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Show vi gj'Jk EDITOR'S KOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the j Washington Bureau of Western Newspaper News-paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W7 , Washington, D. C, is able to bring readers this meekly column on prob- 1 lems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be ad- dressed to the above Bureau and liei tvill be answered in a subsequent col ( umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. j New Veterans' Hospitals Gen. Omar N. Bradley has announced an-nounced authorization and approval by the President of 29 new veterans administration hospitals. At 12 o) . these, a school of medicine is ad j jacent to the new hospital. The new hospitals authorized are ; Birmingham, 500 beds; Little Rock,! 500 beds; Tallahassee, Fla., 200 beds; SaginawMich., 200 beds; Tu-j pelo. Miss., 200 beds; St. Louis, Mo.,! 500 beds; Southern Missouri, 1,000 beds; Poplar Bluff, Mo., 200 beds; j Grand Island, Neb., 200 beds; Met-1 ropolitan New York, 1,000 beds; I 1 Syracuse, N. Y., 1,000 beds; Dur- j ham, N. C, 500 beds; Charlotte, N. j C, 500 beds; Toledo, Ohio, 1,000 beds; Kalamath Falls, Ore., 200 1 beds; Philadelphia, Pa., 1,000 beds; Altoona, Pa., 200 beds; Erie, Pa., 1 200 beds; Harrisburg, Pa., 200 beds; Chattanooga, Term., 500 beds; Bon-ham, Bon-ham, Texas, 50 beds; Houston, Texas, Tex-as, 1,000 beds; Salt Lake City, 500 beds; Spokane, Wash., 200 beds; Madison, Wis., 500 beds and Beck-1 Beck-1 lev. W. Va.. 200 beds. Questions and Answers Q. Are requirements for dis-: dis-: charge in the seabees the same as in the navy? And can a seabee 1 be eligible for state-side duty be-: . fore he has achieved enough dis- j I charge points? Mrs. W. C. G., Diggs, , Va. A. Yes, point ratings in the sea-bees sea-bees are the same as in othet ' branches of the navy and they caD ; be assigned for duty anywhere it 1 continental U. S. at anytime, j Q. How many points are re-) re-) quired for a dischargee from the coast guard? Also does a man in i the coast guard get points when he Ats married? A reader, Coleridge, I f'eb. I A. As of December 11, 1945, en-1 Hftted men coast guard are ( '"quired to have 40 points to be---ne eligible lor discharge. To ob i'n the dependency points, he must ' hfUe been married on or before jSigust 15, 1945, and must hav I 'ade a financial allotment to his ); My grandson was drowned Is ,many after serving over twe years in the army. His insurance was made out to me, as his parenti are dead and I raised him from th day he was born. However, after sending in his insurance papers, the government wrote they didn't give it to grandmothers. ' Is there anything any-thing I can do or anyone I could ..)rite to so I can get it? Mrs. C. E. A., Hinsdale, 111. A. The veterans administration informs us that legally, grandpar-. grandpar-. ents are not included in the rangs of kinship to whom insurance is payable, pay-able, but in your case suggest thai you legally establish your loca' i parental, or that you have acted af parent to this boy and contact youl i nearest regional veteran administration adminis-tration office. Your local selective service board, Red Cross, or other service organization can aid yoi with your case. I Q. My boy has been in the Soutl Pacific 18 months. He is on Titiar Island, U. S. Naval base hospital No. 19, Navy No. 3247. When wiD i he be home on a furlough? Mrs T. H. G., Vernonia, Oregon, i A. You do not give sufficient in formation concerning your son'i time in service to venture an answer. an-swer. You should give his age anc1 complete service record. O thp npriod a servicemar enlists for mean anything or notl Our son became 18 years of ag( last January 29. He enlisted ir the navy for the duration of the wai and six months after, now he hai been sent to Japan and that surelj does not look as if he is to be re leased soon. I am particularly concerned con-cerned because be has another yeai in high school. Some boys in hit class who entered service " las' year are back in school now. Hov can that be for one and not foi all? Isn't the war over since August? Mother, Sunbury, Pa. A. You are right; it does not loot as though your son will be homi soon. The war is not over, and wil not be over until so declared by th( President or congress. No peaci treaty has been signed. Only th surrender of Japan and Germanj has been concluded. Unless he i: released on points before, your sor is eligible for service for six month; aftor formal declaration of end o) the war is made. Q. Will a veteran who draws th( $20 a week until he draws ten week: ever get a bonus? If a veterar who is 100 per cent disabled shoulc get a light job would it cut his pen sion down? Mrs. M. K., Carrolton Ga. A. Benefits received under th G.I. bill of rights will be deductec from any future bonus received bj the veteran. This does not apply however, to disability payments. I: a 100 per cent disabled veteran i: able to hold a light job, it will no cut his pension, since it does not al ter his disability rating. |
