Patients of the second class (b) should have. whenever conditions permit and the medical officers approve. such specific training-physical and vocational-as will in the judgment of the educational officers best fit such patients for limited service of a particular kind. At present patients are being trained in general hospitals for limited service as general and Vocational teachers, typists, printers, tailors. cobblers, harnessmakers, welders, motor mechanicians, painters, machine workers, woodworkers, bookkeepers, statisticians, telegraphers, photographers, telephone operators, cooks, storekeepers, electricians, etc. LIST TO BE EXTENDED. The list will be extended with the advice and co-operation of the committee on education and special service of the war department to meet other needs as they arise. connection with the large general hospitals there is abundant opportunity for practice in In many trades and occupations. At Fort McPherson. for example, practical experience can be gained in twenty different trades. Moreover, there is immediately adjacent to the hospital a large quartermaster's mechanical repair shop, covering all phases of mechanical repair and construction to which men can be assigned for limited service or to gain experience. Patients of the third class (c) should be encouraged in every possible way to accept the benefits accorded them for vocational training by the federal board for vocational education. To this end they should have while in the hospital such physical training and general education as will best promote their physical reconstruction and at the same time contribute most to their vocational training. Patients who do not elect or who are not eligible to continue their education under the federal board should receive such training as the medical and educational officers deem best in each individual case. The machine gun company has 6 officers and 172 men. It consists of the headquarters (3 officers and 21 men), 3 platoons (each with 1 officer and 46 men), and a train (13 men). Its armament is 12 machine guns of heavy type and 4 spare guns. Transportation and Equipment. The transportation equipment of the regiment is: 22 combat wagons, 16 rolling kitchens, 22 baggage and ration wagons, 16 ration carts, 15 water carts, 3 medical carts, 24 machine gun carts, 59 riding horses, 8 riding mules, 332 draft mules, 2 motorcyles with side cars, 1 motor car, 42 bicycles. New fighting equipment for each regiment, in addition to the usual rifles, bayonets, pistols, etc., includes 480 trench knives (40 to each company), 192 automatic rifles (16 to each company), and 3 one-pounder cannon manned by the one-pounder cannon platoon of the regimental headquarters company. Headquarters Company. Each_regimental headquarters company is made up of 7 officers and 294 men, as follows: One headquarters platoon (93 officers and men) including 1 staff section (36 officers and men), 1 orderlies section (29 men), 1 band section (28 men). One signal platoon (77 officers and men) including 1 telephone section (51 men), 1 section with headquarters (10 men), 1 section with 3 battalions (16 officers and men). One sappers' and bombers' platoon (43 officers and men) including 1 section sappers (9 men) for digging and special work, 1 section bombers (34 officers and men). One pioneer platoon (55 officers and men) for engineer work. One one-pounder cannon platoon (33 officers and men). 1 sanitary train composed of 4 field hospital companies and 4 ambulance companies..... 27,152 Artillery and Machine Gun Strength. The new organization increases the ratio of artillery and machine gun strength of infantry. In place of the old division of three brigades with three infantry regiments in each are two brigades with two infantry regiments in each. But in the new as in the old organization there are three regiments of field artillery in each division, making the ratio of artillery to infantry regiments three to four, in place of three to nine. A trench mortar battery, added to the artillery brigade, and a one-pounder platoon, attached to each infantry regiment headquarters company, adds to the gun strength of the division. A division now includes a total of fourteen machine gun companies. Each of the four infantry regiments has one; each of the two brigades has a machine gun battalion of three companies, and the division has a machine gun battalion of four companies. This gives each division a mobile machine gun strength of ten companies, which can be used as special needs require, while each regiment still has its own machine gun equipment in one of its component companies. And, in addition, there are forty-eight sections of autoriflemen, each section carrying four light machine guns (automatic rifles), one section in each of the four platoons making up each rifle company. SPECIAL AND TECHNICAL TROOPS. General order 108. 1. Under authority conferred by section 2, act of May 18, 1917, the president directs that there be organized for the period of the existing emergency, the enlisted strength being raised and maintained by voluntary enlistment or draft, the following special and technical engineer troops: A. For each army: (1) A gas and flame service; 1 regt. engrs. (2) A mining service: 1 regtl. hqrs.; 6 engr. cos. (mining). (3) A water supply service: 1 regtl. hqrs.; 6 engr. cos. (water supply). (4) A general construction service: 1 regtl. hqrs.; 6 engi. cos. (construction). (5) An engineer supply service: 1 regtl. hqrs. ; 1 batin. engrs. (supply) of 3 cos.; 1 batin. engrs. (workshop) of 3 cos.; 1 service batln. (4 cos.). (6) A surveying and printing service: 1 batın. engrs. (topographical); additional officers will be attached as needed. 4; sergts., 4; corpls., 15; horseshoers, 4; saddler, 1; wagoners, 65; cooks, 3; buglers, 2; pvts., first class, 26; pvts., 52; total, 181. Combat wagons (6 mule), 30; combat wagons (4 mule), 15; baggage and ration wagons, 3; rolling kitchen, 1; water cart (2 mule), 1; technical supply train wagons (6 mule), 5; technical supply train wagons (4 mule), 10; horses, riding, 8; mules, draft, 334. A service battalion will consist of: Battalion headquarters: Commissioned-Major, 1; 1st lieut., 1; 2d lieut., 1; total, 3 EnlistedBatin. sergt. major, 1; batln. supply sergt., 1; pvts., first class, 4; total, 6. Four service companies, each of the following personnel: Commissioned-Capt. 1: 1st lieut., 1; 2d lieut., (7) A road service: 1 regtl. hqrs.; 4 batlns. engrs. (road) of 3 cos. each; 6 service batlns. (4 cos. each); 10 truek cos. (31 trucks each); 5 wag-1; total, 3. Enlisted-First sergt., 1; mess sergt., on cos. (61 wagons each). (8) An army ponton park. B. For the line of communications: (1) A general construction service: 1 regtl. hqrs.: 6 engr. cos. (construction); 6 service batlns. (4 cos. each). (2) An engineer supply service: 1 regtl. hqrs.; 2 batins, engrs. (supply) of 3 cos. each; 2 batlns. engrs. (workshop) of 3 cos. each; 3 service batins. (4 cos. each). (3) A forestry service: 1 regtl. hqrs.; 10 batins. engrs. (forestry) of 3 cos. each; 9 service batlns (4 cos. each). (4) A quarry service: 1 regtl. hqrs. ; 2 batins. engrs. (quarry) of 3 cos. each; 3 service batlns. (4 cos. each). (5) A light railway service, consisting of the following: Construction 1; supply sergt., 1; sergts., 8; corpls., 16; wagoners, 3; mechanics, 2; buglers, 2; cooks, 4; pvts., first class, 70; pvts., 142; total, 250. 4. The following field transportation is author. ized: For each regimental headquarters-Truck ton), 1; motor cars (5 passenger), 2; motorcycles with side cars, 6. (2 For each battalion headquarters-Truck (2 ton), 1; motor car (5 passenger), 1; motorcycles with side cars, 4. For each engineer company-Trucks (2 ton), 2; truck (4 ton, delivery type), 1; motorcycles with side cars, 2; rolling kitchen (trail mobile type), 1; water cart (trail mobile), 1. For each headquarters of a service battalionMotorcycles with side cars, 3. For each service company-Motor trucks, 2; mo5torcycles with side cars, 2; rolling kitchen (trail mobile type), 1; water cart (trail mobile), 1. department-1 regtl. hqrs.; batins. engrs. (railway) of 3 cos. each; 3 service batlns. (4 cos. each). Operation and mechanical department-1 regtl. hqrs.; 4 batins. engrs. (railway) of 3 cos. each; 3 service batlns. (4 cos. each). (6) A standard gauge railway service, consisting of the following: Construction departments-5 regts. engrs. (railway) (the 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th engrs. [railway], nat. army); 8 service batlns. (4 cos. each). Operation and maintenance department-2 regtl. hqrs.; 6 batlns, engrs. (railway) of 3 cos. each; 3 service batlns. (4 cos. each). Mechanical and supplies department-1 regtl. engrs. (shop) (19th engrs. [railway], nat. army); 1 batin. engrs. (railway) of 3 cos.; 1 service batln. (4 cos.) 2. Service battalions will be transferred from one service to another as may be necessary. Engineer troops of a special service may be utilized in another engineer service in the discretion of the commanding general concerned. 3. A regimental headquarters will consist of: Commissioned-Col., 1; lieut.-col., 1; capts., 3; total, 5. Enlisted-Master engrs., sr. grade, 4; jr. grade, 4; regtl. sergt. major, 1; regtl. supply sergts., 2; sergts, 4; wagoners, 3; cooks, 2; pvts., first class, 6; pvts., 12; total, 38. Enlisted A battalion of engineers will consist of: Battalion headquarters-Commissioned-Major, 1; captns., 2; 1st lieuts., 1; total, 4. Master engrs., sr. grade, 2; jr. grade, 4; batın. sergt. major, 1; batln. supply sergt., 1; sergts., 2; corpls., 2; wagoners, 2; cook, 1; pvts., first class, 3; pvts., 6; total, 24. And three engineer companies. An engineer company will consist of: Commissioned-Capt., 1; 1st. lieuts., 3; 2d lieuts.. 2; total, 6. Enlisted-First sergt., 1; sergts., first class, 4; supply sergt., 1; mess sergt., 1; stable sergt., 1; sergts., 10; corpls., 20; horseshoer, 1; saddler, 1; wagoners, 5; cooks, 5; buglers, 2; pvts., first class, and pvts., 198; total, 250. An army ponton park (materiel, 3 ponton divisions and 1 supply division complete) will consist of: Commissioned-First lieut., 1; 2d lieut., 1; total, 2. Enlisted-First sergt., 1; sergts.. first class, 2; supply sergt., 1; mess sergt., 1; stable sergts., For each army ponton park-Baggage and ration wagons, 3; rolling kitchen (4 mule), 1; water cart (2 mule), 1; horse, riding, 8; mules, draft, 334. SECRETARY BAKER'S VISITS TO EUROPE. Newton D. Baker, the secretary of war, made two visits to Europe in 1918. On his first trip he arrived at a French port on March 19. After a conference in Paris with Arthur J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary. and Gen. Foch of the French army, he inspected the American camps and parts of the front line where Americans were receiving their "top" training. He also visited the Belgian front and met King Albert. Then he crossed the channel and went to London, where he was received by King George and had interviews with Premier Lloyd George and other British statesmen and military officers. ning of the great German offensive on March Returning to France soon after the begin21 he conferred with Gen. Pershing and approved of the American commander's action posal of Gen. Foch, who had been made the in placing his troops at the unqualified discommander of the allied forces. Early in April he visited Italy, inspecting the damage done by air raids in Venice, calling at the Italian army headquarters and having interviews with Premier Orlando and the foreign and war ministers in Rome. Returning to France he was received by Premier Clemenceau and took part in ceremonies in Paris in connection with a celebration of the first anniversary of America's entry into the war. Mr. Baker returned home, arriving at an Atlantic port on April 16. The dates of his departure for Europe and for his return trip were kept secret. He traveled both ways on one of the large German steamships interned in the United States and taken over when the war began. and in the fall, spending part of September and Secretary Baker made another trip to France October there and in England to arrange for further co-operation in shipping troops supplies. He witnessed part of the American victory at the St. Mihiel salient and inspected the various military activities behind the lines as well as at the front. In England he visited a number of hospitals for American wounded. SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' INSURANCE. $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 Amount. $8,000... Install Install ment. .$46.00 Amount. ment. 48.88 ..$54.63 $10,000.............. 57.50 See also amendments to war insurance act, page 391, this volume. William C. DeLanoy, director of the bureau of war risk insurance in the treasury department, determined upon and published on Oct. 15, 1917, the terms and conditions of the contract of insurance to be made under the act of Oct. 6, 1917. Following is the substance of these terms: Insurance will be issued for any of the following aggregate amounts upon any one life, the amounts being converted into monthly installments as indicated: Amount. $5.75 $4,500. 8.63 $5,000. 11.50 $5,500. 14.38 $6,000. The installments will be payable during the total and permanent disability of the insured, or if death occur without such disability, for 240 months, or if death occur following such disability, for a sufficient number of months to make 240 in all, including months of disability already paid for, in both cases except as otherwise provided. Install- $4,000 $4,500 $5,000 $5,500 $6,000 $6,500 $7,000 15. $0.63 $0.95 $1.26 $1.58 $1.89 $2.21 $2.52 $2.84 16. .63 6.15 7.18 6.63 7.74 8.84 9.95 6.00 7.20 8.40 9.60 10.80 12.00 13.20 14.40 5.20 6.50 7.80 9.10 10.40 11.70 13.00 14.30 15.60 2.82 4.23 5.64 7.05 8.46 9.87 11.28 12.69 14.10 15.51 16.92 3.07 4.61 6.14 7.68 9.21 10.75 12.28 13.82 15.35 16.89 18.42 19.96 3.35 5.03 6.70 8.38 10.05 11.73 13.40 15.08 16.75 18.43 20.10 21.78 23.45 $7,500 $8,000 $8,500 $9,000 $9,500 $10,000 | Age. $7,500 $8,000 $8,500 $9,000 $9,500 $10,000 $4.73 $5.04 $5.36 $5.67 $5.99 $6.30 28.. 5.10 5.44 5.78 6.12 6.46 6.80 4.73 5.04 5.36 5.52 5.87 6.21 6.56 6.90 4.73 5.04 5.36 4.80 5.12 5.44 5.76 6.08 4.80 5.12 5.44 5.76 4.80 5.12 5.44 5.76 9.23 10.25 11.28 12.30 13.33 14.35 11.05 12.16 13.26 14.37 15.47 15.60 16.80 16.90 18.20 18.33 19.74 21.49 5.18 5.18 5.52 5.87 6.21 6.56 6.90 5.25 5.60 5.95 6.30 6.65 7.00 52. 9.53 10.16 10.80 11.43 12.07 12.70 53. 10.13 10.80 11.48 12.15 12.83 13.50 54. 10.80 11.52 12.24 12.96 INSURANCE AFTER THE WAR. Secretary William G. McAdoo issued the following official statement Nov. 18, 1918: 15.30 I desire to remind all America's soldiers 16.40 and sailors that it is their opportunity and 17.60 their privilege to keep up their insurance with 19.00 the United States government after the war 20.50 has officially terminated and even after they 22.10 have returned to civil life. 14.54 15.58 16.72 18.05 16.40 17.43 18.45 19.48 16.58 17.68 18.79 19.89 21.00 18.00 19.20 20.40 21.60 22.80 24.00 19.50 20.80 22.10 23.40 24.70 26.00 21.15 22.56 23.97 25.38 26.79 28.20 23.03 24.56 26.10 27.63 29.17 30.70 25.13 26.80 28.48 30.15 31.83 33.50 The insurance may be continued at these increasing term rates during the war and for renewable term insurance at net peace rates, In its present form this insurance is annual not longer than five years after the termina-issued against death and total permanent distion of the war. Persons entitled to apply for this insurance are: 1. A commissioned officer (including a warrant officer) in active service in the military or naval forces of the United States. 2. Any person, male or female, enlisted, enrolled or drafted into active service in the military or naval forces of the United States. including noncommissioned and petty officers and members of training camps authorized by law. The term "military or naval forces" means the army, the navy, the marine corps, the coast guard, the naval reserves, the national naval volunteers and any other branch of the United States service while serving pursuant to law with the army or the navy. 3. Any member of the army nurse corps (female) or of the navy nurse corps (female) while employed in active service under the war department or navy department, respectively. Insurance may be applied for in favor of one or more of the following persons with sum of $500 or a multiple thereof for each beneficiary, the aggregate not exceeding the limit of $10.000 and not less than $1,000 upon any one life: Husband or wife. Child, including legitimate child; child legally adopted before April 15, 1917, or more than six months before enlistment or entrance into or employment in active service, whichever date is the later; stepchild, if a member of the insured's household; illegitimate child, but, if the insured is his father, only if acknowledged by instrument in writing signed by him, or if he has been judicially ordered to contribute to such child's support, and if such child, if born after Dec. 31, 1917, shall have been born in the United States or in its insular possessions. Grandchild, meaning a child, as above defined, of a child as above defined. Parent, including father, mother, grandfather. grandmother, stepfather and stepmother, either of the insured or of his/her spouse. Brother or sister, including of the half blood as well as of the whole blood. stepbrothers and stepsisters and brothers and sisters through adoption. Unless other designation is made by the insured, such person or persons, within the permitted class of beneficiaries, as would under the laws of the place of residence of the insured be entitled to his personal property in case of intestacy shall be deemed designated as the beneficiary or beneficiaries to whom More than 4,000,000 officers and men of the army and navy are now insured with the United States government through the bureau of war risk insurance of the treasury department. The grand total of insurance is more than $36,000,000,000. ability. Under the provisions of the war risk insurance act every person holding this insurance may keep it up in this form even after he leaves the service for a period of five years. All that is necessary is the regular payment of premiums. Moreover, the law provides that not later than five years after the termination of the war as declared by presidential proclamation, the term insurance shall be converted, without medical examination. into such form or forms of insurance as may be prescribed by regulations and as the insured may request. In accordance with the provisions of the law. these regulations will provide for the right to convert into ordinary life, twenty payment life, endowment maturing at age 62, and into other usual forms of insurance. This insur- • ance will continue to be government insurance. The various forms of policies which the bureau of war risk insurance will write are now being prepared. Every person in the military or naval service owes it to himself and to his family to hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance. It is the strongest, safest and cheapest life insurance ever soldiers and sailors of anxiety and misgivings written. Just as this insurance relieved our for the welfare of their loved ones and protected them against the hazards of war, so it will continue to protect them through the days of readjustment and reconstruction and in time of peace. The advantages of keeping this insurance in force cannot be emphasized too strongly. The right to continue it is a valuable right given by the government to our fighting part of the men as compensation for their services. If this right is lost by allowing insurance to lapse it can never be regained. When government insurance is allowed to lapse the holder cannot again obtain insurance except from private companies at a considerable increase in cost. Moreover, many of the men may have become uninsurable as a result of the war through physical impairment, and if these allow their insurance to lapse they will lose the last opportunity for their families to have the protection of life insurance. The economic value of life insurance to society is so well recognized as to need no argument. The government now has in force upon the lives of 4,000,000 American citizens who have fought its battles a life insurance group larger than all others combined. Therefore, it is manifestly of the highest importance, not only to the fighting men and their dependents but to all the people, that the largest possible percentage of this insurance shall be continued in force after its holders shall be returned to civil life. MEMORANDUM FOR SOLDIERS. A copy of the following memorandum of information will be furnished to each officer and enlisted man separated from service in the United States army: Information relative to compensation and continuance of war risk insurance. Furnished to (Surname) (Christian name) (Army Serial No.)' War Risk Insurance. All correspondence relating to war risk insurance should be addressed to "Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., and always contain the following information: Your first name, middle name, and last name in full. Your grade and organization at the time of applying for insurance. Your army serial number. Date of your discharge or separation from service. Your present address. 1. If you desire to continue your war risk insurance it will be necessary for you to make payments of the monthly premiums directly to the disbursing clerk, bureau of war risk insurance, treasury department, Washington, D. C. Check or money order should be made payable to the treasurer of the United States. 2. Your premium on $. will be $.... per month until July 1, 1919, after which date it will be as follows: From July 1, 1919, to July 1, 1920, $...... per month. insurance From July 1, 1920, to July 1, 1921, $.. per month. From July 1, 1921, to July 1, 1922, $. per month. From July 1, 1922, to July 1, 1923, $. per month. From July 1, 1923, to July 1, 1924, $...... per month. 3. Should your address or that of a beneficiary change at any time, you should advise the bureau of war risk insurance, treasury department, Washington, D. C., immediately. 4. Within five years after the termination of the war, as declared by proclamation of the president, you must apply to the bureau of war risk insurance, treasury department, Washington, D. C., for the conversion of your present policy into some other form of insurance. Your present policy will lapse unless converted within that time. 5. You may change your beneficiary at any time provided the new beneficiary is within the permitted class. Those who may be designated are: A spouse, child, parent, brother or sister or grandchild. Compensation. All correspondence relating to compensation should be addressed to "Compensation Section, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Treasury Department. Washington, D. C.. and always contain the following information: MONUMENT TO FIRST On Nov. 3, 1918, an artistic monument at Bathelemont, France, was dedicated by the citizens of Nancy to com nemorate the death of the first three Amer ans who fell there in action just a year before while fighting under the American flag. The names of these men are Corp. James B. Gresham, Evansville, Ind. Thomas F. Enright, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Merle D. Hay, Glidden, Iowa. Notwithstanding the fact that Bathelemont was still under enemy shell fire, early on the morning of the 3d, there were some beau 1. The United States will pay compensation for death or disability resulting from injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty by an officer or enlisted man when employed in active service, except where injury or disease has been caused by his own willful misconduct. Furthermore, dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the service terminates all rights to any compensation. 2. In case a man should discover after and within one year after separation from the service that he has sustained an injury or contracted disease in the line of duty when employed in active service which may result in disability or death, but which did not disable him and of which he had no knowledge at the time of separation from the service, he should communicate the fact immediately to the compensation section of the bureau of war risk insurance, giving his full name, army serial number, if an enlisted man, rank, or grade, and organization; the date of his discharge or separation from the service; and if possible, the date of his injury or disability. He should at the same time request to be furnished a certificate to the fact that at the time of his separation from the service he was suffering from a wound, injury, or disease which is likely to result in death or disability. This certificate must be obtained within one year from the date of separation from the service, and in order to obtain it the man must submit to a medical examination by a physician designated by the bureau of war risk insurance. 3. No compensation shall be payable for death or disability which does not occur prior to or within one year from date of separation from the service. 4. No compensation is payable for disability unless claim is filed within five years after the date of separation from the service. 5. In order to procure compensation for disability the claimant shall submit to examination by a medical officer of the United States. If he refuses to submit to such examination his right to compensation ceases. 6. Compensation is entirely separate and distinct from war risk insurance and should not be confused therewith. |