Evening star., 1924-06-08
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address: Room ID, News De-
partment. The Evening Star,
Washington, ID. &.

Q. Does the bill which just passed
the House and Senate amending the
Veterans Bureau act change in any
particular the administration OF the
bonus act by the L. S. Veterans Bu-
reau?-F. A. w.
A. No, the passage of the bill you
mention does not in any way change
the administrative functions of the
departments concerned with the
bonus act.
Q. During part of my service in
France l was A. w. o. l.. Will l be
allowed credit toward adjusted COM
pensation even though 1 was absent
without leave? F. T.. F.
A The point you raise cannot at
| this time be, definitely and authori-
| tatively answered. The departments
of the government charged with the
administration of the adjusted COM
pensation act have not Yet put con-
struction upon the term active mill
| tary service"
@. Please give me a brief descrip-
tion of what | will receive if named
as a beneficiary OF a soldiers adjust
ed compensation certificateo-Miss
Z. B.
an adjusted service certificate or in
surance policy, which, upon his death,
if it occurs before the twenty-year
period for which the certificate runs,
will be paid to the beneficiary he
named when he received the policy
from the U. S. Veterans Bureau. The
amount of the policy is payable in
cash. There are no restrictions SO
far e its receipt by the beneficiary
is concerned. If the veteran lives
twenty years and collects the face
value OF the certificate, then the
beneficiary will receive nothing.
@. Will my adjusted service certifi-
cate have any value as business
asset, and how can | use it to an ad-
vantage?-C. b. r.
A. You may name any person or cor
poration as beneficiary. This in itself
is a business asset. Policies of life in
surance companies are being used daily
as a commercial proposition or asset
Although Il certificate is not aSsignable.
it can be made payable to your firm. 1t
will probably eventually be regarded as
a government bond. You should be able
to use it as an asset.
ton act that the general accounting
office has no authority to review dis
bursementS made by officers of the
United States Veterans Bureau upon
ctrtl1CatlOn OF the w dT OF Navy lItpdTl-
ments. | have had considerable diff
Guilty in the past with the general ac-
counting office, which is notoriouSly
hard boiled. and 1 should like to know
that it had nothing at all to do with the
payments of adjusted compensation
j. &. b.
A While act in section 305 provides
that the general accounting office has
no reviewing power, inquiry among
those who have knowledge leads me to
reply that the general accounting office
may, under authority of some other acts,
review payments, and it may even re-
port to Congress it's differences upon
construction of the law, SO far as actual
payments are concerned.
Q. How can l secure employment on
the bonus work in the War Department?
ROSE.
A. You should first apply to the Civil
Service Commission and take an exam
nation so as TO be placed upon a list
of e,igibles for appointment.
.. Will the suits filed to hold up the
payment of adjusted compensation, upon
the grounds that it's disbursement is un-
constitutional delay the operations of
the War Department FRANK.
A. So far as can be discovered the
operations of the War Department have
not been delayed on account of suits
filed. The filing of these suits is not re-
garded seriously by any of the depart
mentS.