Evening star., 1924-08-05
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address: Room 722, News De-
partment. The Evening Star,
Washington, ID. C..

@. My husband went into the serv-
ice July %, 1918, and was discharged
November 80, 1918. He was honorably
discharged. We were married during
May, 1921, and he died in June, 1922.
Am l entitled to compensation, and if
so, how much will it be?-A. L.
A. You are entitled to $67. 1t will
be paid to you in ten quarterly cash
payments beginning March 1. 1925.
You should file your application
promptly if you desire payments to
begin on the due date.
Q. Can you tell me if the State of
Missouri has resumed payment upon
the bonus it is paying to its veterans?
1 served from June IL. 1918, to March
7, 1919. What will 1 receive under
the provisions of the adjusted COM
pensation act?-C. B. NJ.
A. Missouri has paid all claims for
the bonus up to $4,000 which have
been fled. This State is now trying to
float another bond issue to secure
money so as to meet all claims above
$4,000. 1t will probably be another
month or two before payments are
resumed. Your adjusted credit is
sos. To this sum add a 25 per cent
increase and then compound interest
at per cent for twenty years. to
compute the face value of the certificate
which will be issued to you after a
valid application.
Q. 1 served during the war as an
Army nurse. l am entitled to the
pensation. After the war l married
an officer, who served for the greater
part of the war as captain. He died
over year ago. Am 1 entitled to my
own bonus and that of my husband,
too?-A. H. A.
for your own bonus; you are certainly
entitled to it. You should also file an
| application for the adjusted service
credit of your deceased husband.
would serve to prevent you from re-
ceiving the benefits from your own
service and that rendered also by
your husband during his lifetime.
believe you are entitled to both and
that the Government will allow both of
your claims.
Q. What was the amount of the
first appropriation made by Congress
to put into effect the payment of the
bonus to the veterans?-R. l.. F.
A. The appropriation authorized
under the adjusted compensation act
for the calendar year of 1925 is $780,
| 100000. This appropriation estab-
| fishes fund to provide for payments
upon certificates becoming due on
account of maturity or death. In ad-
dition to this fund there will be an
| nual appropriations providing for the
| employment of personnel and. other
administrative expenses.
@. The Veterans Bureau has re-
: duced my compensation from 500 a
month to $40 a month. 1t is unfair.
l. have written you twice. I feel that
no one will help me. What can I do
about my case? Is there any hope of
getting my bonus right away?-E.
S. C.
A I have investigated your claim.
The Veterans Bureau has given you a
square deal. Your present rating is a
fair one considering your condition as
shown by the medical reports. What
you have to do is get out and find a
Job. The Government has treated you
generously, has given you so much
care and attention that you have lost
the power of helping yourself. Snap
out Of 1t, come to life, as we used to
say in the Army. Find job, stick to
ii, and your troubles. will be over.
Forget that the Government ever gave
you any help. forget that it is going
to mail you a check each month Try
making the grade on your own. You
will find more help within yourself
than you will ever receive from the
Government. The bonus will not pro-
vide you any immediate help. That
the effort to help yourself today.