Show WI 1 a ri 54 f Ed Note This newspaper has arranged with the Washington Bureau of National Weekly J Newspaper r Service 1616 1610 Eye St N Ni W Washington 6 6 D C to answer t questions pertaining to servicemen n and veterans These questions will be answered In this thit column olumn If addressed addre d as an above NO N replies can be made by mall mati but this paper will print answers e to all aU questions ed Q Q I am writing to Inquire inqUire as asto asto to where I would be eligible for fora fora a bonus I moved from Illinois to Tennessee In 1940 1040 and regist regist- registered ered there for the draft I was back in Illinois living there the latter part of 1940 I 1 was Induct Induct- Inducted ed Into the service from Tennes Tennes- Tennessee see and went there to report at Ft Oglethorpe Am now living In Illinois A There is no federal bonus Collection of your state bonus lour would depend upon resident clauses of your state laws Sug Sug- Sug Suggest gest you write to the State Vet erans Committee Springfield Ill In and obtain information con con- concerning earning the Illinois law If Ten Ten- Tennessee has a bonus law write to the Veterans Committee at Nash Nash- ville yule Q I have written to my son several times about getting an allotment from the government ee He Is in the army and d is now stationed in Japan He tells me he has applied for an allotment but has been turned down That doesn't sound right He was my only help belp before he went Into the army array Can you tell me what to do about this A A There is nothing to prevent your son from making a volun volun- voluntary tary allotment out of his pay to tobe tobe be sent to you each month In sotar as the government Is con con- concerned If they turned down his request request they evidently investigated Investigated gated your case and found you were e not dependent nh upon your son That would d be the f Inference r without having all the ithe facts Suggest however if you are wholly or partly dependent up up- upon up on your son that you write to to the office of dependency ben benefits Department of the Army Goodfellow Blvd St Louis 20 Missouri give them all 11 the details your your sons son's full name name and serial number and perhaps they will advise Q My husband served an en in the army during peace time Urne While he was in the service serie ser t tU U isa he e received received rece aliI s Jury 7 to his hIa back I and t though he be bela is isi isable i I able most of the tRio the time tImeto to 40 do his hb work ork the injury returns I turn turna atin atin at ln and e eto to to lay Ia oil from his job sob Is Is there any an pro to Vision for I this kind of an an Injury un for peace peacetime time soldiers Can an he be heI beget get t treatment or maybe a month month- monthly monthly I ly allowance as a veterans of of the war do A yes Yes veterans vet rans of the peace I time peacetime establishment are eligible for compensation for either In jury or disease and be he would be entitled to make application at the nearest veterans adminis office if he received a a 8 discharge other than then dishonor able He lie would be eligible both for treatment and disability com tom Q Some months ago I saw in your column the address of where to write concerning In In- In Interest interest terest charges on loans of ot world War I veterans on their bonus money I clipped the piece out I but have bave mislaid it It Could you give me the address A Yes write to Mrs E M Robinson chief adjusted com corn compensation section finance divi sion veterans administration room Munitions Washington DC |