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Government Has Underwritten
$38,000,000,000 Worth
of War Risk.
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ring men was an mstantaneous and
tremendous success, »
The best illustration of how the
chance to insure themselves affected
the fighting men is to quote a letter
received from the mother of an
American soldier, which said in part:
“In one letter my boy wrote:
‘Mother, I am not afraid to go into
battle or to face a gun. If I have to
give my life for my country, I'll do it
gladly, but I can not sleep’at night
thinking what will becorne of you
and my little sisters.’ Later he wrote:
‘Today 1 am the happiest boy in the
world because the insurarce bill has
been passed and I am taking out the
full amount. Now 1 can face any
thing with a smile because 1 know
that you all will be taken care of if
anything happens to me.'”
“Now | Can Fight!”
A young soldier who had left a
wife and two small children at home
because patriotic fervor caused him
to enlist, was worried about their
future. Then came the opportunity
to take out Government insurance.
Gladly he seized a pen and signed an
application for a SIO,OOO policy. As
he blotted the ink, he said:
. “I have taken care of the wife and
kids—now I can fight like hell.”
Up to the present moment appli
_cations have been made out by more
than 4,000,000 men and the grand to
tal is almost $39,000,000,000. The av
erage insurance applied for per man
is approximately s9.soo—against the
average abount of $2,200 taken in
commercial and private insurance
companies.
Now thta demobilization Is wnder
way, every soldier and sailor, who
took out life insurance with the'
Government, is urged to keep it.
And, strange as it may seem, no
small part of this urging comes from
the big commercial and private, life
insurance companies of the United
States. Continuation of insurance by
the fighting.men of Uncle Sam hurts
the prospective business of those
concerns. But to their everlasting
eredit, it can be said that they have
crushed every sordid and golfish
thought and, inspired* by patriotic
motives, have added their urging to
that of the Government: -
The Life Insurance Side,
“Soldier boys and sailor hoys-—keep
up your Government insugance. It's
the best and the cheapest you can get
anywhere in the world.” .
One of the iargest life insurance
companies in the United States re
cently issued the following Instruc
tions to all of it§ branches and agents:
Now that demobilization 1s set
ting in, it is necessary to once more
refer to Government insurance on .
the boys in the armyfinnd navy.
As you know, the ihsurance now
carried by the soldiers and sailors
wlz the Government ig term insur
ance. The boys can %ry this in
surance until five yea after the
declaration of peace, at the end of
which -time the insurance ceases.
Durng these flv‘g_{ears all soldiers
and sailors who have taken out
Government term insurance will be
permitted under the act of Con
gress to exchange term policies for
regular life insurance policies on
the.whole life plan, limited payment
plan or ‘endowment plan. The pre
mium rate will be aceording to the
attained age of ‘the insured at the
time of exchanging the 4€rm insur
ance for the regular insurance. The
Government rates for this regular
insurance will be probably the net
rate table rates, which means a rate
without loading for expenses, or, in
other words, a lower rate than any
life insurance company can do
business on. ’ ’
You are hereby instructed that it
is the duty of every agent of this
company, as well as every officer
and employee, to advise any soldler
or sailor holding Government insur
ance with whom you may come in
contact to apply to the Govern
ment for an exchange of his term
policy to one of the regular forms
%f policies, just as soon as the
* Government is ready to make the
exchange. No one but those hold
ing Government insurance at the
time peace is declared will be per
mitted, under the act of Congress,
to obtain permanent Government
Jinsurance. It is our duty as in
surance men to frankby tell the boys
of the army and navy what a fa
vorable opportunity they have for”
seuring permanent insurance with
the Govemnlent at rates which can
not be duplibated elsewhgre. J
“Agents of this company are ex
pressly prohibited from attempting
to switech Government Insurance
carried by the soMiers and sailors
to insurance in this or any other
company. When any soldier or safl
or has taken permanent insurance
for the full amount which he Is
permitted to take with the Gov
ernment he can, of eourle.\e sO
- for additional Insurance in
this company,
DON'T FAIL TO K!gl' FAITH
WITH THE BOYS WHO ENLIST.
ED TO FIGHT FOR AMERICA,
The war brought about many re
markable results, many changes,
many reforms, many {mprovements,
But has any been greater than that
which effected the Insurance of
4,000,000 men and gave protection
to 4,000,000 American familes?
And it all started from these few
obscure rooms in the gloomy base
ment of the Treasury Bulldipg in
Washington. ¢
(Copyright, 1919, King Features Syndicate,
Ine.)
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Gompers Hears Labor
Troubles in France
(By Universal Service,)
LONDON, Jan. 26.—8amuel Gompers ar
rived in London llate last night. One of
the first bits of nows he heard today was
of labor econditions in France, Nothing
of those Adlsturbances has been published,
ki the 1t month” whlch Aanpercunly
'”s'l‘.'ll?." !Bodl:h""hm' 1 R
r eaders who o
today say the Am-flcu::. la:n‘d::‘ fl:’"fi'fl:
astonished by the true story of the labor
rituation lin France, and is perbaps du
bicus of the success of his mecting with
the lug Wederation' of Lubor in Paris
HON. THOMAS B. LOVE
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in Charge of Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
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LONDON (by mall).—~Among the
many activities of the war it is only
right that the national service of the
brave ddgs of Britain should receive
mention, wrstes The London Daily
Graphic. They have been In use officially
for nearly two years .as messengers,
as sentries, and as guards for places of
vital importance.
In the early months of 1917 a War
Dog Schogl of Instruction was fßrmed
by the War Office, and Lieutenant
Colonel Richardson, ‘who has devoted
his lip to training dogs for military
and police purposes, was appointed com
mandant. The school started at Shoe
buryness, but was recently moved tul
Lyndburst, Hants. Game keepers, hunt
servants and shepherds were called up
from the army to be instructed and tol
assist in the instruction of the dogs. At
first the dog recrults came entirely from
Battersea, Birmingham and Liverpooi
homes for lost dogs, and many a dou‘
thus saved from the lethal cham
ber later did excellent national work.
It is an in!f-restinf fact, that many a'
brave soldier owes his life to some poor,
uncared-for stray dog. \
The police-~have also been of great
assistance in sending unclaimed dogs,
and finally the public were appealed to
for gifts of dogs. The result has been a
splendid flow of fine dogs to the school,
ard hearty thanks are due to all who
have assisted in the supply. It is only
fitting_that they should know that their
dogs have been the means of saving
countless lives and much valuable prop
erty, and have also been instrusgental
in materially ecnomizing man-power at
A time when this was nfl important,
The skill, courage and tenacity of
these dogs has beeg amazipg. During
heavy barrages, when all 'other com
munications have been cut the mes
senger dogs have made their way, and
lin many cases they brought messages
of vital importance,
Sometimes they have been wounded
in the performance of thel duties,” and
there are wonderful records of the de
termination with which wounded dogs
have persisted in their duty, and of
successful mesuTo-cnrylnz through
darkness, mist, rain and shell fire, and
over every sort of difficult ground.
Many a time has a dog brought a mes
sage in a sow minutes over a ground
whiclr would take a runner hours to
Cross.
During the great German assault this
year part of our line in front 31 a fa
mous town was cut off by severé enemy
barrage. A Highland sheepdog messen
,er was released with an urgent appeal
or reinforcements. It ran three kilo
metres in ten minutes. A Fru(\’@ eol
onial divison was sent up and saved
the situation, otherwise there would have
been a terrible disaster.
On many other occasions messenger
dogs have been taken up with our as
saulting troops, ard have carried back
details of thé captured positions to bri
gade hendqlunrters. whereby the state of
affairs could be accurately gauged and
acted upon without delay. On one of
these occasions a dog ran six kilometres
in 20 minutes, while {in another case a
dog carrfed back a map of an important
position in 20 minutes, when a man
would have taken an hour and a half to
bring it in. In rnlltlonu where runners
have been unable to move at all mes
senger dofl have carried out their mis,
slon faultlessly.
The breeds that have given the t
results have R«n collies, sheep dogs,
lurchers and Alredales, and crosses of
these varieties, while In several cases
Welsh and Irish terriers of the large
tyge have given excellent rsults.
efitry dogs have been employed in
the Balkans. As an enmfilu of their
vigilance it may be stated that one dog
?ve wurnln&ol an enemy seout at a
istance of 30® yards, and on many oc
caslons the presence of enemy patrols
was notified by the dogs bhefore our
sentries were aware of their presence.
Many dogs have been trained as
watches and guards. Some of these
have been sent to the Italian front, while
oth:rn are In use wherever there are
valfable stores, etc., to be guarded,
The dogs all love their work and have
ideal -urroundlrsfl as their training
ground In ?w. ew Forest zlonl and
zhdon Here unvarying kindness and
evoted service governs thelr manage-
_TEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN — A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1919,
Soldiers’ Rehabilitation
Is Scientitic Process
By ALBERY E. BRYAN,
Universal Service Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 25.--Surgeon
General Ireland, of the army, has pre
pared an Interesting outline of the va
xious ategs in the process of rehab’ll
tation which every returned disabled
soldier must undergo before obtaining
his final discharge. 3
It is in the nature of an answer to
the criticisms in Cn{greu that Amer
ica is inadequately caring for her crip
pled and wounded heroes. The surgeon
general reviews the medical and voca
tiomal opportunitiés afforded by the
Government which are compulsory as
part of the curative treatment.
He refers to the work of the voca
tional shops as being of the greatest
value in restoring the use of ln!’nred
parts of the bod{ in addition te being
of educational heg to the patient in his
occupation, Emfi asis is laid upoh the
opportunities, which are optional with
the disabled soldier, of entering college
or a commercial or agricultural &thool
or of learning a technical trade or in
dustrial occupation, with the entire cost
of instruction and living expenses paid
by the Government.
Briefly summarized, every wounded or
ill soldier, returning to the United
States, will be subject to the following
course of treatment:
1. Upon arrival in the United States
he will be sent to a deparkation hos
pital for a brief stay.
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general hospital, (b) base hospital or
(¢) convalescent center—the nearest one
to _his home.
3. Where special treatment is required
he will be sent to the nearest hospital
to his home where such treatment is
available.
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of medicine and surgery—measures such
as are employed in psycho-therapy will
be resorted to. /
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tablished to provide for”each patient ac
cording to his needs.
6. Preliminary work for re-education
for a rew occupation if his injury Is
such that he can not resume his old oc
cu;mtlon.
. Advice as to vocational re-educa
tion ‘nd occupation after discharge.
8. All soldders who have been disabled
8o that they can not follow their old
occupation are offered the opportunity
of re-education after their cure and dis
chlrseb from the army.
§ O mgennuon depending on the na
ture of the injury for all men who have
become permanentiy disabled in whole
or in gurt.
10. Such additional bonuses as may be
provided for by Congress in accordance
with. the yvarious recommendations un
der conn‘:lemllon such as an allow
ance of a month's pay and railroad
fare, allotment of land for farm Rur
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DUBLIN (by mail).—lreland in tfe
days which belong to the dim and dis
tant T&ll was known as the ‘“lsland .
of Saints and Scholars.” K is true
that lenrnhu{, is now a memory, re
called ;Q?]y y the ruins of the an
clent buildings which once housed the
fathers who carried the lamp of clv
ilization over Kurope, but the country
still holds its-reputation for the hum
bler virtues.
According to the Irjsh registrar gen
eral, Sir William ThomPson, in his re
view of “Fifty Years' Vital Statistics in
Ireland,” the illegitimate birth rate in
Ireland is much below that of England,
Scotland or Wales, and is probably
lower than that of any other country
in the world. This Is a striking tribute
to the purity of the Irish people, and
an indication that the country is lig
ing up to its anclent traditions in olx
respect at least,
Some of the other conclusions ar
rived at by the re'Fistrs\r general are
also interesting. he marriage rate
of the country, for instance, is low
and im this respect has not appreciahly
changed for 50 years. The average age
of marriage iss higher in Ireland than
in other countries. This, of course, is
due not to the absence of a natural de
sire for marriage on the part of young
Irishmen and Irish women but to the
absence of the means of starting house
keeping. The country being predomi
nately agricultural, and th‘re being few
industrial enterprises to employ the
superfluous members of l.{he‘famll_\'. they
have all had to cling on to the old home
long after they have become marriage
able, and the elder son always re
garded it as a ‘duty to see that the
younger ones there were provided for
before he ventured to bring in a wife.
That all tended to defer marriage to a
late period of life.
A change in this respect is looked
for .in the coming years, when indus
tries are expected to be more plenti
ful, and when technical education has
made more progress than it has done
in the past.
The experience of the four and a half
years of war h’:as shown that Ireland ecan
gupport a muéh larger po{mlation than
her present 4,000,000, which b 0 years
ago was 8,000,000, But to do this
it is necessary that home industries
should be started and that the war
{vri(-os for agricultural produce should
e maintained.
The industrial question is one which
is Interesting a great many Irish people
in American and the British colonies
who have made fortunes in those coun
tries and who have a natural desire
to do something to stimulate the szfnwth
of wealth in the home land, Under the
Government plans of reconstruction
which have now been outlined there will
be afforded plenty of opportunity for
doing this, for the Government efforts
will require to be supported by private
o:ntvrprtise if they are not to be wholly
fruitless.
Offe thing is pretty certain, and that
is that emigration in the future will be
far less than in pre-war times The
rising generation is being grounded in
the principle that their object should
be to live in Ireland for Ireland’s sake
and to make their &ountry great among
'hfi little nations of* Western Europe.
The thirst for education has heen vast
ly stimulated and it is being met to a
greater extent than ever before. The
outlook among the masses of the péple
has undergone a profound change which
will more and more manifest itself as
time goes on. Tt will be seen that the
former objective of the voung people
to get out of the country as quickly as
possible will he greatly modified, and
the idea of livihg in Ireland agd for Ire
land will bé greatly developed.
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shoulders into a glowing furnace, Simon
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held up Owen Barron here and robhed
him of a terrier pur he was carrying.
No attempt was made to search Barron
for valuables,
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