Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
BONUS BOARD NAMED
Col Fred Ray, Elton w Stanley and Buell.
F Jones Given Places on the Com
pensation Board

Governor McMaster has announced
the personnel of the service mems bonus
board. The law makes the Governor
the ex-officio head of the board and the
State Treasurer, W. S. O'Brien, the
treasurer. The other members are Col
Fred Ray, of Yankton, as executive
officer, Elton w Stanley, of Rapid City
and Buell. f. Jones, Of Britton The
board will have headquarters at Pierre
aud begin its work Immediately.
With the announcement of the three
appointiye members of the bonus board
who will serve with Governor w. Ii .
! McMaster, ex-odicio chairman and State
Treasurer O'Brien, Governor McMasier
expressed his hopes to have the machin
cry ia operation within few weeks in
border that tie bonds may be sold and
! pay ments started before midsummer.
The FIRST action of the new board will
be to arrange for quarters, the employ
| ing Of clerks and other necessary en-
ployes and the perfecting of a working
organization. The next task will be to
dispose of SG,O0O,OOO worth of soldiers
compensation bonds Of South Dakota al
a rate Of interest fixed by the law at not
more than per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually.
With this accomplished the board will
then begin payments to all citizens Of
the state who served in the army, navy
or marine corps during the Spanish
American war and the Philippine insur-
rection; aud every person, male or
feuale, who was enlisted, inducted,
warranted or commissioned, and who
served houoraby in active duty in the
naval, military, marine or air forces o.
the United States or its Allies at any
time between April 8, 1917, and October
/, 1919 the sum OF SIS for each month
10 She service and soc per day for each
fractional month,
Provision is made in the act, how
ever, that no compensation shall be paid
unless the person served for n period OF
at least 90 days aud was at the time OF
service resident Of the state during
period Of 80 days immediately preced-
ing his entering the service and war
honorably discharged or is still in active
service, has been retired, furoughed OF
put on reserve.
Compensation will be paid for not
more than Is months service during the
Spauish-American war and insurrection
aud no person shall receive more than
S400 under the provisions or the act.
Persons who served in students train
ing camps only or students il. officers
training schools together with those who
we're engaged in the work of any well
fare organization will not be eligible to
this compensation.
The act places absolute power to re-
view and make final decision on all
questions which may arise over the pay
ment or non-payment of bonus, to the
board members a clause is also con-
tanned which makes the filing of false
application for compensation mis-
demeanor, punishable by fine of from |
$50 to 5000 or by imprisonment for not
less than 30 days or more than 90 or
both
ln the event that a person eligible to
compensation under the act since its
passage and approval, provision is made |
that the sum to which the person would |
have been entitled, shall be paid to his
dependents as the board may direct.
Conscientious obiectors, persons dis
honorably discharged or those who have
received bonus from another state will
not be included under the provisions OF
the act.