Evening star., 1924-05-20
PLANS ARE PUSHED
T0PAY B0NUS;AD
4,0]0D. c. WORKERS
Act to Be Administered as
Soon as Needed Appropri-
alton Is Made.
APPLICATION FORMS WILL
BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL
Maximum Payment Is Put at
$1,900-Army of Typists and
Stenographers Required.

$l,90O-Army of Typists and
Stenographers Required.
Planning to increase it's personnel
Tn Washington by 1000 employees, the
government machine moved into ac-
tion today to place the soldier bonus
IN the hands of world war veterans.
Enacted into law yesterday, when
the Senate, by a vote of SO to &c, over
rode President Coolidge's veto, the
bonus act will be administered as
soon as necessary funds can be ap-
propriated.
estimates on administrative cost
were being prepared by the Navy De-
partment, War Department and Vet
erans' Bureau today for submission to
the bureau of the budget, which, as
soon as possible, will forward the
total estimate for the first year to
congress, with recommendations. The
money. already authorized in the
oonus act, may be provided either by
special act of Congress or by amend
ment to the deficiency bill. now pend
ing. This had not been decided to-
day.
May Go in Deficiency Dill.
o. Inc House appropriations commit
zee is expecting to receive from the
bureau of the budget estimates for
me nrst years administration of the
bonus, the latter part of the week.
ana ana may add them then to the de-
hciency bill, which is now being con-
sidered by the committee
This was indicated at the Capitol
today. when it was alss explained
that the committee had been apprised
officially of the possibility of such ex-
nenditures during hearings on the
regular appropriation bills earlier in
the session. 1t was considered more
likely by the appropriation commit
tee that the bonus administration es-
Inmates would be added to the de-
ticiency bill than that a special bill
would be drawn. This, however, de-
the estimates from the bureau of the
budget.
Preliminary Plans Made.
Preliminary plans for administer
ing the bonus had been worked out
so thoroughly that the three govern
ment agencies charged with that re-
sponsibility virtually were ready to
go ahead today. except for the lack
of funds. The forms for application
blanks for use by veterans and the
many other papers needed, up to
the adjusted service certificate. which
will be handed to the veteran, all
have been approved by the authori-
ties. Type has been set at the gov
eminent printing office, especially
for the application blanks, which will
be the first needed, and is ready to
go on the presses as soon as the
n ic
forthcoming.
Just when these application blanks
will be placed in the hands of vet
Grams had not been determined by the
War and Navy departments. today.
They will be distributed by the Post
Office Department, the American
Legion, American Red Cross and
many cooperating patriotic bodies.
Veterans are asked specifically not
to write in to the government for
these blanks, but to wait until they
are distributed through the desig
mated agencies.
The nucleus of te wartime organ
ization of the Red Cross will be put
tain their compensation. At the re-
quest of the War Department, ma
tional headquarters of the Red Cross
announced today, instructions have
gone to the various divisions and
chapters to be ready to assist in dis
tributing blank forms and seeing that
they are properly filled out. Approx
imately 100000 blanks will be sent
TO the various divisions.
BY means of the Red Cross, it was
said, the huge task would be consid-
erably simplified and the work expe-
dited.
Application Covers -Four Pages.
The application blank, it was ex-
planned at the War Department today,
h of L.,
ter size, with printing on four pages.
The veteran is asked on this blank to
answer twenty-six questions, which
have been determined sufficient mate
rial from which the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps officials can look up the
official service record in the case.
Plans already are being made to
take on the more than 1000 additions
10 the personnel here in Washington
to handle the administration of the
bonus.
At the Civil Service Commission. it
was announced that preparations had
been under way for some time, and
that a large number of clerks have
already been certified for availability.
Adds 4,15c Employees.
Official reports to the commission
as to the number of employees which
will be needed by the various agencies
handling the bonus were made public,
as follows: War Department, 3,3O9:
Navy Department, 443, and Veterans
Bureau, 400, totaling 4,152
1t will be necessary for the Civil
Service Commission to hold examina-
tions only for stenographers and
typists, as, 1t was said, there already
has been listed a sufficient number of
clerks. In fact, between 5000 and
1000 clerks now are on the rolls.
Examinations are to be held on the
Washington and 900 other places
throughout the United States to get
The needed stenographers and typists.
1t was emphasized by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission that no examinations
will be held for clerks, and none need
apply.
Draw From Other Bureaus
II is also proposed by the Civil
Service Commission to offer positions
10 persons who will be dropped from
the rolls Of other departments which
are reducing their personnel.
The work of the War Department
on the bonus, which will be under
direction of Maj. Gen: ROBERT Z.
8 LAWS. adjutant general, will take
place to a very large extent In the
huge building designated rs e. near
sth and B streets southwest. where
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