Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-06
WAR RISK IS ON
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 Recog-
nize Fully the Great Importance of
Aviation in Naval Warfare.
ey JAMES P. HoRNApAY.

/ NdSHlnStOn.-Ine 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 h ready to close its
doors. With the passing of that ac-
| tfVity the governments financial re-
| SponsGility to the service men will be
through the insurance agreements it
has made with thems Issuance of the
Insurance policies for the permanent
| (converteO 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 ii
is expected that they will be mailed
out before June l.
With the insurance business of the
bureau on a current basis it is now
anticipated that former service men
who have been deferred from keeping
ur 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 enlarging 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-Iaw, sister
in-law. person who has stood in the
relation of parent TO the insured
for Il period of one year or more prior
10 the inSured's enlistment or Undue
ton, the children of such person. par
ent, grandparent, step-parent or par
ens through adoption of the insured's
wife or husband.
1t is also anticipated that the pro-
vision of the new law which permits
lump sum payments at the option of
the insured or converted policies Cor
binary life, Unemployment life, thir-
Fv-r two ~
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, ii seems,
to not know how to go 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 it is now
in force, should apply to 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
Iumhus. Jewish Welfare board, Y. NJ
c. A. or to the fraternal or welfare
organizations which are in a 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 unsatiS
factory form letters. in all cases which
require detailed and specific answers
Strides of great importance TO the
millions of former service men anC
their relatives and beneficiarieS have
been made toward bringing the inSur
ance business of the bureau to an alb
solutely current basis in the prompt
answering of mail and acknowledg
ment of premiums paid. The record.
of accumulated work disposed of show
conclusively such an enormous an(
| distinctive Improvement in the expe
| diting of the business that it is be
lieved that within the next month the
| insurance division will be giving Il,
rapid and accurate service as do any
efficiently managed organizations il
| commercial life.
Opinions as to Navy Differ.
The two houses of congress will
have TO iron out many conflict
| ing views in regard to the ma
val building program that is TO be
provided for in this sessions nava
| appropriation bill. In one camp are
| the big navy men. in another the littl,
navy men, and in between is cam
made up of senators and representa-
tives who favor middle GROUND
course
There were indications during TIL,
hearings that. if the committee recon
mendS authorization of any new ship'