The Washington times., 1924-06-09
VETERANS!
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Questions concerning the sol.
diers' bonus are answered in this
column daily. II you are unable
to call at the bonus information
bureau in the Hearst building,
1917 H astreet northwest, mail
your inquiry.
Answers are based on the best,
authoritative information avail.
able. However, no legal inter-
probation of the bonus law has
been issued.
Q. How are bonus payments to
be made to dependents of de-
ceased veterans? If the dependent
dies before the full payment is
made, will the payments be made
to the heirs of the dependent?
j.. c. B.
A. The law authorizes pay.
Inents in ten equal quarterly in
stallments, unless the tota,
amount Of the payment is less
than $50, when one full payment
will be made. In the case of the
dependents death before all the
payments are made, the remain.
ing installments will go to the
dependent or dependents in the
next order of preference. De.
pendents' preference runs, widow
Tor widower). il unmarried: then
the children share. and share
alike; then, the mother; then, the
father. Assuming that the
father of a deceased veteran is
the latter's nearest dependent
and dies before full payment is
made, the law makes no pro.
vision for further payments.
Q.-What would man get IL
he enlisted May l, 1917, and left
for overseas June IA, 1917, land.
ing in the u. S. A., on Septenl.
Der S, 1917, and discharged Sep.
TENDER 26, 1919?-R. w.
A.-This veteran would receive
the maximum adjusted service
credit for oversee service, 1925.
The value of the insurance varies
with the age of the veteran.
@. Are stepfathers and STEP
mothers considered dependents
under the law? M o. S.
A. Yes; also fathers and moth
ers through adoption, or persons
who have acted as parents to
the veteran before he entered the
service, for not less than one
year.
Q. My husband died in the
service in France, September IA,
1918. Am / entitled to receive
the bonus he would get If he
were alive?
r. A. s.. Ripley, w. Va.
A. You are entitled to receive
$l.25 a day for every day of
foreign service your husband
served, and 81 day for all home
service, less sixty days. You
can compute this.
Off a veterans nearest living
relative is his invalid sister, who
was dependent upon him at the
time Of his death in the World
War, can she collect his bonus?
j. E. Mop.
A.-The bonus law makes pro.
vision only for the widow or the
widower of the deceased, chill.
dren. mother and father. A full
Interpretation of the law, soon to
be issued by the Veterans
Bureau, may make this point
Aclearer, however.
Q. was in the army overseas
for eight months and fifteen
days, and on home service for
nine months and nineteen days.
How much do l get?-J. H., Fort
Springs, w. Va.
A. Multiply the number of days
Of home service by 81. Deduct
$50 from the total. Multiply the
days oversee service by SIPS.
Add the net home service to the
oversee service and the sum will
be the amount of your adjusted
service credit.
Q.SA man was legally separated
from his wife several months be-
fore war was declared by the
United States. In January, 1917,
first steps were taken for a re.
Cancellation. He was called to a
distant State on business, re.
turning in May. During all
this time, they correspondent In
terms of friendship. Due to a
sudden misunderstanding, the
man enlisted without completing
the reconciliation. He was killed
in France. His former wife never
married. Is she entitled to the
tcnus?-K. p. H.
A. Probably not. since she was
not living with the veteran at
the time he left for the service.
However, this is one of the many
questions of dependency which
will be cleared up when the law
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