Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-31
Governmental Care of Veterans

alone Will amount 10 between 10000
ana 100000.
Recently conferences was held here
OF the leading lights Of the educational
world. This conference made many
recommendations 10 the Veterans Bl-
reau, and these recommendations are
being carried out 10 the best OF tho .
ability OF tho officers Of the Bureau.
The nations best known experts in
Dcuropsychiatric and mental disorders
recently concluded conference which
bids fsir to assist tho Bureau material
IL In decreasing the number of mental
cases and 20 provide a cure for men
with disordered minds.
mo stone has been left un.urned
70 provide tho disabled Veterans o,
tho World War with every poesibie
advantage" saya Director Forbes. and
statements to the effect that the Gov
srnment has been dorolIct in its duty
show an absoluto lack Of information
Of what has been done for Thorn"
The work Of the Bureau IL not cary,
by any means. Handling 80 many
death disability claims 81 an enorm-
Gus business In itsels, rivailing tho
bueiness of a big insurance company
which has built up .ts organization
With its gradual increase OF business
through many decades.
Peculiar Cases Arise.
Often ono cage win cau1e tho Blu
reau no end Of difficulty. Recently a
death claim came before tho Bureau
which showed that the veteran who
had taken out the insurance vas rsiat-
I & r.. A
/ his home town. The late Bonnie r.
Taylor had the policy. which named
| his father as beneficiary. The father
died, leaving the money 70 the ne1t
/ q Kin. The Veteran Bureau requarted
a let Of relatives falling IN what r.
known as the "pornitted clsss" and
! this II Whist happened:
Tho Bureau received a list five fee.
| long containing the Names, ages. and
/ addresses OF 3 brothers, 6 sistera. 8
uncIes, 8 aunts. % nephews, 70 mecca.
8 brothers-in-law, 8 sisters-in Law. and
a stepTnother. OF this total Of 81 living
relatives, exclusive Of cousins, SO bear
the name Of Taylor. The remaining
Freiatives Include the names OF Berch,
Summers. Davis. Campbell, Broad
water. Goss. Lemon, Bornes Thorn
ton, Manning. and Ponder On exarni-
nation Of this amazing list, Il was
found that 50 Of these relatives arc
now residents Of Crystal springs
THUG. according 20 the last census fig
ures given for this town, Bonnie Tsy-
lOr was related 20 a trfas more thar
q per cent OF the total population
which amounts 20 1895. The Oldest oi
the relatives given IN the fist Is ar
uncle OF 20 years. The youngest IL q
nephew born in January Of this year
All Of them 1--we IN Mississippi.
As long az Tayior's father lived n
case was simple enough. The veteran
HAD a term insurance policy for $4,000
, and the Veterans Bureau forwarded !
. check 70 the elder Taylor each month
for s2S.75. The complications starte.
F. when the elder Taylor died, leavfn,
p no Will. when 204 instailments OF IN
I Government Insurance remained u
! paid.
The solution Of the situation wa
. based on the Inheritance lawI IN ef
I feet IN mississippi. IN this end tn
Q luncles and aunts, sisters-in-law an
n brothers-in-law, nephews and niece,
!. az we'll as all cousins. were exclude
= from the benefits OF the Governmau
: Insurance. The monthly amount u {
d be divided between the brothers, 81
n sisters, and the stepmother. Hereai
ID ter, a check for 1892 will be forwart
= ed each month 10 each OF these SUI
n 'viving relatives OF the former koldis