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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1919)
[i In l \\y]i SOLDIERS AND SAILORS URGED TO RE-INSTATE LAPSED INSURANCE. Por»i«r Enlisted Man nr* T old of Government Insurance Plan. Dtncharired sailors and f soldiers who hare dropped their war risk in surance are urjred by Ensiirn E. P. Thornton, Pay Corps, U. S. N. Ff. F., District Insurance Officer, New Or leans, LA., to take steps to re-instate their insurance. His statement is as follows: ^ “Uncle Sam went into the insur ance business for the benefit of the lads who stood like a stone wall be tween civilisation and “Kuttur. reason for this was to frive his Rilt edge insurance at the smallest possible cost. With the government backing the company and bearinft all operating expenses, it can iasu# a policy the value of which has never before heen equalled. New Bureau Created. “After war ceased many of the soldiers and sailors came back to eivil life and, unfortunately, many left the service in the rush of discharges without being made to approbate and understand the value of their insurance and the method of keep ing it up. Hence, many have, be cause of lack of information, allow ed their term insurance to lapse. and Saany more are on the verge of do ing so. . “So the Bureau of War Risk in surance created a Conservation fac tion. A mighty campaign is being conducted with the purpose of giv ing every man with insurance, and every many who has unwisely drop ped his insurance, and every • bene ficiary who is so vitally concerned, the cut and dried facts. They are: Facta mrm Cited. “Why should the men keep up the term insurance? “Because it is protection agsmst both death and disability, can b<- car ried for a premium within reach of the flattest purse—(66 cents per thousand per month at age twenty- one, for example)—and bemuse those who carry it are going to hake the privilege of converting it at any time within five years after the dec laration of peace into the soundest, ihtist liberal and cheapest insuaance T- t was ever offered. It is s privilege confined absolu tely to Uncle Sam’s uniformed b.ick- ers* either ia service or now dis charged. It- is a reward for {their many sacrifices of time and vocation snd. sad to 'say. sometimes life, *Cas. exposure and combat have taken their toll of health and. tmtny J f the boys will never get outat4e in- urance, due to their service, but hen the time comes for conversion of Uncle Sam’s present term Insur ance into permanent forms, if a man still holds his term insurance,;that’s all Uncle Sam wants to know'kbout his health. If he was physically s.-und enough to get into uniform I < 4 { " , ' • l'- ■v THE B ATT A LI O N\ he is sound enough to gat in on a government policy. Uacl* Sam’s Policies. ‘♦Uncle Sam’s policies will insure against disability during the entire lifetime of the insured,- a feature the • o-t of which, on the outside, would be almost.prohibitive. If a man becomes disabled to the extent that he con not engage in a substan tially gainful occupatkinj $5.78 per month per one thousand dollars - insurance is his for the remainder of his life, no mattef if he ia dis abled at age twenty-five and lives te be one hundred. The Government gives this feature free, the premium charge being based only upon the cost of death and hot dishbility:. “If a man reaches age sixty, he stAnds one chancel in two of be coming disabled through disease accident or old age during the re maining years of hi# expectancy of life, statistics show, and if he reach es the age of seventy, his chances of living the remainder of hb life with out becoming disabled are only one in four. Privilege* Are Many: “Some of the other privileges of the policies are liberal cash and loan values, paid up aad extended insur ance, incontestibility from date of. issue, freedom from all restrictions as to residence, travel or occupation, dividends from any gains and sav ings, an<i proceeds of all policies to be exempt from all taxation. • “Uncle Sam is going to issue six standard forms of policies—a policy 10 meet the need of every average man. They are: Ordinary Life, 20- Payment Life, 30-Payment Life, 20-Year Endowment, 80-Year En dowment and Endowment ^maturing at age sixty-two. | His premiums are going to be about 25 per cent lower than those of outside companies. Premiums will be payable monthly, quarterly semi-annually or anpually. “If a man has dropped hb term insurance he should write immedia tely to the Bureau of War Risk In surance, Washington. D. C.. stating h»s full name and address, rank and organisation at the time of applying for insurance, the date of hb dis charge or separation from service, month for which last premium was paid, and ask them what to do. It b very proabable that he will be re instated. If he has just left the service he could mail all future pre miums on the first day of the month for which each premium b due to the Disbursing Clerk, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, making check or money order payable to the Secretary of the Treasury. Navy men in this dbtrict can get futher Information and advice by calling upon or writ ing to the Dbtrict -Insurance Officer No. 1 Canal SL, New Orleans, La. Army Agn should communicate with the nearest branch of the RediCross After a long and thorough search, Lt- E. D, Hopkins of Co. D, found hb beloved trunk, and valuable con tents. “Somewhere in Bryan.” _ “ — mmmnmmm The Clothing and Furnishing^ we have on display are correct. W e hope for your apprqval. 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