War-risk Insurance Bills: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 8074, H.R. 10365, H.R. 11551, H.R.12098, H.R. 12797, H.R. 12969. February 6, 7, 10, 11, and March 1, 3, 1920 |
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Page 26 - Board shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to furnish the persons included in this section suitable courses of vocational rehabilitation to be prescribed and provided by the Board...
Page 58 - The director is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary in order to promote good conduct on the part of persons who are receiving care or treatment in hospitals, homes, or institutions as patients or beneficiaries of said bureau during their stay in such hospitals, homes, institutions, or training centers. Penalties for the breach of such rules and regulations...
Page 85 - ... enlisted man as beneficiary of his allotment, no recovery of the allotments paid in such cases shall hereafter be made for any reason whatsoever; and no recovery of the allowances paid in such cases shall hereafter be made for any reason whatsoever except where it is shown that the person receiving the allowance does not bear the relationship to the enlisted man which is required by the War Risk Insurance Act, and except, also, in cases of manifest fraud.
Page 27 - Whereas, the question of adjustment of compensation or extra pay for service men and women was pending before Congress at the time the national convention of the American Legion in Minneapolis, November, 1919: and " Whereas, the American Legion in national convention assembled, left with confidence the discharge of this obligation to Congress ; and " Whereas, no definite action looking to...
Page 27 - Legion was not founded for the purpose of promoting legislation in its selfish interest, yet it recognizes that our Government has an obligation to all service men and women to relieve the financial disadvantages incident to their military service, an obligation second only to that of caring for the disabled and for the widows and orphans of those who sacrificed their lives and one already acknowledged by our allies...
Page 52 - That the amount of the monthly installments of compensation, yearly renewable term insurance, or accrued maintenance and support allowance which has become payable under the provisions of Titles II, III, or IV hereof, but which...
Page 50 - ... child, father, or mother at the date of settlement, then to the brothers and sisters and children of deceased brothers and sisters, per stirpes...
Page 58 - Penalties for the breach of such rules and regulations may, with the approval of the director, extend to a forfeiture by the offender of such portion of the compensation payable to him, not exceeding three-fourths of the monthly installment per month for three months, for a breach committed while receiving treatment in such hospital, home, institution, or training center as may be prescribed by such rules and regulations...
Page 25 - Congress the enactment of legislation making sufficient appropriation to provide adequate hospital and sanitarium facilities for the care and treatment of all persons discharged from the military and naval service of the United States, and to provide medical and surgical treatment to any of the persons mentioned above irrespective of the service origin or aggravation of their...
Page 26 - ... for his maintenance and support and for the maintenance and support of persons dependent upon him, if any: Provided, however, That in no event shall the sum so paid such person while pursuing such course be more than' $100 per month for a single man without dependents, or for a man with dependents $120 per month, plus the several sums prescribed as family allowances under section 204 of article II of the War Risk Insurance Act.