The Washington times., 1924-05-20
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BONUS
Departments Explain Rules 10
Veterans First Cash Pay
ments in March
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the certificate mature before he re.
pays the loan, the amount paid 10
the bank by the bureau, with 6 per
cent annual interest, will be, deduct.
ed from the face value Of the cor.
tific8te, and the balance will be paid
to the veteran or his beneficiary.
Payments to Dependents.
No certificates will be issued to
dependents of q veteran who dies
before making application. but the
amount Of the bonus win be paid
the dependents in cash, In ten equal
quarterly instalmepts, except when
the total amount IL less than $50,
when the payment will be made in
full.
Among the classes ineligible for
the bonus are officers holding a
higher rang than captain In the
army or marine corps, or OF lieu
tenant in the navy, while continu:
ing to serve; commissioned or war
rant officers Of the regular army,
navy or marine corps while holding
their regular commissions, even II
serving under a temporary commits.
sion In q higher grade; civil Off
GERS or employees. contract surgeons,
West Point Cadets, midshipmen.
cadets or cadet engineers VI the
Coast Guard. members OF the Re
serve Officers Training Corps and
the Student Army Training Corps,
Philippine scouts, guard or con-
stabularly, national guard OF Hawaii.
tnsular forces Of the navy, Samoan
native guard and band OF the navy.
Indian scouts. any commissioned
or warrant officer performing nome
service not with troops ana recelV'
ing communication OF quarter or sue.
sistence, unless the secretary OF
war or the Secretary Of the Navy
decides in individual cases tEat sucn
officers were exposed 10 exceplIOnaA
hazard.
To Give Out Blanks.
JIpon the War Department I'M
mediately devolves the task OF dis
tributing the application blanks 70
the more than 1000 900 men SCAT
tered all over the country ana the
world. The blanks are noW In the
hands of the Government Printing
Office. Arrangements have been
made to distribute them through
the Postoffice Department, the
American Legion and various mill
tary headquarters and civic socie-
ties. The blanks will contain about
twenty questions and. to avoid cost
to the applicants. oaths have been
avoided as far as practicable.
Fingerprint records are required
on the blanks to protect veterans
and their dependents from forged
applications and to provide a posi-
tive means Of identification. Vet
Grams need not write for the blanks.
|it was stated ct the War Depart
ment today, as they viii be dis
tributed to all. They are also urged
not to write to the War Depart
ment for information as to records.
but to supply 1t from memory, as a
flood Of such requests would delay
the cases by a double search.
The great responsibility con-
fronting the department 10 realised
in the fact that its action forms
the basis for the expenditure by
the Government Of an amount va
riousIy estimated at from $1,000
100000 to $4,000, 000. 900.
Two Miles Of Cases.
Seven thousand and seventy-six
filing cases of records will be used
in connection with the checking
of applications. These Eases would
form q line two miles in length
IL placed side by side, and cover &c
acres Of floor space. The cases
with contents, weigh 1880 tons
and would fill fifty-four freight cars
They contain about 1871, 10000 docu
ments.
This work was started by the
War Department in the spring Of
1922, when Major General Robert s
Davis, the present Adjutant- Genera
Of the Army, was assigned to thu
task of planning the machinery o.
the work in case the hill passed
At that time $4,000 records were
incomplete, and work was iHnme