Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address,: Room ~, News De.
pa1tment. The Evening StAx.
WaShtnSton, ID. G.

war, until July ], 1919, was then dis
charged and re-enlisted and subse-
quently deserted. I have tried every
means to locate him. Ny husband
and / believe him TO be dead. His
wife, my mother, is dead. AS his only
for war service even though 1 am
married?-Mrs- w. F. c.
A II you know it to be a fact that
your father is dead, and have legal
documentary evidence to prove 1t.
you are entitled to the amount of ad-
Justed service credit that would have
been due your father had he lived,
provided, OF course, you were depen-
dent in whole, or part, upon your
presumed in the cases Of children un-
der eighteen years Of age. Even
though you have no proof Of your
fathers death. and the claim may not
be allowed. it is advisable for you
to nile an application as a dependent
for the benefits Of the adjusted COM
pensation act.
Q. Before and during the war
| served a total of almost six years in
! the Navy. In the month of June,
| while serving at the Great Lakes ma
val training station, / got in a little
trouble and after general court
martial, ] was sentenced to year at
| hard labor. After serving about nine
months of this sentence l was dishon-
| orably discharged My service prior
| TO this trouble was always honorable
Can collect a bonus?-L. S.
A. To be entitled to the bonus you
must have been honorably discharged
or have left the service under honor
able conditions. Even though all your
service had been honorable up to the
time of your trouble, it will be i'm
possible for the government to pay
you a bonus under the wording Of the
adjusted cOmnenSatiOn act
Q. My son enlisted in the spring of
1917. and part of his service was
overseas. In 1922 he was killed in the
Knickerbocker Theater at Washing
ton. D. c. His wife then moved to
Oklahoma. / do not know her pres
ent whereabouts and do not know il
she has Remarked. My wife is dead.
Who will be entitled to my sons
bonus?-W. F. F.
A. If your sons widow is unmar-
ried she will be entitled to the bene-
fits of the adjusted compensation act,
on account of the death of her nus
band Children by this marriage are
mother being dead. and if his wifa
is REMARKED. and if there are no
children, your claim would be allowed
for your sons bonus, provided you
state under oath that at the time of
your sons death you were dependent
words. the wife, the children and the
mother Of a veteran have prior
claims to deceased soldiers bonus.
If there are no dependents as de-
scribed above then the fathers claim
will be allowed.
Q. For the past three years I have
lived in Washington. ] want to know
if my home state. Kentucky, has
passed a bonus law. Many thanks for
an answer?-J. J.. S.
A The state of Kentucky has not
passed a soldiers bonus act.
Q. ! served on this side from March
4. 1918. to December 4, 1918. How
much bonus will I receive for this
Service?- 1T. J.
A. Your total number of days serv-
ice for which you are entitled to an
adjusted service credit will be 210.
Therefore. your credit will be 1910.
Multiply this amount by the factor
number of your. age and the result
will be the face value Of your pol
and If you do not know your factor
number, add an increase of 25 per
cent to your credit of s210 and then
compound interest for-twenty years
! at per cent --.
Q. wish to name my brother as
my beneficiary. was adopted and
took the name of my foster parents.
My brother, whom l want to name as
my beneficiary was not adopted. and
still uses our real parents name.
Will l have to make any mention of
this family history when ! make ap-
plication and name my brother as
| nefciary?-Joseph r. S.
A. You can name any person as
your beneficiary and need not make
ficiary. Fill out your application and
name your brother as beneficiary
Q. You make reference in a reply
compensation to heirs of deceased ex-
service men. and | would appreciate
it if you would tell me through the
columns of The Star where ! can get
copy of this new law, and what ad-
ditional benefits are conferred by it,
r. d. c.
A. You can get copy of this law
at the document room at the Capitol
or from the public printer. Briefly.
it provides for a small increase in
compensation to the widows and chill
dren of deceased ex-service men. I'm
der its provisions many soldiers Will
now be paid compensation for war
disabilities that have heretofore been
denied.
Q. We are benefciaries of insur-
ance on the life of our father, who
was captain of field artillery during
the war. Are we. his orphan chill
dren, guardianed by mother, since
married again. entitled to the bonus.
how much, and when payable?-F'lora
and Ruth.
A. II you are minors your mother,
acting as your guardian. should make
application for the bonus. If your
mother was unmarried she would be
entitled to the bonus. Since she is
married you are entitled to it.
Q. served twenty-seven months
in France. In fact, / was in the serv-
ice for the whole period of the war.
After the war / was discharged. Then
l re-enlisted for one year. but de.
serted in about six months. Am en-
titled to the bonus?-X Y. z.
A. You are entitled to the bonus
for the service you rendered honor
ably, and could collect it. But in
submitting an application you will
have to reveal your present where
would most likely apprehend you as
deserter and make you complete
your enlistment and, in addition,
make you serve a prison term as a.
penalty. While the War Department
has made no official statements re-
claims. still 1 believe an easy way
can be found to straighten out your
record so that you can claim the
benefits of the act Keep yourself
advised through the press of the War
Departments action and perhaps, in
view of your one honorable discharge,
the War Department will let you re-
and only make you serve nominal
prison term.
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