The Monroe Journal

DISCHARGED SOLDIERS TO RECEIVE A BONUS OF $60.
Local Board of Exemptions—Will Affect a Number of Union County Men.

Soldiers who have been honorably discharged from the service since April 6, 1917, will receive a bonus of $60, according to a bulletin received by the local board of exemptions. It is thought that this will affect a number of Union county men.

The information received by the board relative to the bonus and the method of procedure to secure one is as follows:

Subject: 'Sixty dollars bonus to be paid soldiers discharged since April 6th, 1917,

1. The following circular has been received from the Finance Department, Washington, D. C.:

“Section 1406 of the Revenue Act approved February 24, 1919, authorizes the payment of a bonus of sixty dollars to officers, soldiers, field clerks and nurses of the Army upon honorable separation from active service by discharges, resignation or otherwise. This bonus is not payable to the heirs or representatives of any deceased soldier.

Those who are discharged hereafter will receive this bonus on the same roll or voucher upon which they are paid their final pay.

Those who have been discharged and received their final pay without the sixty dollars bonus, should write a letter to the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. C., stating their service since April 6th, 1917, the date of last discharge and their present address to which they desire their bonus checks to be sent and enclosing with this letter their discharge certificate or Military Order for discharge and both, if both were issued.

Upon receipt by the Zone Finance Officer, Washington, D. C., of this information and the soldier's discharge certificate this officer will cause checks to be drawn and mailed to the claimants in the order in which their claims were received by him. The discharge certificate will be returned to the soldier with the check.

It is estimated that at least one million and a quarter persons have been discharged from the service who are entitled to the benefits of this Act and while payments will be made as expeditiously as possible, it will manifestly take considerable time to write and mail this many checks.