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Show (Send your questions about the armed forces or any aspect of military mili-tary service to: Walter Shead, Armed Services Question Box, 1057 National Na-tional Press Building, Washington 4, D. C. Answers will be given in this column.) VETERANS who will train this fall under the GI bill should plan to have personal funds to cover at least a couple of months, since GI subsistence checks may be late in coming, VA reports. VA is doing everything possible to keep delays to a minimum, even to the extent of suspending, for the time being, those administrative procedures not directly related to the task of getting get-ting veterans into training. Despite all efforts, however, some delays will occur this year. Travel of dependents of armed forces personnel to Japan will be resumed on limited scale early in November for the first time since such travel was suspended in July, 1950, following the outbreak of the Korean conflict. Under this resumed travel program, dependents will sail either from the Seattle or San Francisco. Competitive examinations for a navy-sponsored college education under the naval reserve officers training corps program will be held throughout the country on December Decem-ber 8, 1951. Applications for the four-year course starting in the fall of 1952 must reach the U.S. navy examining board, Princeton, New Jersey, by November 17, 1951. Application Ap-plication forms are available at high schools, colleges, navy recruiting stations, and naval officer procurement procure-ment offices. The program is open to male high school seniors and graduates who are citizens between the ages of 17 and 21, and are physically qualified. NROTC units are located at 52 U.S. colleges and universities. Q. 1 am a veteran of World War 1. Although I reported the births of my two children, I have had no increase in my compensation. compensa-tion. What can I do to get this? W.C.P., Browerville, Minn. A. You should write to your regional re-gional office, including your claim number in your letter, and explain the situation to them. Your percentage per-centage of disability, if any, bears upon the question of whether or not you are entitled to additional compensation. com-pensation. Q. 1 am a first lieutenant in the United States marine corps. Can you tell me when the next promotion will be from this rank? W.E.B., Lilhia Springs, Ga. A. The marine corps recently said that 496 of its most senior first lieutenants on active duty had been selected for promotion to temporary captain. Upon passing physical examinations ex-aminations and if otherwise qualified quali-fied as determined by their commanding com-manding officers, the new captains will receive their bars. Of the 496, about 60 per cent are reservists on active duty. Q. I am the wife of a soldier. Can you tell me when, and from what units personnel will be transferred to overseas theatres to replace veterans who have been returning to this country under the army's rotation plan? Mrs. J.E.M., Curtis, Mich. A. Six thousand soldiers selected for this purpose from units within the United States will arrive at ports of embarkation between November No-vember 15 and 25. There will be 609 from the first army, 662 from the second, 1601 from the third, 635 from the 4th, 804 from the 5th, 913 from the 6th, and 776 from technical techni-cal and administrative. |