Of instruction with the federal
board he will, If a single man without
dependents or a man required by his
course of instruction TO live apart
from his dependents be paid by the
government ut least $G5 per month. lie
may be paid more. II, for example, he
received more than SG5 per month rs
pay for his last month of active serv-
ice, he viii receive this same pay dur
ing his entire course Of training. Fur.
thermore, if his disability is such that
his monthly compensation under the
war risk insurance act is greater than
$50, he will, Of course. continue to re-
ceiye this sum, whatever it may be,
during his entire course.
a married man and his wife will re-
ceiye SO per month from the govern
ment. provided they live together
while he is taking course Of inStruc-
tion. Ii his course is such that he must
live apart from his wife the govern
ment Will pay him $50 per month and
his wife $50 per month. The larger
his family the larger the amount paid
by the government for its support,
whether living together or separately
while he is being educated.
Allowance to Dependents.
The same allowance and allotment
win be paid to dependents as was paid
To them While the man was in the ac-
tive service. If he is married, his wife
will receive $50 a month. Ii he has
wife and child they will receive $40
month, and SO will be paid for each
additional child up to three. If he
has Il mother dependent upon him she
will receive the same amount she re-
Ceiyed while he was in the service.
In the case of a commissioned Off.
Ger undergoing training the support
paid by the government will always
equal the pay for the last month of ac-
tive service, an amount always in eX-
cess Of the minimum guarantee of 500
per month, He will be expected TO
maintain his dependents out Of the
amount paid him while undergoing
training.
When the disabled soldier has COM
pleted his course Of training he will
receive the compensation prescribed
by the war risk insurance act so long
as his disability continues.
That there is danger of confusing
compensation with insurance payments
is shown in the cases Of some dis
charged men TO whom compensation
had been granted for injuries received
in line of duty and who have discon-
tinued payments Of their insurance
premiums. In some instances they
have discontinued such premium pay
uAents owing to mistaken belief that
the sums they are receiving monthly
from the government were insurance
payments.
Only in those cases where the dis
ability from which the man is suffer-
ing is total and permanent does the
nf t,u G
by the disabled man who Is receiving
compensation involve no risk and
cause no harm. This is because in
cases of total and permanent disability
there is a right to recover government
insurance payments as well as compen-
sdtion, which made further premium
payments unnecessary as soon as the
disability was in fact total and perma-
ncnt.
Should Verify Payments.
Any man who is receiving what he
believes to be insurance payments
should carefully verify that the
payments he is so receiving ar in fact
insurance payments rather than com
pensatOn payments, and should not
cease making insurance payments I'M
til he has definitely determined that
the payments he is receiving are gov
eminent insurance payments rather
than compensation payments.
The Red Cross is undertaking to see
that every discharged soldier or sailor
coming to its attention is fully in
formed as to his rights TO compensa-
ton and insurance, and gives assist
ance in making application for it.
When the arrangements for training
have been made the Red Cross is pre-
pared to see that the family receives
supplementary assistance or service
which may be needed in addition to
the provision made by the government.
Since, under the law, the taking of vo-
cational training is entirely optional
with the man, and his own will and
ambition must first be enlisted in or