The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-08-15
1850 VETERANS
in UNION COUNTY
ELIGIBLE FOR PAY
Terminal Leave Program
To Bring More Than
$500, 900 Here, Estimate

veterans Will De eHllIleQ 10 lSIILlAll-
al leave pay when that program is
set up, provided they did not use
up all their furlough time while
they were in the service.
A check of Union county Selec-
tive Service records Tuesday indi-
Gated that 1890 enlisted men reg
istered with the Union county
Board have been discharged from
the Armed Forces. Another Is are
now home, but are members of the
the Enlisted Reserve Corps, sub
ject to recall in case of emergency.
All of them, however, discharged
or in the E. R. c., are entitled to
terminal leave pay at the rate of
21a days for each month of active
duty. This, in brief, is the provis-
ion of a bill passed by Congress
last month.
In addition to the 1865 enlisted
men, Union county Selective Ser
vice records show that 79 others
were regiStrantS from this county
and advanced to officer rank are
also home. These men, however,
are not entitled to more terminal
leave pay because the services al
ready had such a program set up
for officers. In fact, Congress set
up the enlisted mans terminal
leave pay program to offset that
which the services had already
provided for the officers as one
form of tn cir discrimination
against enlisted personnel.
Officials in Washington pointed
out that the average payment to
enlisted men would be $160. This
figures at total of approximately
$218. 400 which will start rolling
into this county, through the mails
Payment, will of course, be made
in government bondS-an idea
which originated with President
Truman.
All Union county GI's entitled tc
this accumulated furlough pay car
begin applying for their cash OF
bonds soon, army officials said to-
day.
1t is reported that the govern
ment printing offices started work
last week on application forms tc
be used by an estimated 15,000,00C
former service men and women ir
obtaining bonds and cash to be
paid under the legislation.
These forms will be mailed ir
the near future. Army veterans
will send their applications to fl
nance offices at the post where
they were discharged. Actual pay
mentS, in cash or bonds will b<
made by mail.
The Navy, which is responsible
for paying all naval and marine
Corps enlisted and the treasury
which will pay coastguardsmen, in
tend to coordinate with the army
No one knows exactly how much
the legislation will cost. However
Rep. ThomaSon ID TexaS) WhC
helped write the compromise aftel
the Senate rejected the House
straight cash plan, estimated the
sum at about $3,000,0OO,0O0.
That would be approximately
$800,0O0,000 less than the Work.
War I bonus is estimated to have
cost. A bill to make $2,432,0 2,0OO, ,00(
in cash and bonds available at ono,
passed the House and is waiting
Senate approval.
Thomason said 100000 pas
nd present enlisted personne
would receive an average of $16t
each, with the interest on thu
bonds raising the overall cost.
All enlisted personnel who hav,
served at anytime since Septem
Der 8, 1889, in the Army, the Navy
the Coast Guard or the Marine
Corps would receive the payments
provided they had accrued fur
Tough time at the time of theil
discharge.
Payments would be at the rat'
of two and one-half days a month
less furlough time actually receiv
ed. But no one could be paid fol
more than 12O days, regardless o
how much time he had accrued.
The amount of pay would b.
computed at the rate of base pa.
and longevity pay received at thu
time of discharge. To that woulC
be added a minimum of 70 cents ;
day for subsistence and, in case o
personnel of the first three pa.
grades with dependents, anothe
SIPS a day for quarters allowanc
es. The first three pay grades in
clude master, technical and stat
sergeants in the Army and chief
first and second class petty offic
ers in the Navy.
An individual whose total pa.
was less than $50, or who had beel
discharged prior to Jan. /, 194a
would receive cash. So, would tn
estates of men who have died sine
they were discharged.
All others would be paid il
bonds in $25 denominations, bear
ing two and one-half per cent int
crest and payable in full approx