The Alaska daily empire., 1921-01-20
kETCHIKAN POST. LAUNCHES BONUS. PLAN; WANT CASH
Demands $25 for. Each Month Served Suggest
 Five Yearly Payments.

A resolution passed by the ketchi kan Post of the American Legion calling for the payment by tha Ter ritory of $25 each month actually served by bonafide ex-service men of Alaska to be used solely in pur- chasing or building individual homes has just been received in Juneau It provides for the appointment oi l committee by the Department or ganization of three legionnaires, nos
 nore than one member to be chosen from any single post. the duty of which committee shall be to draft l bill containing the provisions Of the plan suggested for submission
 o the coming Territorial Legislature
 No official notice of the passage of the resolution has been received at local Department headquarters, according to statement made today by Capt. J. P. Walker, Department Commander. Capt. Walker said that inasmuch as the plan has been sub mitted to all the posts throughout the Territory, it was not considered proper at this time for Department officials to comment on the matter After all Alaskan Legion organiza- tions have considered the plan, and reported on it to Department head quarters. the view of the organization as whole will be made public.
 The resolution adopted by the Ketchikan Post follows:
 BE TT RESOLVED BY KETCfiI KAN POST No. 3, American Legion, THAT
 1. As a matter of public policy any bonus granted by the Territory of Alaska to it's ex-service mon should be a type such as will confer benefit upon both the Territory and the recipients; and for this reason the postponed bonus shall consist solely of financial assistance to al qualified bonafide Alaskan cx-ser- vice men, in the purchase or building of homes in Alaska
 2. IL shall be based on the sum of S25 per month for each calendar month of active service performed by such bona fide Alaskans in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, or with the military or naval forces of any government associated with the United States, between April 6, 1917 and April 6, 1919; provided such active s,rvice commenced prior to November II, 1918. Persons of the female sex who are in all othe- respects within the terms of this resolution shall be entitled to compensation there under.
 3. Payment of the sum due to any individual shall be made in five equal installments on January first, of each year, beginning with January 1, 1922, by the Territorial Treasurer upon presentation of a certificate up- on form to be prescribed by said Territorial Treasurer duly executed and sworn to before any officer au-- thoriZed by law to administer oaths or before any U. S. Postmaster in Alaska, setting forth that the payee is bona fide Alaskan ex-service man Cor his dependent or depen- dents as hereinafter provided) and is purchasing a building or a habit able dwelling in Alaska as a home, Or that he has completed the pur. chase or building of such dwelling since the date of his entry upon active service and is in possession upon such premises at the date Of the execution of such certificate
 4. In all cases in which qualified AlaskanS have settled upon and at this date are occupying homesteads in Alaska and have not completed final proofs thereon, or who shal. prior to January 1, 1923, make such | settlement upon a homestead in All aska either within or without the national forest, shall be entitled to i bonus in lieu of the bonus provided l in Paragraph two hereof: Provided | that in case of communication proof being submitted by such homesteadei | after fourteen months residence the total bonus due him, on the basis of S35 Der month for each calendar months service computed as pro Vlded in Paragraph two hereof shall | De payable to him immediately upon his presenting to the Territorial treasurer evidence of the acceptance | by the Register of the U. S. Land Office of such communication proof, accompanied by similar certificate | 10 that provided for in paragraph | three hereof; and further provided that in case he submit regular final, three year proof of such residence, the total bonus due him on the basis | or S35 per month for each calendar | months service as computed in Par agraph two hereof shall be payable to him immediately upon his pre- senting to the Territorial Treasurer evidence of the acceptance by the Register of the '. s. Land Office of such final proof accompanied by similar certificate to that provided for in Paragraph three hereof; and further provided that in no case