Evening star., 1924-09-04
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother Yon
viii Be Answered in
This Column.
Address: Room -2:. News De-
partmeut, The Evening Star,
Washing tDD, ID. 4.

@. In an answer TO a veteran OF
the Spanish American war you said
that he was Cntitlcd to enter an old
soldiers home. l have a friend who
served as a nurse in the World War.
She is getting old. has no propt rty
and was refused compensation on ac-
count of disabilities she believed
contracted in tho military service.
Could she enter az old soldiers home:
II. J. Is.
4. Your friend is eligible for ad-
mission 30 one of tho National Homes
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, re-
srardless Of how she became disabled.
There are about twelve of these
homes. TO the one at DanNllle, Ill,
there has just been added a new
building entirely for the use Of wom-
en-. There are only five women there
at present and your friend would
find as excellent, Congcnial place to
live il she desires it.
O arr carrying a thousand
dollar insurance with the Veterans
Dureau. ~ understand it. ! can
change the beneficiary Of my honus
insuranc" at any time hy writing
letter TO the director OF the Sai
bureau. Can change. the beneficiary
If my ten thousand dollar policy.
and. If so. please tell me how ! should
nroCc"d.-is. q. :.
X. on can change IL" hench'iArF
rr ,nur bonus Insurance AT any time
- ard with the consent Of the di-
rector OF the Veterans bureau. Term
:t.d war risk (GovernmCnt converted
Insurance. /. T.avable only to a GER
t.in groun Uf permitted hcnetciarIFs.
=: follows: Wife. husband, child,
.Igltcd child. ~trnchilh Gf a member
& tlr i0sIr,d's household>. ijiegiti-
II a3c child nf father Las ackn"Wi-
,t-yd rat"raity IN writing signed ty
him. OF has been ordered by court
70 contribute TO chiId'S support, or
court has decrccd that he is the puta-
f,yr fstbarl, grandChild, parent
ff8th"r. mother, Stn1parGrt parent
ty adopticn o. grandparents Of either
the insured or his wifel: any person
y, hn has stood IN loco PARENTS" tin
=, iation of u pare1D to the insured
5ur d period Of not less than one
Car prlor to iasured'S enlistment or
irduc;ion tsuch relationship must
nave begun before the insured be-
came OF age; brother or sister, half
brother. haif-Sistcr, Stcpbrothcr.
StCpSiEter: also the children of Z
person who stood in the relation OF
& parent to the insured. or another
member OF tho same household {"
whom the same person also stood i'll
the relationship of parent: uncle,
aunt ,hIoud brother or sister of either
natural parent Of tn. inSured)
nephew. niece (blood son or daughter
of blood related brother or sister of
insured(; brother in law tblood
brother Of spouse. or husband of blood
sister of the irsured): siSter-in-law
fhlood sister of spouse, or wife Of
blood brother of iRSured). The in
Sur"d may change the beneficiary
'wifhout benefiCiary's consant) at any
time to another beneficiary within
the permitted class as outlined above
Request for change IS made upon
Form T24. which can he secured from
the Veterans Bureau, over the in
@ITed's signature. Under converted
Insurance the original designation of
beneficiary may be made by last will
and testament, but 10 change of bene-
fcfary may be so made. Changes of
beneficiary are effective only when in
dorsed on the policy and are effective
as Of the date of the request.