Evening star., 1924-08-07
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address; Room 722. News De-
partment, The Evening Star,
Washington, ID. G.

@. 1 am the guardian of veteran
who is incapable of handling his own
affairs. I intend to make an appli-
cation for this veterans adjusted
compensation and I want to know
If l can name myself or my wife as
the beneficiary of this veteran?-w.
A. We answered very similar
question a few days ago by saying
that guardian could not name him
self as a beneficiary of his ward s
should you name your wife as the
soldiers beneficiary. I am quite sure,
in fact I know, that the War De-
partment would not hold an applica-
ton of this kind to be a valid one.
Since such an application would not
be valid and since it would be con-
trary to public policy and would
serve to abridge the rights of the
claimant or the veteran, your appli-
cation in his behalf would not be
name some person who is related to
the veteran as his beneficiary or
name his estate and let the proceeds
of his policy be divided according
to state inheritance laws, if he should
not live to receive them himself. By
culties with the veterans relatives
and difficulties with the War Depart
ment. 1t will do you no good to buck
the departments administering the
act. You merely injure yourself.
You may be sure that every officer
of every department of the govern
ment is determined to amply protect
the interests of the veteran and his
dependents. The effort you make,
in the direction indicated, are not
ment and they will only serve to
harm you in your relationship of
guardian to person who is really
not your personal ward. but the ward
OF the American Government.
@. 1 am employed by the govern
ment and am helping to pay adjusted
Know of woman who married a man
who during the war, was killed in
france. Then she married another
soldier in camp on this side and he
died ct the flu. Then she promptly
with the flu. All of these men were
insured by the government for $10,-
600. She is now collecting three pay
ments of $3.50 each each month on
bands. My question is, Will she re-
ceive three payments on account of
the bonus due her three deceased hus-
bands s?-H. P.
A. If this widow is now unmarried she
is entitled to the bonus credit Of
each OIL the QeCedSeQ veterans who
were her husbands. She is not de-
pendent with the income she receives
from the government, but in the case
OF widows dependency is presumed.
II she makes proper application, she
will undoubtedly receive all the credit
OF all the service that these veterans
earned by their military service.
Q. I am the mother Of a soldier
who gave his life to this country,
while fighting in France. 1 am entitled
to his adjusted compensation credit of
$345. If my son had lived until now and
signed an application I would have
been named as his beneficiary and
upon his death, would have received
three times $345. Why are the moth
ers of the men who gave their lives
to the country thus penalized? Should
we not appeal to Congress and secure
the full benefits of the adjusted COM
pensation act?-Mrs. r. 8. R.
A. Congress, OF course. did not in
tend to penalize the mothers of de-
ceased veterans. All dependent moth
ers Of soldiers who died in the serv-
ice receive either insurance or COM
pensation or both. In writing the bill
which became the adjusted compen-
sation act Congress knew that moth
ers did not receive the full possible
benefits that surviving veterans and
their beneficiaries will receive. But
had Congress allowed dependents the
credit as all credits are figured plus
a 25 per cent increase and { per cent
interest. then the deceased veteran