Evening star., 1924-08-16
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
AddreAs, Room s2., News De.
partment. The Evening Star,
Warrington, ID. C.

Q. l lost about three months time
in the service on account of being in
hospital, absent under the provision
of general orders As. Will this time
spent in hospital be deducted from
my adjusted service credit? Can /
now secure care and treatment on
account of this disability under the
Reed-Johnson laws. C.
A You are entitled to credit for all
the time you served during the war
Absence on account of general order
As. will not be deducted from your
credit. Under the new law you are
entitled to hospital care and treat
ment You should make application to
the nearest Veterans Bureau office,
either by letter or personal call. If
you have any difficulty in getting to
Veterans Bureau Office, write to me
and 1 will see that your letter reaches
the proper officials of the bureau.
@. / am receiving a pension for
the service Of my. husband had in
the Civil War. He is dead and so is my
son, who served in the World War
Even though I receive a pension, am
1 entitled to the bonus?-Mrs. r.
A. The receipt of pension. on ac-
count of the service your deceased
husband rendered during the Civil
War will in no way interfere with the
payments on account of the bonus,
to which you are entitled If you were
dependent upon your son and If there
is no unmarried widow or children.
whose claim would be allowed before
yours.
Q. My question is not about the
bonus, but as I am very desirous Of
some help upon my problem I will
be exceedingly grateful for little
information. want to know If l can
reinstate the $4,000 insurance that
carried during the war? 1 have heard
that 1 cAnnot. Like many others L
have postponed reinstating until the
final expiration of the time allowed
during which reinstatements would
be accepted The answer to my ques-
ton will be very much appreciated.
A. You can still reinstate the term
insurance you carried during the war
upon the payments of two months
premiums, provided you are not to-
tally and permanently disabled, and
you pass a satisfactory medical ex-
animation. If you have a war disabil-
ity, allowance will be made for 1t, in
other words, a war disability will not
prevent the acceptance of your re-
instatement. Insurance as offered by
the Government Is the best and cheap
est that can be bought and every ex-
service man ought to carry all that
he can. The term insurance that
most of the American Army and Navy
carried during the war can be con-
verted into almost any form of in
surance now being offered by the best
and largest comercial insurance COM
panies.
Q. My son went to the Mexican bor-
der in 1916, and, remained continu-
ally in. the military service until the
latter part of November, 1918. when
he was court-martialed and dishon-
orably discharged for what dur
ing peace time would have been con-
sidered a minor infraction of the Ar
ticles of War. About two years ago
he was killed in an automobile ac-
cident He was unmarried. Is there
any way in which I might secure the
bonus? I think my son earned 1T, and
I need it?-A. NJ. =
A. Unfortunately there is no way
in which you might secure the bene-
fits of the act. The law is clear and
distinct, a man must have been hon
orably separated from the service to
be entitled to compensation. 1t fol-
lows that the dependent claiming in
case Of the veterans death must be
able to say that the veteran was hon.
orably separated from the service.