Evening star., 1924-06-01
Government Workshop Ready for Big Job of Paying Soldier Bon

administrative officer for the Vet
erans' Bureau.
The utmost care is being taken To
prevent fraud through the fingerprint
! Identification. The War Department
has the fingerprints of practically
every man who served in the world
war. So It will be made practically
certain that the one who applies for
adjusted compensation is the one who
served. The value of this fingerprnt
identification will be readily appre-
ciated when it is recalled that there
were more than 10000 Smiths 10000
Johnsons, $4,000 Browns and 27,00A
, Williamses in the service-or more
Johnsons and Smiths in the Army
than there were Marines in the world
war
In order to make d place in III.
War Department annex. or adjusted
compensation branch for the greatly
| increased number Of clerks. Adjt. Gen.
Davis is having moved out some 5000
filing cases, which constitute unit
containing the organiZational records
as these are the ones to be least con
suited in the bonus research and
check-up. In fact. they will be con
, suited only in some case where tn.
personnel record is faulty
x < i =
Nov what does the veteran nave 10
do? He gets his applica tiou
blank from his hometown postma =
| ter, from the local Red Cross chapter
| from his American Legion post. OF
some other patriotic agency. Then h,
| answers the questions fully, withou,
writing TO the War Department o,
| Navy Department or Veterans Burear
! for further information He is ad-
! vised that he has no need To nav y
/ fee to any lawyer. but a small fee to
! the notary public taking his acknowI-
| edgment. The veteran next sends
! his application in to the HEADQUARTERS
| of that branch Of the military servIc.-
| to which he was attached Special
! envelopes will be supplied for naiiin.
! the application back TO headquarter=
| As soon as the application wor5s
/ through the processes-and there
| should be few long delays-the vc--
| eran will get his money or insurante
certificate.
! The adjusted compensat ton is reg
| ulated by the number of days Of
| service. The average number of day
| of service overseas. for the smen who
| served both overseas and at home is
! 312. The average number of days OF
J home service for those who served
| both at home and overseas is ia The
average number of days per man for
| those who served only a home is 22S
| Many women who served in the
| Navy and Marine Corps are included
| in the provisions of the adjusted com
| pensation act. Their applications Will
| be handled in the same way as thosl
/ of the men.
! Officers are also included in the
bonus Legislation. The benefits o:
adjusted compensation are extended
/ TO all veterans up to and including
the rank of captain in the Army and
Marine Corps and lieutenant in thv
Navy. No one is entitled TO the bonu,
because he served as a civilian Office!
/ or in the Reserve officers Trainin2
Corps or the Students Army Trainin2
! Corps
Cash payments are to be made IT,.
men whose adjusted compensation j.
$50 or less. No cash payments, how
ever. are TO be made prior to Mare.
l of next year. Adjusted service cet-
/ tificates will be dated January I, 49,.
if the application is filed sufficient
in advance of that date.
/ The great majority of the veteran
! will not receive cash but a form a.
! endowment insurance. The average
| insurance policy, it is estimated VIII
be about s962. The maximum vain.
of any policy would be about $3.50"
! for overseas service or about s1.6u1
/ for service in this country. Loans MAY
be made upon the policies up to 9o
| per cent of their current face value
any time after two years from tn.
date Of insurance.
| Another phase of the work caused
| in government Offices here by the pas
! sage of the bonus law is found at the
! Civil Service Commission. which must
| find the more than 4.500 clerks that
are needed. Examinations will not
| have to be conducted by the commis
| sion except in the case OF stenog-
! raphers and typists. A sufficient mum
! ber of other clerks is already on the
! list awaiting appointment.
! The commission also proposes T.
| work into these new, temporary Jobs
some of the clerks that are now be-
| ing dropped by other departments,
| which have been forced to reduce
| their personnel.