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Show 111$ Any American toMIro tt on the torpedoed transport were protected by United Stules government "Insurance and government compensation. Those who hud not applied for insurance were covered by automatic insurance, which .is paynbla to a wife, child or widowed mother. The automatic Insurance In-surance aggregates about $4,300, netting net-ting $i:r a month for 2-W months. Insurance In-surance (hut had been applied for U pnynble to a much larger class of ben-'StiUiri ben-'StiUiri and -coti go a high us $10,-000. $10,-000. nettinj $57- a month for 240 months. The compensation in of death, given by the government without charge and regardless of rank or pay, ranges from $20 to $75 a month, based on the nuirtlier of deptndnts. Pay- , nicnts under the compensation feature 1 of the military and dhvh! Insurance act j In case of 'death are payable to a widow, children, defteudent widowed wid-owed mm her. , The automatic insurance ceased on FeiiniHry 12, but the compensation feature of the act Is a ephrate provision. pro-vision. The scule of compensation in case of death follows; a) For a widow alone, $25. (h) For a widow and one child. $35. (c) For a widow and two children, $471)0, with $r for each -additional child up to two. (d) If ther (be no widom, ithen for one child. $10. (e) For two children, $:tO. (f) For three children, $40. with $5 for each additional hlld up to two. (g) For a widowed mother, ?20. The amount payable under this subdivision shall not be greater than a sum which when added to Uve total amount payable pay-able to the widow and children, does not exceed $75. To meet the shortage of small silver change In Norway a large Issue of one-crown one-crown nifes"fat normal exrhtinge the Norwegian crown Is worth 20.8 eents United Stntes current?) has been put (a circulation. The United States publls health amice Is carrying on a campaign along sanitary lines in areas adjacent to 28 military camps. Complete sanitary sani-tary organizations work to prevent the spread of disease from the civilian population to military forces, and t protect civilians from conciiunlcuble diseases where taey have occurred among troops. The organizations Include physicians, physi-cians, military engineers, uuraes, attendant at-tendant aud laborer Methods undertaken un-dertaken Include Inspection of all ea-tabliahuieue ea-tabliahuieue handling food luppllea. |