The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
WarRisk

Sneed Sasser, assistant to Lothair
Smith. assistant to the director.
has been appointed director Of In
surance Division School. which has
been organized to give a special
course of instruction by lectures
to specially competent employees of
the division who desire to qualify
as examiners and reviewers. As
sistant lecturers include Miss Ar
cley r. Marshall. who has had wide
experience in the instruction of
new clerks. and who organized the
correspondence school. and Mrs.
Mary Garrett. formerly in charge
of school conducted under the au-
spices of the Government Insur-
ance Subdivision. About 100 super
visors. dictators, analyzers and
other employees are taking the
course.
The course of lectures include
talks by insurance experts and d.
vision chiefs on the war risk in
surance act and amendments there
to. Treasury decisions and bureau
rules and regulations, and common
practices and procedure in the
handling of premium accounting.
compensation and insurance claims.
The BENEFITS accorded eN-service
men under the act have been ex-
tended by the provisions of the
Sweet bill recently passed by Con-
gress, which increases compensa-
tion paid to the disabled service
men more than 100 per cent, and
which also provides for the pay
ment of converted insurance in a
lumr sum. II Is also desired to
familisrize the insurance division
employees with other features of
the law in order that they may
perform their work more intelli-
gently.
Franklin Townsend. jr.. formerly
chief Of premium receipts section.
has been appointed executive as
sistant to Director Cholmeley-
Jones. to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Ballard Dunn.
Capt. E W. Bonnaffon. U. S. N,
assistant director. in charge of the
insurance division. now has as his
assistants Col f. w. Fullam. in
charge of operations, and Lothair
Smith. in charge of procedure.
NJ. L. Sweet has been appointed TO
the position of manager OF the Ad-
ministration Subdivision.
T. N. Anderson has been appoint
ed to the position of manager of
the Government Insurance Subdi-
vision, which handles the policies
of ex-service men who have con-
verted their insurance.
c. NJ Ninbigler has been appoint
ed chief of the Premium Receipts
and Accounting Subdivision.
]. r. Simpson has been appointed
manager of the Term Insurance Sub
division which handles yearly re-
newable term policies prior 20 their
conversion into one or more of the
permanent forms issued by the gov
ernment.
H. w. Longfellow has been -sp-
pointed manager OF the Correspond
ence Subdivision.
G. E. Loges has been appointed
chief of the Orders and Regulations
section.
e. NJ. Atkin has been appointed
personnel oficer OF the Insurance
Division. which now numbers S.Too
employees.
The amount of insurance granted
to the nghting forces Of the United
States since the establishment of
the bureau has now reached q grand
total Of s4o.4se. .ooo, 600 in round fg-
ures. Although this 10 only one
phase of the bureaus work. IL II
Hone OF the most important IL was
devised to take the place In con-
junction with compensation also
provided In the act. for pensions
which have been granted veterans
of the Spanish-Amsrican and Civil
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