The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-11-22

the payment Of insurance under the
total and permanent disability fea-
ture OF the law were emphasized in
An Unexpectedly substantial manner
to group OF wounded men who
are patients at the Walter Reed
hospital, during the course of Wis
It tot he bureau at the invitation
of Director r. @. Cholmeley Jones.
When the men reached the bur
eau in the morning they were un-
aware that their condition warrant
ed the payment of insurance on the
policies which they held at the time
they were wounded in France on ac-
count OF total and permanent dis
ability. Still less did they antici-
pate that within a few hours they
could be examined by medical officers
awarded insurance and handed
checks ringing from s43s.67 to
s8SS.47, covering insurance due to
them from the dates of their injur-
les to take with them when they
returned to the hospital. Yet this
is exactly what happened.
The names Of the men and a sum-
mary of their cases follow:
I Eugene j. Morrill,, private, COM
pany NJ, 13Oth infantry. Wounded
at Albert, France, July IS, 1918, by
a high explosive shell. Suffered am
putation OF left leg and loss OF left
eye. Private Morrill, carried a war
risk insurance policy for $4,000.
He was handed a check for $SS8.47,
and will receive insurance payments
of $3.50 per month as long as he
lives.
Rolla Lee Tibbetts, private, COM
pany E, Attn infantry. Wounded at
Verdun, France; September "a, 1918.
by high explosive shell. Suffered
amputation OF left 7leg. wound in
left arm and wounds on nose and
face. Private Tibbetts carried a war
risk insurance policy for $4,000.
He received a check for $760.92 and
J will receive insurance payments of
$3.50 per month as long as he lives
James f. Harlan, private, machine
gun battalion OF 140th Tnfntry. Was
wounded at Verdun, Frnce by a
high explosive shell on September
20, 1918. Adjudged permanently
and totally disabled. Private Har-
Ian carried war risk insurance pol
icy for $4,000. lie was given a
check for s735.25, and will receive
insurance payments OF $3.50 per
month as long as he lives.
Robert A. Wolford, private, com
pany G, 311th machine gun battal-
ion. Wounded at the Battle of the
Argonne, France, November /, 1918,
by high explosive shell. Suffered
amputatlon of left leg and wound in
left arm. Private Wolford carried a
war risk insurance policy for SIC, 900
He received check for $500 and will
receive insurance payments of $3.50
per month as long as he lives.
Bartolo Lombardo, private, com
pany X, 26th battery. Wounded at
Verdun, France, July "a, 1918. by
q high explosive she'll Suffered am
putation of left leg. and wound in
right ankle. Private Bartolo carried
10000 War Risk insurance. He
received $S77.34 and will receive
insurance payments of $3.50 per
month as long as he lives.
Other wounded men from Walter
Reed are scheduled to receive SINH.
larly speedy delivery OF checks Oh
their policies and the work is to be
continued BY committee appointed
by Director Cholmeley-Jones until
all the men entitled to payments OF
insurance for permanent and total
disability have been found and Civ,
en- the money to which they are en-,
titled under their policies.
All of the men who held war risk
insurance policies and who are en-.