Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-20

which was his mothers last name,
is affixed to every official docu-
ment. Where a name is recorded
in this manner. the mother of the
boy, in writing to the bureau in
curing about his insurance, says
his name is Sepulveda. II the
father writes. he informs the bu-
reau his sons name is Colozan
Another source of annoyance
DELAY is the number of men with
the same surname, as well as iden-
teal initials. There are 1000 j. A.
Crowns. 5000 c. +. Johnsons, g.
600 II. II. Millers, $4,000 j. W.
Smiths, and so on. in the records
There were forty John Patter-
sons in the service, twenty-five
James Quinns, twenty-seven John
Flynns, eighty John Roberts, ten
Harry Roberts and IA Charlie Rob
erts. There are 1l9 Robert Z.
Lees who have various middle
names beginning with L. OF George
Washingtons there are 1913. and
there are six with the modest
name of General Washington,
forty-seven John Quincy Adams
and five Abraham Lincolns.
Foreign names are often typed
incorrectly because the soldier at
the time of making application for
insurance may have been unfamil-
lar with English and made a mis-
take in repeating the spelling to
the army or navy clerk,
Frequently one mans name may
be spelled in four or five ways. If
relatives, parents or someone in
terested in his welfare inquiries
about his insurance, each will spell
lit in their way.
Porto Rico sent to the Colors
.S94 young men whose surname
was Rodriguez. of this number
which is almost large enough to
make complete battalion there
were but seven first names. as fol-
lows: Domingo, Francisco, Jose,
Juan, Romon, Tomas and Antonio.
The serial number of each man
was in the 600, 600. OF the Jose
Rodriquezs, fifty-one were mem
bers of the 374th infantry. There
were twenty-nine Francisco Rodri-
quezs in the 373d. 374th and 315th
Iinfantries. The remainder were
scattered through the various reg
ILmentS.
| Another interesting custom from
overseas which causes the girls
Hours of thought and searching Is
| the Scandinavian idea of changing
| the name with each generation.
For instance. the youth who was a
soldier in Uncle Sans army, bears
the name of John Thompson, His
beneficiary is his father, Thomas
Johnson. There is an ancient Gus
tom, for the first name of the
father to be adopted for the last
name of the son. with the word
"son'' added. The father. therefore,
is Thomas johnson, while the son
would be John Thompson.
Imagination and the knowledge
of various languages is essential
where foreign names are literally
Anglicized. Fraize in French. for
example, means Strawberry in Eng
lish, This man may have signed
his application for insurance at the
time of entering the army as
Strawberry, giving the English
version. His parents may write
the bureau seeking information on
their sons insurance and say that
his name is Fraize. Thus the
lsearchers would have to secure
both the foreign and the English
versions to determine who the man
might be.
Whenever a communication is re-
inrixvAI an11NrlpfA in fnCn1q inT,
lis not given, it is necessary to turn
the case over to a girl investigator
who, sometimes. is compelled &c
spend hours and maybe days in To-
eating the correct name of the
party as it appears on the records
of the bureau. This often delays
the answering of correspondence.
The bureau calls attention to the
fact that in all communications re.
igarding insurance matters the fol
lowing information should be given
Full name of enlisted man (first
middle and last name.(
Present address.
Address at time of entering serv
ice.
Allotment Cor compensation Of
insurance. number.
Date of enlistment.
! Date of discharge.
Organization at time of allot
ment Cor taking out of insurance
if writing about insurance.
Organization and rank at time o
discharge.
Army serial number (if in TIL,
larmY.)
Name of person in whose faro
allotment was made Cor insurance
beneficiary)
Address of person receiving al
allotment Cor insurance benefic
iary) street, city, state.
Relationship of allottee Cor in
Lsurance heneficiarNl to enlisted,