The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-04-02
WAR RISK IS ON
Is CURRENT BASIS
ALLOTMENT DIVISION WILL BE
ABLE TO CLOSE ITS DOORS
IN A SHORT TIME.
CONFLICT OF NAVAL VIEWS
American Experts DO Not Consider
the 6attleship Obsolete, but ReeoO-
nize Fully the Great Importance Of
Aviation In Naval Warfare.
BY JAMES P. HoRNApAY.

BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.
Washington.-Th government Is be-
ginning to see daylight in its financial
dealings with the 100000 men who
entered the world war. Within short
time the allotment division of the war
risk bureau will be ready to close Its
doors. With the passing of that ac-
tivity the governments financial re-
sponsibility to the service men will be
through the insurance agreements 1t
has made with them. Issuance of the
insurance policies for the permanent
(converted) government life insurance,
which are desired by all the men who
are insured, has been delayed pending
the completion of legislation which
now has been passed. The new poll
cies are now being completed by the
actuarial and legal experts and sent to
the government printing Office, and it
is expected that they will be mailed
out before June 1.
With the insurance business of the
bureau on q current basis it is now
anticipated that former service men
who have been deferred from keeping
up their insurance, by reason of the
delays which they had experienced in
the handling Of their accounts, will
take advantage of the liberal provi
sions for the reinstatement of war risk
insurance by the payment of two
monthly premiums and a satisfactory
statement of health and will get back
on the books.
Attractive Features of New Law.
The new law has made the insur-
ance more attractive by charging the
list Of permitted beneficiaries to in
clude parent, grandparent, step-parent,
parent through adoption, wife or hus-
band, child, grandchild, stepchild
adopted child, brother, sister, half
brother, half-sister, brother through
adoption, sister through adoption,
stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt,
nephew, niece, brother-in-law, sister
in-law, person who has stood in the
relation of parent to the insured
for period of one year or more prior
to the insuredS enlistment or Undue
ton, the children of such person, par
ent, grandparent, step-parent or par
ent through adoption Of the insured's
wife or husband.
1t is also anticipated that the pro-
lump sum payments at the option Of
the insured or converted policies Tor
binary life, twenty-payment life, thir-
ty-payment life, twentyyear end0w-
ment, thirty-year endowment, and en-
dowment at age sixty-two) will great
ly increase the number Of conversions
into the permanent forms of govern
ment life insurance.
How to Obtain Reinstatement.
Many of the service men, it seems,
to not know how to 90 about making
an application for reinstatement of
war risk insurance. The war risk bu-
reau offers this advice:
"Former service men desiring to re-
instate war risk insurance which has
lapsed or been Cancelled, or to convert
their insurance in case where ii is now
in force, should apply 10 any post Of
the American Legion, the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, or other organizations
of former service men, army, navy and
marine corps, recruiting stations, state
insurance commissioners. any home
service section of the American Red
Cross, Salvation Army, Knights of Co
lumbus. Jewish Welfare board, Y. NJ
G. A.. or to the fraternal or welfare
organizations which are in q position
to furnish blanks and necessary infor-
nation. Or if they prefer to do So
they should write directly TO the in
surance division, bureau of war risk
insurance, Washington. d. c."
Former service men are assured
that they will be answered promptly
from now on with real letters instead
of with form paragraphs or unsafis-
factory form letters. in all cases which
require detailed and specific answers.
Strides of great Importance to the
millions of former service men ana
their relatives and benefciarieS have
heen made toward bringing the insur-
ance business of the bureau to an alb
solutely current basis in the prompt
answering Of mail and acknowledge
ment of premiums paid. The records
of accumulated work disposed @f show
conclusiyely such an enormous and
distinctive improvement In the expe-
diting of the business that If is be-
lieved that within the next month the
insurance division will he giving as
rapid and accurate service as do any
efficiently managed organizations in
Commercial life.
Opinions Sc to Navy Differ.
The two houses Of congress VIII
nave to iron out many conflict
ing views in regard to The ma
val building program that is to be
pro, led for in this sessions naval
apprt CREATION bill In one camp are
the big navy men, in another the little
navy meg, and in between is camp
made uI, of senators and representa-
tives WIN favor middle ground
course
There were indications during the
hearings that. if the committee recon-