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Show FAMILIES OF IN IN 1 SERVICE PROM i AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND SAIL. ORS SAFEGUARDED AGAINST FINANCIAL DISASTER. To Compulsory Allotments the Government Gov-ernment Adds Family Allowances Ranging From $5 a Month to $50 a Month. Washington. Thai the lighting men of the United States ahd their families left at home are materially safeguarded in generous way by the government Is set forth in u digest of the soldiers' and sailors' compen-salion compen-salion law. The United States' government provides pro-vides three forms of financial protection protec-tion for its lighting forces and their families : Every enlisted man In the active military or naval service is under :1 duty to allot Slo a month from his pay to Ills wife and children. To these compulsory allotments the government gov-ernment adds family allowances ranging rang-ing from !?r a month for a motherless mother-less child, and Sl." for a wife withoul children, up to a maximum of f"i0. The compulsory allolnienls are the same for all enlisted men. regardless of rank or pay. In addition to the compulsory allotments, allot-ments, the enlisted man may also make voluntary allotments to his parents, pa-rents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, or grandchildren, and, if they are dependent de-pendent upon him for support, the government may add certain monthly family allowances. Not more than S.'O in family allowances will be paid on account of any one enlisted man. By this system of allotments and allowances the enlisted man and the government together make provision for the loved ones left behind. This compensation is the modern American substitute for the pension. It applies to officers and enlisted men alike when employed in active service, serv-ice, regardless of rank or pay. and is payable for death or disability incurred in-curred in the line of duty and not caused by their own wilful misconduct. miscon-duct. In case of death, compensation, which ranges from !?20 to $7fi a month, is paid to the soldier's or sailor's widow, children, and dependent father or mother. No other relatives are entitled en-titled to compensation. The compensation compen-sation may be paid to a widow until remarriage, and to a child until the age of IS, or until marriage. In case of disability compensation is payable to the disabled person himself, him-self, the amount ranging from $30 to $100 per -month, depending upon the disability and the number of dependents. depen-dents. If the disability is partial, the compensation com-pensation is a percentage of the compensation com-pensation that would be payable for total disability and the amount varies according to the size of the disabled person's family and the reduction in his earning capacity. In certain specific spe-cific cases of total disability, such as the loss of both feet or botli hands or both eyes, or for becoming helpless help-less and permanently bedridden, compensation com-pensation is payable at the rate of $100 per month. Compensation for death and disability disa-bility should be clearly distinguished from the government insurance protection, pro-tection, which is entirely separate. Government Insurance. In addition to the compensation for death or disability, the United States offers its fighting forces the further protection of government insurance. This insurance is protection against death or total permanent disability. It is granted, on written application, to all persons in the active military or naval service. Because the government gov-ernment bears all overhead expenses and the "extra war hazard, the cost is extremely low. The terms are so favorable and the protection so broad that the matter naturally commends itself to all men joining the colors. The premium rate depends on the man's age, and for the full $10,000 averages' between $0 and $7 a month. To obtain this government insurance insur-ance the man must apply within 120 days after he enters the active military mili-tary or naval service. In case of death of a person having so applied for $10,000. insurance, the government will pay, so long as there are persons' living who are entitled to receive the same, monthly installments install-ments of $57.50 each for twenty years, which, taking interest in account, aggregate ag-gregate $13,S00. In case of total permanent disability disa-bility these monthly installments of $57.50 each will be paid to the disabled dis-abled person throughout his lifft Provision is made for the continuation continua-tion of this government insurance after, leaving the service, and for its conversion under the provisionss of the act, without medical examination, i not later than five years after .the close of the war. |