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Show (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military service to: Walter Shead, Armed Services Serv-ices Question Box, 1057 National Press Building, Washington 4, D. C. Answers An-swers will be given in this column.) FOR THE FIRST time in the present emergency, active duty orders are being issued to a number of Naval Reserve chaplains chap-lains on other than a voluntary basis. The Navy has said that needs of an expanding service, together to-gether with a drop during recent months in the number of chaplains volunteering made the move necessary. neces-sary. Strict adherence to a policy that no person is denied appointment, promotion or assignment to a civilian civil-ian job in the Army because of being liable for military service under the selective service act was called for recently by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. Secretary Secre-tary Pace pointed out that the federal fed-eral government has urged private employers to avoid discrimination against persons liable for military service insofar as employment opportunities op-portunities are concerned. Q. When I got out of the Army in 1945, 1 was told that if I couldn't afford to keep up my Gl term insurance, 1 could drop it and apply later for a new policy. I then let it expire. Now that I can afford insurance again, I went to VA and asked for a new policy. They told me that some new law took away my right to new NSLI as a veteran. vet-eran. What is that law? J.B.C., Miller, Ohio. A. That is public Law 23, the Servicemen's Indemnity and Insurance Insur-ance Acts of 1951, which became law on April 25, -f951. It stopped the issuance of new NSLI or USGLI, except under certain conditions con-ditions for those who return to active ac-tive military duty. Since you're still a veteran and your old term policy has expired, VA cannot issue you a new NSLI policy under that law. Q. I am a student under the Gl Bill, and 1 have been forced to interrupt my studies because of illness. May I return to school under the Gl Bill after I get well, even though the cut-off date has passed? S.W.G., Water-town, Water-town, Tenn. A. Yes. You are required to remain re-main in continuous pursuit of your studies except for reasons beyond your control. Illness is such a reason. rea-son. Q. I am a World War 11 veteran vet-eran drawing compensation for a disability rated at 60 per cent. My wife recently gave birth to a son, entitling me to an additional addi-tional allowance in his behalf. On what date will the increased payments be effective: the date of his birth, or the date I submit sub-mit the birth certificate to VA? M.H.A., Manchester, Maine. A. The increased payments would become effective as of the date VA receives evidence of birth which establishes entitlement to the higher payments. Q. I would like some information informa-tion as to the means of getting in touch with a serviceman whose whereabouts I do not know. 1 have not heard from him since 1949, and have no address later than the one he had at that time. He was wounded in 1945 in Germany and was discharged shortly thereafter. Could you tell me of any way to locate him? Mrs. A. M Cleburne, Texas. A. The only attempt that you could make to locate a serviceman in such a case would be to write a letter to him, put it in a plain envelope, en-velope, enclose a stamp, and send it to the VA office in Washington, D.C. They will forward it to the latest address they have. |