The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-12
TO ASSIST WAR CLAIMANTS.
Barre Post is to Canvass the City
Thoroughly to That End.

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The American Legion of Vermont
has launched an energetic campaign,
extending into every community OF
Vermont, to locate every man or WON
an who may be entitled to compensa-
tion for injuries or disease resulting
from military service to assist the
claimants to present their claims; and
to get action on the claims filed.
Throughout the state every Legion
member, citizen, civic federation. board
Of trade, and all welfare organiza tions
viii cooperate by bringing claimants
to the attention of Legion posts Rob
ert B. Mackie, chairman of the com
mittee to carry out the campaign for
Barre post, No. 10, says that locally
the public can extend the greatest
help by presenting any member of the
committee with the name and address
of any entitled to compensation.
The local post, in entering the cam
paign, will start an organized drive
on Monday to last throughout the
week, and its services will be avail
able TO ayone desiring to file claims
or to assist in straightning claims
which have been filed, but not settled.
This last statement refers to many
ex service men, who have had good
grounds TO file claims, and have done
so individually For the most part
many of these claims have not had the
right backing, several of the righteous
claimants having preferred to drop the
claim rather than go TO the bother of
insistent appeal and persistency. As
result their claims have not received
the proper attention in Washington,
and probably have been laid under the
heap Of other unsettled claims which
have come before the attention of the
war risk insurance board
In addition to those who have filed
claim and received no settlement, there
is that group which has every ground
on which to file but who either through
negligence. or indifference have failed
to take advantage of that which isI
wholly within their rights, and per
fectlv their due. Every man or WON
an. who through military service has
suffered injuries or disease is entitled
to compensation. II lies wholly with
in themselves as to whether they wish
TO claim it or not.
II is with this in mind that the Le-
gion is organizing a plan for getting
the names Of all persons who have a
right and who wish to file claim. They
are doing this not only for Legion
members but for every man or woman
who wishes to file, and they are doing
it for every man and woman without
any obligation to the Legion whatso-
ever. Plainly it is campaign OF
The present plan Of the Legion il
divided into three parts: !. To get
all the names of everyone who wishes |
to file claim; or who have filed claim |
but who have not obtained results; ,, !
to get those together who wish to file |
claim, and have their claims properlyf
filed out; g. 10 submit these claims !
to the state department TO be presented |
to the war risk insurance board at
Washington. and pressed until settled; |
and ii the state department IS unable |
to gel results within 80 days the claim
will be sent to the national depart
IltnI. VINO viii pitHS ~ uAli ~ = |
settled There Is absolutely no red |
tape to go through for those who wish
10 file. The advantage in this form Of
procedure Is that each claim is 10 re
,eiye personal attention by the state
,r national department, and to be pre-
,ented to the proper board in person
II committee representing these de
Dartments.
A committee from the local post IN
Ter the leadership OF Robert h. Mackie
las been appointed to oversee the work
row in hand, that Of securing the names
# every person in Barre and vicinity
yho wish TO make claim. or who have
llready made claim but have not got
inv results They arc as follows
eugene Capt ward | James Phillips
ward ? Lee A. Maiden, ward 3 Ar
hur Broderick. ward I Guy 0ltjlini,
ward s; larmcs Booth, ward s; John
Murray for the "hill"