The New York herald., 1922-03-19
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them. Insurance in force-s3,5oO,-
10000:
s. Conducting over $4,000 medical
examinations every, month
Z. Giving outside treatment in cases
where disqualification is not required
to 10000 ex-service men every
month:
s. Receiving 1000 new claims
every day, in addition to 100000
already on file employing 1000 eX-
service men and women in carrying
out the work;
9. Requiring for 1922 expenditures
in behalf of the disabled ex-service
men $510,000,0o0 more than the en-
tire expenditure OF the whole United
States in 1897;
Doing More Than Others.
TO- The United States of America
is already doing more for its dis
abled veterans than any country in
the world, despite the fact that their
losses were far heavier than ours.
The bureau also prepared the follow
ing report:
Average checks per man for the month OF
March, 1922.
Vocational training. ......... S59.37
Compensation .............- 53bl
Insurance ............. 4493
Insurance disbursements up TO February,
2S. 1922.
Term sao5. .6s4 ,6o3 Is
Government .........,......-. o.SlS,Ilo.id
Insurance premiums received UP 10 February
2s, 1922.
Term ...................... 1881 ,3Sl ,sso q .
Government ................. 4S,903, ,1s4. "a
Amounts paid out up to February 2s, 1922.
Vocational training program. S2t1 ,01 ,0a4 50
80
disqualification ............... 23,913. .091 81
Total appropriations up to February 2s. 1922.
Vocational ................... SPAS, 500 0oo. 0o
compensation ........'......' 3sl,IooOUU'UW ~ W.
Total ...................... SI4,I99,o36 -
II have been asked many time." Col.
Forbes said to-day, ito explain just
what has been done in the way OF ex-
soldier relief work by the United States
Government since the close of the world
war and / have no hesitancy in saying
that this Government has been more lib
eral and has provided far greater bene-
fits than any other nation on the face OF
the globe.
II am going to show in figures Just
what this Government has done in the
way of soldier relief up to January J.
1922. During the time that the Bureau
Mobilization division OF the Federal
Board for Vocational Education were in
operation and during the Ave months o;
existence OF the present United States
Veterans Bureau q total of 1,41S,912
claims have been made by veterans of
the world war and divided as follows
4s6,SS4 for vocational training, III, ,S75
for insurance and 760,152 for death and
disability compensation.
S31,16- Claims Allowed.
"A total of S31. 767 claims have been
allowed by the bureau out OF the 1,41S,-
912; divided as follows: 3S1,717 for
compensation. 2e9,S79 for vocational
education and 150.171 for insurance
472.t7 were disallowed, divided into the
following three classes: 316,1S3 for
compensation. 20,040 for insurance. 1885,.
947 for vocational education. On De-
cember 81. 1921, there were 1895
claims waiting final adjudication, OF this
number 55,555 were for compensation
1864 for insurance and 5f.05s for voca-
tional education. These figures are all
as Of December 81, 1921. Since that
date material decrease has been made
in the number of pending cases.
THE year 1921 was a busy one for
those engaged in soldier relief work
for during the year 431,85 claims were
filed, divided as follows 224,772 for
compensation, 25.610 for insurance, and
1S1.i77 for vocational education. Dur
ing the same period 220,247 claims were
allowed; 97,052 compensation. 1890 in
surance, and 109,215 vocational educa-
tion applications were granted. During
this same period 20g.17S claims were
diFallowed. divided 14S,102 compensa-
ton EE1 inSitrnfcp and AZ rgE ynca
tonal education.
During 1921, 66.6ss world war vet
Grams reinstated their term insurance
ond s,677 reinstated their converted
policies, making a total of 70,314. Dur
Ing the same period 76172 converted
their war time Insurance. This makes
total Of 339,167 veterans who still
have term policies. with $50 730 having
converted insurance policies, bring a
grand total OF $685. Sg7 veterans who are
stil carrying their Government insur-
ance in one type or another.
Payment I'm Insurance Claims.
"A grand total OF $2S1. 75G, ,3s2.69 has
been paid I'm insurance claims since the
bureau started operations. OF this
amount $27S,239,146.93 has been paid
out In death and disability claims on
term policies, while S3,517,245.76 has
been paid out on converted policies for
death and disability claims.
THE Government received S47,442,-
o93.sa in premiums In 1921 on insurance
and s993,697.45 set aside for insurance
dividends. Converted policies alone
brought dividends and these are not
payable until the policy Is one year old
"At the close of the last current year
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