Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-07-25
IS Million Veterans

IS Million Veterans
Latest tabulation of potential vet
eran population by Veterans ad-
ministration indicates that the mini
mum for World War II will be IS
million. VA said the potential popu-
1ation will increase until official end
of the war, which has not as yet
been declared. By comparison,
World War I produced 1927 600 vet
Grams; the Civil war, 1,849,O00 Un-
ion army veterans, and the Spanish
American war, 381, 1000 veterans,
combined total of 6,857 1000 for the
three wars or considerably less
than one-haf of the minimum esti-
mated for World War II.
Gen. Omar Bradley, director of
VA, has announced that unless con-
gress restores funds slashed from
VA appropriations by the house, he
will be forced to fire $1,000 employ
ees of the far-fung administration.
Many of these are veterans.
Questions and Answers
@. My son volunteered for the
army and left for service on Febru-
airy II Of this year. He was only II
then and he has not been permitted
to make an allotment although he
has tried twice and been turned
down. They held out pay for the
first three pay days and then paid
him up all they had held out saying
my allotment was turned down.
How can they keep him from max
ing me an allotment when he was
my dependency to help on the
farm? I am not able to work and
his father is crippled and not able
to work much. And we have an
other son five months old to take
care Of. Please tell me what steps
to take to help get my pay allot-
ment started. My son says he is
going to ask for a dependency dis
charge il the government doesn't
grant an allOtment.-Mrs. E. A. j.,
Vernon, Ala.
A. There is no reason why, if your
son asks for proper allotment and
you are dependent upon him either
fully or to degree, that you should
not receive your allotment. Without
knowing all the facts, it would ap-
pear that your case has been in
vestigated and found not to be de-
pendent. Suggest that you write to
the Office of Dependency Benefits,
1900 Goodfellow Blvd, St. Louis 20,
Mo-, giving all details, your sons
full name and serial number and
perhaps they can give you an
answer.
@. Our son has been receiving a
disability pension and it has been
coming here at home for our use.
He is in another city. Some time
ago we received notice for him to
report for another physical exami-
nation but we don't know whether
he did or not. At any rate, the
checks have stopped coming for no
apparent reason. Can you tell us
the reason and what we should do
about it?-Mrs. L. W. S., New Mad
rid, Mo.
A. The chances are the pension
checks were discontinued when
your son failed to appear for physi-
cal examination without giving ade-
quate reason for not reporting. Sug-
gest you have your son report to the
VA office where he obtained his
pension and which has his case
record.
@. Is it possible for me to get the
VA to give me a copy of my case
record? I'd like to have it since I
have been taking treatment at a
VA hospital for several months and
don't seem to get any better. May
be I could find out what the trouble
is. have asked for a copy several
times.-G. F. K, Chesterton, Ind.
A. VA regulations require that
any person entitled to copy of any
record should make written appli-
cation to the office where the record
is located and state specifically the
particular record or paper desired
and the purpose for which such
copy is to be used. Approximate
cost must accompany the applica-
ton. Fees are as follows: Written
copies, per 100 words, Is cents;
photostat copies, per sheet, rs
cents; certifications, Is cents.
@. Can you tell me where my
brother is? He is J. E. E., seaman
second class, 2S79621, End Division,
U.S.S. Manchester. He was last
heard from in April, 1947.-I. C. D.,
Eubank, Ky.
A. No, not without his full name
which you do not give in your
letter.
@. My husband has been over