Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
OF INTEREST TO SOLDIERS

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Announcement is made by Direct
or r. G. Cholmeley-Jones of the
Bureau of War Risk Insurance that
the insurance division Of the bureau
is virtually at an end of its period
OF congestion and consequent dis
satisfaction and vexatious delays.
resulting from the great volume of
work suddenly thrown upon it by
the rehabilitation of the armed
forces during the past year.
Former service men whose insur-
ance has lapsed or has been cancel
ed are encouraged to take advant-
age of the very liberal provisions for
reinstatement of War Risk insur-
ance by the payment of the two
monthly premiums with the applica-
ton and satisfactory statement Of
health. They are assured that
from now on, receipts for premiums
will be sent to them within a few
days from the date Of the original
receipt of the remittance. Instead
of the form paragraphs and hnsatis-
factory form letters which former
ly it was necessary to use to answer
the flood of mail, they will be re-
piled to with real letters in insur-
ance cases which require detailed
and specific answers.
The number of unposted prem
iums in the bureau, which last Oc-
tober was approximately $4,000 has
Just been reduced to an average of
10000 or less than. one days work.
Unanswered mail in the insur-
ance division shows reduction OF
approximately so percent from the
daily balance of five months ago.
Probably 1t will be- two. or three
months before 1t will be possible to
answer all the letters as quickly as
1t is now possible to mail receipts
for premiums, but it is a matter of
only a few weeks before the answer
ing of all ordinary inquiries in ref
erence to insurance matters within
four days of their receipt in the
bureau will be the the regular prac-
tice.
While some difficulties due to
failure of service men to furnish Sc
rial numbers and other necessary
information always will be newt
able, very serious handicaps in the
addressing Of the men have Just
been overcome. Through special
appropriation made by congress. the
bureau has been enabled to put its
entire list Of former service men on
addressograph plates. This pre-
vents errors that previously occur
red through repeated copying from
the millions of records with type
writer's.
Former service men desiring to
reinstate war risk insurance which
has lapsed or been cancelled, or to
convert their insurance in cases
where it is now in force, should APP
ply 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 Ameri-
can Red Cross, Salvation Army,
Knights of Columbus, Jewish We'll
fare Board, Y. M. c. A., or to other
fraternal or welfare organizations
or agencies which are in position
to furnish blanks and necessary in
formation. Or, If they prefer to do
so, they should write directly to the
Insurance division, bureau of war
risk insurance, Washington, d. c.,
in all cases furnishing the following
six points of Information for the
identification of their cases In the
records:
Full name ancluding first, mid
die and last hame) and complete
address. ~ o&a
Rank, rating or grade at the
time of original application for in
surance. 9
Army or navy organization at
time of original application for in
surance.
The number of insurance certifi-
Gates or government life insurance
policy. If known.
Army serial number, II in the ar
my.
Date of discharge. IL discharged.
Service men whose insurance has
lapsed or has been cancelled are re-
minded. however. that as long as
they are withoutg insurance, they
are without its protection, and, in
their own best interests, should ap-
ply for reinstatement of their insur-
ance without delay.