The Fitzgerald Leader Enterprise And Press

HIS ERROR LEAVES FAMILY DESTITUTE

ATLANTA. Oct. 15-Just because he did not sign his name William C. Rindle, a Georgia World War Veteran living in one of the North Georgia counties, leaves a widow and two small children practically destitute. The widow will receive eventually the amount of the veteran's adjusted Compensation Credit. $625. It will be March 1, 1925, though before any amount is received and then only $62.50. Three long months will go by before another payment is made. Every three months until the whole $625 is paid the widow will receive a check for $62.50. Under the provisions of the "World War Adjusted Compensation Act," the so-called "Bonus Law" this veteran—had he only filed application before he died could have left for his widow and children $1,531 payable January 1, 1925, in one lump sum.

Bill Rindle did not know this, says J G C Bloodworth. Jr., director of the Service Bureau of Georgia, in calling attention to the importance of filing application at once for benefits under the Adjusted Compensation Law.

Merely because no immediate financial benefit is to be derived from making application for the "bonus" many Georgia veterans are not taking advantage of their rights under this law. The veteran throughout the country is however. On September 22, 1924, 1,305,000 veterans or dependents of veterans filed applications.