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Show SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE V7ITH all our war measures and activities there is nothing wiser and battel and fraught with more good to our fighting men ahd the N'ation than our soldier and sailor Insurance. That the members of the military and naval forces of the United States for whose henefit the insurance was established, are availing themselves of it is something that all good Americans will I rejoice at. More than 2,000,000 members of America's fighting forces are now insured by the Government Govern-ment for more than sixteen and a half billion dollars dol-lars by the United States Government Up to the close of business May 18, 2,029,886 insurance applications, ap-plications, aggregating $16,668,814,000 had been received by the Military and Naval divisions of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The average amount of insurance applied for is $8,209, the I maximum permitted by law being $10,000. Approximately 11,000 applications for Uovern- j ment insurance are being received daily. In the last two weeks $1,000,000,000 of insurance was , written on the lives of soldiers and sailors. This indicates that the new men joining the colors are Staking out Government insurance. Men are being urged to insure immediately upon enlistment, inasmuch as application must ie made within 120 days after joining the service. |