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49 U. S. SOLDIERS OF THE 53 REPORTED LOST ON
MOLDAVIA HAVE GOVERNMENT INSURANCE
Claims Will Be Paid Promptly
Average Amount of Insurance
Applied for by Missing Men is
$8,714. More Than 2,162,-
021 Applications Now on File.
The treasury department authorizes
the following:
Os the 53 American soldiers reported by
the war department as lost on the tor
pedoed transport Moldavia, 49 have gov
ernment insurance applications on file in
the bureau of war isk insurance, Sec
retary McAdoo announced.
The four others may have applications
in transit.
The average amount of insurance ap
plied for by the 49 soldiers is $8,714, or
close to the SIOOOO maximum fixed by
law.
This insurance record for the soldiers
on the Moldavia is believed to be repre
sentative of the Insurance protection of
the entire American army and navy.
More than 2,162,021 applications, aggre
gating approximately $18,000,000,000 of in
surance, are now on file in the bureau,
and new insurance Is coming In at the
rate of about $100,000,000 a day.
Prompt Payment Made.
Prompt payment of all insurance and
compensation claims wilt be made. In-
Commander of Base Hospital
and Members of His Staff
The commanding officer at the Base
Hospital, Camp Hancock, and mem
bers of his staf- include the follow
in j:
Major Frederick J. Barrett, com
manding officer.
Major John B. Ludy.
Major George M. Coates.
Major Win. C. I-yle.
Major Wm. C. Lyle.
Major Robert E. Schleuter.
Capt. Robert E. Baldwin.
Capt. Wm. J. Olds.
Capt. Charles H. Weber.
Capt. John H. Evans.
Capt. L. L. Lewis.
Capt. Wm, R. Buchanan.
Capt. Charles Me. Iseman.
Capt. Waldo W. Hull.
Capt. Edward E. Collins.
Capt. Wm. L. Hearst.
Capt. John G. Murray.
Capt. Thomas I. O'Drain.
Capt. Roy P. Forbes.
Capt. John A. Freese.
Capt. Oliver C. Cox.
Capt. W. C. Thigpen.
Capt. Alfred Glasscock.
Lieut. R. H. Van Bliss.
Lieut. David T. Austin.
Lieut. Paul H. Parker.
Lieut, Valino V. Bourke.
Lieut. Julian A. Legaro.
PERSONAL GLIMPSES OF OFFICERS
AT HANCOCK
Maj. Charles F. Clyde.
One of the first arrivals at Camp Han
cock last September was Major Clyde,
who camo here a member of the Penn
sylvania National Guard. His home is in
northwestern Pennsylvania. The major
has probably lived longer at Hancock
Ga.. than any other officer now stationed
there. *
Maj. R. J. Ryan.
A man of few words, but frank, friend
ly and democratic, is the best description
of Major Ryan, member of the British
Mission at Camp Hancock, who was sent
here last fall to give the Pennsylvania
soldiers bayonet instruction. He has
made fine use of the old dry reservoir
at the edge of the camp.
Major Ryan was born in Sheffield,
Yorkshire. He has seen service in India,
China and Africa, not to mention two
years in the greatest of all struggles tn
France. The major is also an experi
enced machine gun man and he will re
main here to assist in preparing the now
soldiers for service overseas.
Lieut.-Col.~wTM. Smart.
“Born and raised in the army.” Colo
nel Smart stated when asked from where
he hailed. The colonel came to Hancock
front Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. He
has been made camp surgeon and his
work has already shown splendid results.
His father, Charles Smart, was retired
from the service after the civil war, as
a brigadier-generaL General Smart saw
service in several wars and was one of
the army's best known medical officers.
Cant. Harry S. Barton.
Were it left to a vote among the men
Who work with him at division head
quarters, Captain Barton would be elect
ed to the presidency. “He's a good fel
low,” they all say. The clerks and order
lies work hard for the captain, for they
both admire and respect him.
Captain Barton came to Augusta with
the Pennsylvania guard last September.
He hails from Bloomsburg, Pa., where
in civil life he is a real estate dealer
and insurance man. The captain was
formerly with the 109th Pennsylvania
Infantry, but later he was made head of
the war risk insurance department
where he succeeded in selling more than
$300,000,000 of insurance in the division
When the insurance campaign ended the
captain was sent to Washington for a
course of instruction in classification and
TRENCH AND CAMP
formation concerning the insurance pro
tection of the Moldavia victims was ob
tained from the files and duly recorded
and reviewed within six hours after the
first news of the sinking reached Wash
ington.
The record of the bureau of war risk
insurance, covering several million sol
diers and sailors, are in such shape that
this information can always be obtained
with the greatest speed.
Immediately after the adjutant gene
ral of the army officially declares the
men missing from the Moldavia are dead,
machinery for the payment of claims to
their beneficiaries will be put in motion.
Every effort consistent with safety is
taken to expedite the establishment of
claims and the issuance of checks.
The dec th benefit for United States
government insurance is $5.75 for each
SI,OOO of Insurance for 240 months, or
$57.50 a month for 20 years if the maxi
mum insurance has been applied for.
Further Indemnity.
In addition to thg government insur
ance, which must be applied and paid for
by the soldier or sailor, further indem
nity is provided by the government with
out charge in the form of death and dis
ability compensation. This is payable
only to a wife, child, or dependent wid
owed mother, and ranges from S2O to $75
a month. So that the wife, or child, or
children, or the dependent mother of any
of the soldiers lost on the Moldavia wil’
receive these compensation payments in
addition to any insurance payments, and
regardless of whether the soldier was
insured or not.
Lieut. James Rhino.
Lieut. B. C. Dice.
Lieut. A. E. Condron.
Lieut. H. F. Bonaker.
Lieut. Harry P. Ruess.
Lieut. Iceland H. Tower.
Lieut. John H. Doyle.
Lieut. Basil E. Strode.
Lieut. E. F. Small.
Lieut. E. P. Borino.
Lieut. Ursa Weston.
Lieut. Wm. E. Diefenbech.
Lieut. Louis Bagby.
Liuet. Wm. J. J. Bridoout.
Lieut. James W. Thompson.
Lieut. Wayne L. Bnyder.
Lieut. Francis S. Hill. ’
Lieut. John F. Bonnett.
Lieut. Fred L. Claudman.
Lieut. David W. Houston.
Lieut. B. E. Carroll.
Lieut. Amos J. Minhol.
Lieut. Edward D. McFarland
Lieut. Frank B. Harriman.
Lieut. Morris Baskin.
Lieut. John D. Verrilli.
Lieut. Frank a Ladwrence.
Lieut. Zachariah G. Jones.
Liuet. Oscar I. Bauman.
Lieut. Daniel W. Frye.
Lieut. Charles Sly.
Lieut. Wilber G. Barr.
Lieut. Henry F. Abbott.
Lieut. Wm. H. Norton.
personnel work, and was later sent back
here as camp adjutant, which position
ho now fills.
Lieut. James A. Linen, Jr.
Captain Barton's assistant in the insur
ance department was Lieut. Linen, who
also went to Washington for a course
of instruction. Upon his return here
Lieutenant Linen was made camp per
sonnel officer. Later Capt. J. O. Strutz
was sent here for this work and Lieuten
ant Linen has been made his assistant.
Capt. Jerome E. Johnstone.
When it was found necessary to or
ganie a military police force to take the
place of tho Pennsylvania force which
was sent abroad. Captain Johnstone was
chosen for the job. This is not the first
police force the captain has organized
in American camps, as to him goes the
credit of forming the force at Camp
Jackson, said to be the best in the coun
try. The captain’s success here appears
to be a duplication of what he accom
plished in Columbia.
Capt. Robert E. Baldwin.
One of the few Southern oicers sta
tioned at Camp Hancock is Captain Bald
win. whose home is in Tampa. Fla. The
captain is adjutant at the Base Hos
pital. “We do not have the hot weather
in Tampa that you are having here,”
the captain says. But he admits that he
is getting accustomed to it.
The Latest Arrivals.
Among the recent arrivals at Camp
Hancock are Lieut.-Col. R. O. Ragsdale,
who has been placed in command of the
recruit receiving depot. The colonel is
facing a big job in making soldiers of
thousands of drafted men.
Capt. J. O. Strutz. an expert person
nel officer, has also just arrived here,
i He came to Hancock from Camp Fun
ston. Kansas, where he had about eight
months' experience as personnel oicer.
Major Arthur G. Black, camp judge
advocate, hails from Kansas City. Mo.
He has been stationed at Fort Leaven
worth and has just arrived here.
NAMES OF OFFICERS AT HANCOCK
WITH GRADE OF MAJOR AND ABOVE
Officers now stationed at Camp Han
cock who are of the grade of major and
above are as follows:
Colonel Oliver Edwards.
Colonel Frank D. Wickham.
Lieut.-Col. Wm. M. Smart.
Lieut.-Col. R. O. Ragsdale.
Major Alfred Brandt.
Major Frederick J. Barrett.
Major Arthur G. Black.
Major Charles F. Clyde.
Major George M. Coates.
Major Charles S. Demarest.
Major V. Does.
Major Seneca! Egbert.
Major Roland L. Gaugler.
Major Maurice L. Goodkind.
Major Albert E. Halstead.
Major Beverly L. Kennon.
Major Louis A. Kunzig.
Major John B. Ludy.
Major Elbert J. Lyman,
Major E. P. Pierson.
Major Wm. B. Renzeich»usen.
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JUNE 12.
