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Show RULINGS MADE ON INSURANCE OF sops Heir, of Yank.. Who Died . On and After April , , 6 Paid. By AHMIattd Prtu. CAMP LEWIS. Tuomt. Wash., ex t. 25. Th heir of soldiers who died on and sfter April C, 1917. when the Unit- ' 1 Stales declared war on Germany, but before the war risk Insurance law was enacted. -are entitled to the bene-tilm bene-tilm of the act, arcnrdlnjr to a rullni! " reoelved lieie luday fruni WHshlniiloH Even thouch a soldier did not iplv for Uisuragce with ISO days after Iht acr wmi published. Hut died within that i period subsequent to the passing; nf the art. his heirs an entitled to compen- ' i satlon. The opinion, It Is said here, clear up scores of eases, that have, beer awaiting settlement. The opinion wu handed down In the death of a aoldier killed by lishtnlnir In Missouri, July 27, j 117. He was not nutrried and his ' mother will receive 126 a month during r her life. The opinion says: "The soldier under the act automatically automati-cally waa Insured for 14100, which wli be amount that will cover all aimilai cases. Members of the national xnard In federal service also are affected by the ruling. Another Insurance opinion received today says soldiers charged with desertion, but not tried and discharged dis-charged from tha service also carrlet insurance to the amount he paid for. provided he dies before hjs trial or discharge dis-charge from the service, . An Industrial furlough .section ban been established In the office of the adjutant general of the army which will receive. Investigate and approve or disapprove all applications for Indefinite In-definite furloughs to enable enlisted 1 men to be returned to Industry, accord- 1 Ing to an order received today from Washington. The section Is charged with revocation of furloughs and the a transfer of furloughed men from one f plant to another as emergencies may .S a Justify. I The section also may allot to various I government departments and Inde- I pendent government establishments W any skilled workmen among soldiers f eligible to furlough. J |