Military: Prisoners In Germany Do Not Lose Rights to War Insurance, 1918,
Natchitoches Parish La
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The Natchitoches Times article.
November 19, 1999 issue.

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Information supplied by Natchitoches Genealogical and Historical Association 
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By Shirley Porter


April 19, 1918
PRISONERS IN GERMANY DO NOT LOSE RIGHTS TO WAR INSURANCE
     American soldiers and sailors in German prison camps prior to April 12,
1918, will not be deprived of their rights to war risk insurance because of
an inability to make personal applications, provided such application is
made in their behalf.
     According to a statement by the Secretary of the Treasury, applications
for insurance may be made in behalf of such prisoners by persons within the
permitted class of beneficiaries under the military and naval insurance
law.  This class includes wife, child, parent, brother or sister.
Application should be made to the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance at
Washington, D. C.