The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-04-13
THE AMERICAN LEGION SERVICE
CAMPAIGN

/ uTlNt lOT beaver county VIII Dekiu
with the second week of April. un-
der the direction of the American
Legion OF Beaver county.
II possible Legion question
haire will be placed in the hands
OF every ex-service man in the
county. II was the intention OF the
National commander OF the Ameri-
can Legion 10 make q house-to-
house and farm-to-farm canvas thru
the Legion posts. but owing TO the
limited number Of posts in the coun-
" this would be almost impossible.
but an effort will be made TO reach
every man.
when the National census Is fin
ished the National Headquarters of
the Legion expects to have a COM
plete record of every man and wo-
man in the United States who saw
I service I'm the World War. This
record will be invaluable to the Le-
gion in driving on its fight for the
disabled and for all classes of vet
erans who have unsettled claims or
adjustments TO make with the gov
! ernment There are many still suf-
| fering in various ways as a result
of their military service. who have
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relief, but the services of the Am
erican Legion are laid at the dis
posal of all persons in this post
tion.
All veterans are to be sought out
whether members of any soldiers
| organization or not Their mem
bership in the Legion is of no con-
sequence. The fact Is, there Is no
al asfF MI N hf anN ~ N ~
scope to undertake and carry thru
national census of veterans and
with every apparent need of such
census, the Legion has taken II
up.
The recording OF what choice each
man will make under the five alter
natives provided for in the adjusted
compensation bill will be a very
important result of the census. The
bill offers the soldier his option
OF any of the five following pro-
visions for compensation: () Ad-
iusted pay for the term of service
put in; (2) paid up 20-year in
surance policy; (3) expenses paid
for a course in vocational training;
(p a loan for the purchase OF
farm or home: (5) application of
a mans adjusted pay on the purch.
ase OF improved government land.
The adjusted pay is to be set at
The rate of 800 day for home
service and s1.25 per day for over
seas service. The face value Of the
life insurance policy is to be 3.3S
times the amount that would be re-
ceived by the same man as adjusted
pay. His vocational training. or
farm or home loan would be 140
per cent of what he would receive
in cash.
All back claims against the gov
ernment are likewise to be entered
In the Legion census. If man did
not receive his $50 bonus on his
discharge he is requested to make
II known. If the government owes
back pay, travel pay. IL his allot-
or Liberty Bonds haze gone
astray he is requested to enter his
complaint on his Legion question
naire. II he is in need of hospital
treatment the facts are to be listed.
as the census is designed to bring
to light all cases of suffering thru
war service that have not been rem
edied
They will also be questioned re-
garding their war risk insurance,
which there Is consider
able confusion. Many do not know
the terms under which they may |
after letting their insur-
ance lapse: others would like to |
change II into a permanent form of |
government insurance; others have |
occasion to change the beneficiary |
OF their policy. All these matters |
will be taken up.
Every member OF Che American |
Legion of Beaver county should
feel It HIS duty to assist in this
drive and help place QUESTIONABLE
N the hands of~evary eX-ser 'ice man
IN the county for il is going to be a
lard job TO reach every one and II
Tor any reason. some do not receive
, QUESTIONABLE, do not feel that
you have been Intentionally over
looked but report the matter TO
your nearest Legion post and you
will receive one.
When you receive your question
naire fin IL out promptly and re-
turn II 10 your nearest post. When
The work is finished In each county |
the questionnaires will be sent in
TO the State Headquarters when in |
turn they will be returned to Ma
tional Headquarters.
DO your part to make the |
census drive a success. Thousands |
OF disabled soldiers are suffering |
and in need and the quicker the !
drive is finished the sooner will be
the relief
Many OF those who stayed at
home do not realize the suffering
the war has caused. Many do not
care. But the American Legion
knows for II is composed OF men
who saw service. Millions have been
but no work has, as
yet. been started. The Legion has
seen the need and has put its
shoulder to the wheel They are
no unjust demands, simply
asking help for those who fought to
keep America free. Let the Amer
lean Legion move as a unit of one.
Let the watchword be Garry on"
LEE HULSE..