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...with good teaching could learn enough Latin in six months to get into an American college", says Mr. Chapman, "and just this amount, this little smattering of latin, is enough to make the whole difference in any man's outlook upon civilization. This bonus bona, bonum' makes French and Spanish and Italian easy to him. It puts him at home in half the words of the English language. Almost everything an educated man has to do with is tinged with 'bonus, bona, bonum...
...particularly significant. The delegates voted down the 'Grab Bill' to give every discharged soldier six months additional pay. This bill had been proposed in Congress as a political measure in order to win votes from the many discharged soldiers for its backers. It was entirely unnecessary, as the $60 bonus law gave all the aid that was needed to get a discharged soldier back on the job. By repudiating this bill, the Legion showed that it intended to keep to its newly adopted tenet of steering clear of politics...
Former members of the Navy in order to receive the Government discharge bonus of $60 should send their discharge to the Disbursing Officer, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Washington, D. C., and not to the Zone Finance Officer as was announced. Releases sent to the wrong address will either be returned or forwarded to the proper person. In addition to the release, every application for a bonus should give the date of enlistment, training station, rank, and present address of the applicant...
...response to a number of inquiries about the $60 bonus to be paid to soldiers discharged since April 6, 1917, Colonel Goetz stated yesterday that it is applicable to all men who have served in the Student Army Training Corps...
Those who have been discharged and have received their final pay without the $60 bonus should write a letter to the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, Washington, D. C., stating their service since April 6, 1917; the date of last discharge; and their present address to which they desire their bonus check to be sent. They should enclose in this letter their discharge certificate, or military order for discharge, or both, if both were issued...