Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 11, 1919, Page 4

HOW TO OBTAIN BACK ARMY PAY War Department Warns Soldiers. Lawyers Arc Needless. RED CROSS WILL ASSIST Full Inetructions Are Given Telling How Discharged Officers und En- listed Men May Collect Arrears in Pay—Claims for Insurance and Al- lowances Should Be Sent to the! Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Tt has come to the attention of the war department that, the claims o many discharged officers and eolisted men for arrears fn pay are belog for- warded to the director of fisanco by attorness uod other claim agents Without questioning such_ procedure, It 1s deslred to empbasize the fact that the settlement of any claims re- of the additional 6l of the necessary pape or Intermediary. Th soldier s all that 1s_requ such claim should be submitted direct- 1y by the discharged officer or soldier £ the war department, which will give the aforesald clalms as prompt and eareful consideration ns possible. Any feo paid by the soldier to wn attor- ey or claim agent 1 @ neediess ex pense. ‘Attentlon s tovited to the fact that claims for arrears In pay. Includiog travel pay, should be sent to the direct: o of finance, Washington, D. C. ! How to Get $60 Bonus. Claims for the $60 bonus nuthorized by the act of February 24, 1919, should bo sent to the zono finance officer, Lemon bullding, Washington. Tho ap- plication for bonus should be accom- Danied by (a) the discharge certi- »ate or order for dischargo or release, 1t no certificate was issued, but both order 1t both were * bearing Indorsement of final payment belng required; (o) a statement of ll military service since April 6, 1917, showing place and date of reporting at first military sta- Hon, and (c) the address to which the & dellveries of ed by allotments Liberty honds pure from army pay should be addressed to the zone finance ofticor, Washiugton, D.C. ‘Clatms for arrears of pay due a de- ceased offcer or enlisted man at time meit allowance 1§ conceriied; Fe paid through the army allotment system, war departinent, and Inqulries concern. ing such clatms should he addressed to the zone finance officer, Washing- tnD.C. The fact that thero 1s no necessity to cmploy attorneys or other claim agents to assist In collecting claims. of soldiers or thelr beneflclarles ap- plles Just as emphatically (o war risk Insurance clatms us to army pay, travel pay and bonus against the war de- partment. Red Cross Will Assist. The department of orphan_relief, ough lts home to nssist. all Gischarged oficers and soldlers, or thelr beneficlaries, who have claims auinst the government In making out ny necessary papers or correspond- The burean of war risk lnsurance tirges_the following points t0 be ob- served: “In writing to the burean of war of War Risk Tnsucance, Washington, D.C. In case you are writing about .| a death clatm, give the full nume, rank nd organization In the service of the deceased person, and If he died In the service, the dato of his death, and it he dled after discharge from the serv- fee, the date of his lscharge. “If he had Insurance and you know the Insurance certificate number, stato the Insurance certificate pumber also In your communication. I you are a disabled man discharged from the sers- ce, or are wrlting on bebalf of a man jsabled In the service, state the full Fank, and_orguntzation In the e and the date of discharge trom rvice, and In’every Instance give so the the address to which.a reply should by the bureau of war risk Insurance. GOODBY TO FATHER WINTER No Doust That Spring Is Hers, With Al the Joyousness That the Season Should Bring. ‘The harbiogers of spring are numer. ous, though often abscure. It does not fake many warmlsh days at this time oo yeur to make the hoart of anl mfte Nature, Including man, to_throb with hope. We have been filled with forebodings. All of our mild December we sald that the nutumn was lingering long this vear. In equally mild Jan- uary we prognosticated that we would “got 1t" In February. We are still & ittle fearful that old Father Winter may have some Ico and snow for us in hls storehouse and s we try not to Just Received From the I?‘I ciuarters of Fashion THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER UR New Yorkjbuyers havelected with the judge- “Fment of experience and cability these New Suits, o s, W | 507 T e Coats and Dresses. The garments, presented 'All claims for tnsurance, unpald fam- wensation for er the war 1 o made dl- of war risk insur. Ny allowances and death or bl vl Insurance act rect to the bure ance, treasury e it at. which sueh claims oy results el setloment. it o " | gets ont his book of ftea In Februars drawn to 8 seale, with evers radish and bean and cabbage located s not rushing the season, and It 1s n mighty pleasant thing to make out these days. 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