The Prescott daily news., 1921-06-11

AAS"uduarterS or the American Leg Ion will be published in these columns each week by the News Questions should be addressed to the Executive Secretary, American Legion, State Capitol, Little Rock, Ark.
 C, G. Pipkin. Please advise thru the columns of What Ex-Service Men ought to Know in the Arkansas Gazette if the State of Texas has passed bonus bill for her ex-service men.
 A-The Texas state bonus bill call ing for payment at the rate of $1.0O for each day of service died on the calendar. It may be renewed at special legislative session in July.
 R. c. F. Can you tell me who is entitled to admission to the National Homes for Disabled Volunteer sol diers?
 A--Despite the barbed wire formal lties which prevent many World War veterans who are unable to earn their own living from obtaining compensa- ton from the government, the home less helpless veteran need not be hopeless. It is not generally known | that cI,cb Nopld Woc x,o+oco,c ,.o entitled to admission, with few re- quirements of red tape, to the Nation al Homes for Disabled Soldiers, of which there are ten scattered through out the United States. National Hearquarters of the American Legion has issued bulletin clearing up the question of eligibility of the World War veterans for admission to these homes. The bulletin cites the Act of Congress passed on June 5, 1920, pro- viding: "The following persons shall be entitled to the benefits of the Nat ional Home for disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and may be admitted hereto upon the order of the Board of Man agers, namely: Honorably discharged officers, soldiers sailors or marines who served in the regular, volunteer or other forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been engaged, in campaigns against hostile Indians, or who served in any of the ex-territorial possessions of the United States, in foreign count ries including Mexican Border service or in the organized militia or Nation al Guard when called into service, and who are disabled by disease or wounds and by any reason of such disability are either temporarily or permanent ly incapacitated from earning liv- ing. The important feature of this law is that it does not require the dis ability of an applicant to be the re- suit of a war or service origin. Those seeking admission are not ask ed the cause of their disabilities; the homes will accept the victims of peace as we'll as the victims of war. The actual disability is the important consideration to take into account The postal addresses of the nation al homes are as follows: It will be noticed that in most cases, the home has it's own post office, and that the name of the adjacent city or town is not given.
 Central BranchtNational Military Home, Dayton Ohio; Northwestern Branch National Home, Wisconsin,; Eastern Branch National Soldiers Home Maine; Southern Branch Nat ional Soldiers Home, Virginia; Vest Branch National Military Home, kan sas: Pacific Branch Soldiers Home, California;; Marion Branch National Military Home, Indiana; Danville Branch National Home Danville Ill; Mountain Branch National Soldiers Home, Tenn. Battle Mountain Sani- tarium, Hot Springs, So Dakota.
 Ex-Service men who are not already members and who desire to join the American Legion should fill out the coupon below and mail to the Post