Evening star., 1924-08-08
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address, Room 722, News De-
partment. The Evening star.
Warrington, ID. c.

Q. My son served during the World
War in the Navy. For over a year he
was stationed on the Azores Islands
In computing the amount of credit
due me shall ] count this years serv-
ice at 81 or $1.25 per day?-Mrs c.
A. S.
A. These islands are not mention
They belong to Portugal and service
upon them will be counted as though
they were part of Europe. There
fore you should count the service
your son rendered upon these islands
at the rate of $1.25 per day. This
Your application for the benefits
should be sent to the Navy Depart
ment, Bureau of Navigation.
@. 1 would appreciate an answer
to the following question: II a vet
eran who is entitled to the benefits of
making application, is the amount of
his certificate which his dependent
will receive dependency assumed)
appreciably less than that the veteran
himself would receive had he lived or
had he made application and named a
A. If a veteran dies. or has died
without applying for adjusted COM
pensation his dependent will receive
about one-third Of the sum he or she
would have received had the veteran
lived to apply himself. Every day a
service man postpones making appli-
cation he may be depriving depend
ent. Suppose a veterans credit is
$625 and he dies without making and
mailing an application blank; his de-
pendent. as described under the adj
justed compensation act, would re-
ceive ten quarterly cash payments of
$62.50 each. Suppose the veteran was
entitled to the maximum credit and
dies after applying; then the depend
ent Cor any other person) whom he
may have named as beneficiary would
receive in cash between $500 and
best reason we know of for fling an
application today. Dependents or
beneficiarfes do not receive certifi-
Gates; they are paid in cash. Pay
ments to dependents begin on March
/, 1925. Payments to beneficiarfes
named in applications, upon the vet-
1925. - - -. - -,'.',.. -
Q. Isee by-your -paper-that I can
name my estate as my beneficiary in
applying for the adjusted compensa-
tion to which I am entitled Pro-
ficiary, could then legally receive
from my estate a loan or other con-
sideration? Will the face value of
my certificate, IL and when receive
it, be the same II I should die this
year, or will its value be greater il ]
should die. say, 1s years after it has
been issued to me?-G.. A. b. -..,-,,-r
A. You have the right to name
your estate as your beneficiary. In
SO doing you may leave or have part
of your other property in. the hands
Of trust company, and in that way
after the certificate is two years old
you might get. GONE immediate bene-
At out of it by securing q loan upon
1t from the concern handling your
property. So far as we can see,e there
is no way in which your estate. even
IL 1t is now, established, could give
you any consideration or other bene-
At. when, as q matter of fact. you and
your estate are one and the same per-
son until your DEATH. II q trust com
pany is handling your affairs, 1t, as q
third party, could under the law ex-
tend you a loan with your certificate
pledged. as collateral; that is, after II
is two years old The face value OF
the certificate does not vary. IT Il
the same today ~ Il will be. twenty
years = from now, when it becomes
payable to yourself, IL. you live thai