New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-13

taken out by their boys in the
bureau of war-risk insurance cOnsti-
tuted 1875 per cent of the whole, or
a group almost as large as the sum
Of all other groups of all other bene-
ficiaries named, according to Il report
by the bureau concerning the deaths
and disabilities incurred by members
Of the American forces at home and
abroad in relation to the payment of
military and naval insurance and
compensation as provided by the war
risk insurance act. The group of
fathers Is second In size and the
group of wives occupies third place,
being only 10 per cent. The fact that
the majority OF the beneiiciaries were
parents. it is pointed out. was due TO
the army being made up largely OF I'M
married men.
Up to June 30, 1919, a total OF III
SS5 insurance claims have been re-
ceived and Of these 1O5.O5O have re-
ceived awards. while 11,S32 claims
were still pending at that date and
only 1000 had failed to establish any
claim upon which the bureau could
act. The report shows that the aver
age duration of over 100000 policies
analyzed. that Is the length Of time
from the date the policy became ef-
fpctive to time of death or permanent
total disability occurred, has proved
to be five and one-half months be-
tween the time of taking out insur-
ance and death, and four months ana
twenty-One days between the taking
out of the insurance and total perlna-
nent disability. In 1860 cases death
or disability occurred In the same
calendar months in which the insur-
ance was granted. The maximum
losses in our forces occurred In Oc-
tober. 1913. the report shows, and the
ma xlmum of insurance payable for
death and total permanent disability
during that month amounted TO S29S,-
S95,940.
Nearly All Deaths In Army.
or 99,6o5 deaths covered by contract
Insurance. over 80 per cent were
among those insured serving In the
army, In comparison with nearly 3 per
cent serving in the marine corps, n
with over @ per cent among the In
sured serving In the navy. The aver
age amount OF insurance policies held
by members OF the four principal
army and naval establishments upon
which claims have been awarded up
to June 30, 1919. Is shown to be $9,243
In the army. $9,0i7 In the marine
corps, So, 435 In the navy and $3.50
in the coast guard.
A striking excess percentage or
suicides among commissioned officers
is revealed by the report, which shows
that of the 633 suicides In all ranks
TS. or II per cent, were among ON
GERS. However the mortality OF tins
class constituted only : per cent OF
the total number of deaths. Otherwise
stated, of the 300 deaths among Off
GERS rs, or L. per cent, were suicides,
while of the 99,276 deaths among pri-
Yates and noncommlssioned officers
only go or 90 per cent were suicides
Strike Record Of 1919 Is Bad.
Over 4,OO0,0OO persons were In
yolved in 1888 strikes and l2l lock-
outs in 1919, according to figures COM
pleted by the United States bureau or
statistics. There We're nine great
strikes in 1919 In each of which 6O,OOo
or more persons were directly con-
cerneh
The report of the bureau shows that
although the number Of strikes during
1919 was not apprecisbly larger tina
In 1918 and was less than In 1916 or
1917. the number of persons on strike
during the year 1919 was greatly In
excess of the number on strike In any
of the three preceding years, due TO
the number of strikes In which large
numbers Of persons were involved.
The actual number Of persons on
strike In 1919 was 4,112,5O7.
The magnitude Of the strikes In 1919
Is disclosed In that part of the report
which shows that the strike In which
the largest number Of persons was In
yolved In 1916 was the mems clothing
strike In New York city in December
OF that year. involving GO,O0 EN-
ployees. No strike in 1917 involved
as many as 10000 persons. In 1918
the strike involving the largest num-
her of persons was that Of machin-
lists In northern New Jersey In July,
when GO.OOO persons struck.
Bio Strikes Of Last Year.
But In 1919 there were these nine
disturbances in each OF which G.WO
or more persons were directly CON
cerned: A general strike In Tacoma
and Seattle in February In sympathy
with The metal trades strikers In
which c0OoO persons were involved;
65,O00 employees in the Chicago stock
Yards struck IN August 100000 long
shoremen along the Atlantic coast
struck In October; 10000 employees
in the s~hipyarls in New York city
and vicinity struck in October; ll5,oO
members of the building trades were
locked out In Chicago In July; 12o.oo
in the building trades In New York
city struck In February; 2JO,ocO rail-
road shop workers struck In August;
3G7 900 iron and steel workers struck
in September; and $4,000 bituminous
coal miners struck in November.
The number Of persons concerned in
these was upward of 100000.
The bureau points out In tile report
that the strikes Of 1919 have not been
accompanied by the violence and loss
of life that have Mt times character
lied the strikes Of former years. due
perhaps to the fact that employers
frequently closed their establishments
during the strikes and employed strike
breakers in q less number of cases.
The number Of working days lost IN