The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-10-23


time of his call, enlistment, induction
commission or service, al a bona
flde resident of the State of oMntans
the sum of Ten Dollars (S10.00) TO
each month or major fraction thereo
tnat such person was in active ser
J vice during said war, whether he
lore or after November IL, 1918, no
70 exceed, however, a total sum o
Two Hundred Dollars $200.00)
provided that persons who have re
celved extra compensation from an.
other state, or nation other than tn,
united States for such active service
shall not be entitled to compensation
under this Article unless the amour
OF compensation SO received Is les:
than they would be entitled to here
under, in which event they shall re-
ceive the difference between the com.
p~ensation allowable under this Arti-
Gle and the extra compensation al
ready received from the state or ma
tlon, provided, further, tht persons
VINO have received greater com
pensation than the regular pay
OF the Army, Navy, or Marine
Corps and Communication for quar-
ters and subsistence, shall not
De entitled to receive compensation
under this article unless the amount
Oh the extra compensation so re-
celYed is less than they would be en-
titled TO hereunder in which event
they shall receive the difference be-
tween the compensation allowable
under this article and such extra
compensation. In case of the death
OF any such person while in such sar-
vice an equal amount shall be paid
10 his surviving widow, if not re-
married the time compensationis re-
quested, or in case he left no widow
and left children, then to his sur
wing children, or in the event ne
left no widow OF children, then to
ms surviving parent or parents.
Persons of the female sex, or tht't
surviving children or parents, WHO
are in all other respects within the
terms of this Article, shall be entitled
to compensation Hereunder.
Section @. The word person as
used in Section 1 of this Article,
snail not include persons who, during
the period Of their service, refused
on conscientious, political or other
grounds, to subject themselves to full
military discipline or unqualified s1r-
vice, or who, while in such service,
were separated therefrom under cir
cumstances amounting to a dishonor-
a ble discharge and who have not sub
s~equently been officially restored to
honorable status, and such per-
son shall not be entitled to the
benefits of this Article.
Section 3. All disbursements re-
CURED by this Article for compensa-
lion shall be made upon the pre-
of a certificate upon a form
70 be prescribed by the tSate Auditor
Thlch certificate shall be duly veri-
led by the claimant under oath and
shall set forth the name, residence
At the time of entry into the Servico
late of enlistment, induction or COM
mission, date of discharge or release
rom active service, if the claimant
S not on active duty, a statemcrt
hat the claimant during the period
or which compensation is allowed
i'd not refuse to subject himself to
military discipline and unquali-
led service and that he has not been
eparated from the service under cir
umstances amounting to a dishonor-
Die discharge, and such further in
ormation as the State Auditor may
Such certificate shall lie
resented to the State Auditor or his
preventative together with an
onorable discharge or release from
ctive service, or in case of its loss !
properly authenticated record Of
or in the event that claim !
1T is still. in the service a properly !
Ithenticated record of all active !
performed by claimant, or it !.
lie same be presented by the widow, /,
lid or parents of a deceased vet
an, then with the proper evidence >
death, together with a properly !
lthenticated record of service, and =
e State Auditor shall endorse up .
| such discharge, release or record
active service the fact that it was Il
ade the basis of the application, ;
Id shall return such discharge or 4
lease Or record of active service
the claimant and shall forthwith lt
aw his warrant in the name of the o
upon the Veterans Com II
nsatiOn Fund for an mount equal Il
Ten Dollars (S10.00) for each and le
cry month of active service, or II
fraction thereof, subsequent to 81
e sixth day of April, Nineteen p'
Seventeen, not exceeding 5
wever a total of Two Hundred DOL 81
IS (S200.00), and the State Treas 1t
er shall pay such warrants from
Veterans Compensation Fund. II
In cases where application for y.
is made by the widow. ~
or parents of a deceased ia
teran, such person shall furnish
? same information as though the al
plication were made by the del l
lsed veteran, and the State Auditor Ia
III prepare an appropriate form ny
certificate to cover such cascs IN
m%pensation allowed to the child co
of deceased veterans shall be 10
d to the guardians of such child au
/, which guardian if appointed by or
courts of this state, shall serve te'
.hout compensation and in the dis VI
ton of the court without bond.
l it shall be the duty of every wi
lnty attorney in this state to ap- an
r in the courts or render any re
necessary legal assistance in be- tic
f of such children in so far as the by
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