Evening star., 1924-07-30
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address: Room ~. News De-
partment, The Evening Star,
WashingtOn, ID. G.

@. Is a mother whose son died in
the World War, leaving neither
widow nor children, entitled to the
bonus when she was not dependent
upon him at the time OF his DEATH
Mrs B. G. B.
A. A person to be entitled to the
bonus credit of a veteran must have
been dependent at the time of the
soldiers death. Dependency is pre-
sumed in the cases Of wives who are
widows and in the cases of minor
children. Parents are not presumed
to have been dependent, and are
therefore required to file under oaths
a statement Of dependency. II you
were not in any sense dependent upon
your SON you are not entitled to the
bonus credit which his military serv-
ice earned. Dependency is a very
hard thing upon which to make gen.
eral rules, and in most cases the
Government will probably have to
investigate each case and decide 1t
upon its merits.
Q. I enlisted in the Navy Decem-
ber IA, 1911, and was honorably dis
charged December 13, 1915. re-
enlisted in April. 1916, and while
serving this enlistment during the Pc
ficulties and was court-martialed and
given one-year sentence, which was
cut down to five months on account
Of good behavior. After serving this
sentence was given a chance to fln-
ish my enlistment and receive an
honorable discharge. took the D. D.
because I did not want to continue
my service under conditions which
1 believed to be unfair. All this tram
spired after November II. 1918. Will
I get any bonus?-L. s.
A. In the terms Man used by the Navy
hangover enlistment" after the date
Of the armistice and are therefore
not entitled to the bonus, because
after the period of your war service
you were not separated from the serv-
ice under honorable conditions. You
speak Of intolerable conditions and
imply that your trial was not fairly
conducted. I would suggest that it
would be advisable to have your trial
msnt record reyiswed sIS by the hem Navy DepaIt
record could be cleared.
@. Ny husband enlisted in the Army
August Z. 1917; and died in the serv-
daughter. I have remarked. Am I,
or Is my daughter, entitled. to any
A You are not entitled, as you
have remarked. Your daughter is en-
titled to the benefits Of your deceased
husbands adjusted service credit. You
should make application in her be-
half.
Q. My husband died IN the Army,
and remarked and am now divorced.
Will you please tell me II I am en-
titled to the bonus?-E. B.
A. You are entitled 10 the bonus
and should make application for 1t.
Q. am veteran of the World
War, and want to know IL I can
secure one OF tho German machine
guns I helped to capture while in
France. understand that the War
Department Is going to distribute
these machine guns and similar other
trophies and I would like one for
A. The War Department Is prepar-
ing to distribute these war trophies
but 1t IL not practicable to give them
to individuals. Most Of the captured
German material will be given to
cities or museums. Cannon and large
pieces will in most instances be used
by cities to decorate the grounds sur
rounding public buildings. There Ii
not enough to give each soldier .
trophy, 80 It u most equitable that