Evening star., 1924-06-10
YOUR BONUS
Questions That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address: Room ~. News De-
partment. The Evening Star,
Washington, ID. c.
was in the transport sci

Q. I was in the transport service.
Enlisted May 81, 1917, and went
overseas December Il, 1917. From
sailing back and forth continually
| cannot remember the actual days.
How can l compute my bonus ST.
F. H.
A. You are entitled to the maximum
in benefits, so the actual sailing dates
do not matter. In other words, your
total credit for service runs we'll over
the total time allowed under the act
Your credit is s625. Multiply S625
by your factor number, to compute
the amount of your certificate. See
Saturdays paper for factor numbers.
g l was inducted August 2. 1918.
Sailed for France September 13, 1918.
Discharged upon return from France
July 13, 1919. l am thirty-six years
old. How much will l receive.-A.
A. Your bonus certificate will be
worth about. $685..
H. L. P.-Please write me again
giving dates of enlistment, sailing
and return dates and when you were
discharged and l will be very glad
to compute the amount due you
From the information contained in
your letter / am sure you are en-
titled to receive it.
Q. Can you tell me if I am enti-
tied to the Massachusetts state bonus?
I enlisted in Boston. Mass. April !.
1917. / had only lived there about
three months.-M. c. B. East Capitol
street.
A. Massa chusetts paid state
bonus during the actual period of
the war. In fact. Massachusetts, SOL
RI Iar frr l.
regular pay $40 month, which was
given to them by the state. After
some time this was discontinued.
Then after the war Massachusetts,
paid another bonus. If you collected
the first bonus 1 should say you are
entitled to the second. Write to the
State Bonus Commission or the Adju-
tant General, Boston, Mass, for a
blank upon which to make appli-
cation.
Q. How soon will application
blanks be available to fill out to Sc
Cure the bonus?-O. r. p.
4. While no actual date has been
set for the release of application
blanks they will probably be made
generally available in about four
weeks.
Q. Will the failure of the bill to
appropriate money to carry on the
bonus work nullify the act or deIay
to any extent it's execution?-P. NJ
A. The failure of the deficiency
appropriation bill will not delay the
work of the War Department, as it
has sufficient personnel which can be
put on this work until Congress
meets again and appropriates the
needed funds. The public printer,
am Informed, who refuses to be
quoted either in the. affirmative or
the negative, has already printed
several million application blanks
and about ten million instruction
sheets. All of the departments have
in the past run under deficiencies
and actually spent money, before the
Congress has made appropriations.
While statutes actually prohibit the
expenditure Of sums not appropriated.
still where the intent of Congress is
clear. no objection is made when the
dspartm tments carry out the exact in
tent and will of the Congress. There
remains but one technical duty for
Congress to perform and that duty
is merely to reaffirm the previous ac-
ton. No actual cash will be dis
tributed under the act until March /,
1925. The certificates are not to be
dated before January 1, 1925. BY
that time Congress will have met
and passed the e-anproQERtian act