EXPLAINS HOW
SOLDIERS CAN
SECUREMS
Explaining officially for the first
time how to go about getting the $60
bonus which congress recently voted
every discharged soldier, sailor or
marine, the office of Major J. F.
Douglas, United States depot quarter
master in Seattle, has prepared a mem
orandum which shows that a simple
letter wilil bring the extra compen
sation, provided it states the required
facts as to service and is accompa
nied by the soldier’s discharge papers.
To make what is required abso
lutely clear a sample form of letter
was prepared in the office of Captain
J. P. Hinton, finance assistant to the
depot quartermaster in Seattle. Chief
Clerk O. C. Gove, who has made a
lonog study of army finance, worked
out this form as one which every for
mer service man can use, and be sure
that he will not go wrong.
Text of Form Letter
The form letter and Chief Clerk
Gove’s remarks as to the papers to
be attached or inclosed follows:
"Prom: Name and address.
"To: Zone Finance Officer, Lemon
Building, Washington, D. C.
“Subject: Bonus.
“1. In accordance with Sec. 1406
of the revenue act of 1918, I hereby
make claim for $60 additional pay to
discharged soldiers, and inclose here
with the following papers, viz.:
Name .
Address .
“Remarks.—Officers -makinig claim
for this $60 will submit their discharge
certificate. If no discharge certificate
was issued, the officer will submit the
order for discharge or relief. If he
has a discharge certificate and an or
der for discharge or relief, he will
submit both papers. The paper bear
ing the notation of final payment is
required in all cases. An enlisted man
will submit his discharge certificate.
Both officers and enlisted men will
submit a statement showing all mili
tary service that they have had since
April 6, 19J7, showing particularly the
place and date of reporting at first
military station. All claimants should
show the address to which they wish
check to- be sent. Particular atten
tion should be paid to this matter of
address and an effort should be made
to give such address that there will
be no necessity for making change.
If change of address is made the of
fice of the zone finance officer, Lemon
building, Washington, D. C., should
be notified.”
Address Zone Fnince Officer
Chief Clerk Gove emphasized that
the letter should be addressed to the
zone finance officer, Washington, D.
C., not to the depot quartermaster or
to other quarteremasters or finance
officers in different parts of the coun
try. The discharge papers forwarded
must be the originals, not certified
copies, and they should be registered
at the postoffice and receipt requested.
Great care should be taken in all let
ters that all facts and dates cited are
accurate.
Soldiers now being discharged from
the service are paid the $60 bonus at
time of discharge, and it is not neces
sary for them to have any correspon
dence whatever. Soldiers already dis
charged, however, and who have been
paid in full on discharge, can get this
bdnus only by writing to the zone
finance officer In Washington.
Those Entitled to Bonus
Basing his opinions on a long tele
gram received from the director of
finance in Washington, D. C., Chief
Clerk Gove has formulated the fol
lowing opinions with regard to who
would and who would not be entitled
to the bonus, emphasizing, however,
that these opinions are not official,
as they may be controverted by rul
ings of the war department or the
comptroller of the treasury:
Those who will get the bonus—All
persons who have served in the mili
tary and naval forces of the United
States, including officers, enlisted men
and nurses, and who have resigned or
been honorably discharged since April
6, 1917, or, in the case of reservists,
who have been returned to Inactive
duty in the reserve, instead of being
honorably discharged, as has been
done in the navy.
Exceptions In Rule
Exceptions—An officer will not re
ceive this sum If discharged more
than a yea* after the signing of the
treaty of peace; enllBted men or
nurses will not receive it except on
discharge before or at the end of the
present period of enlistment, and in
no case will anyone discharged twice
be paid two boonuses. No person
who failed to report for duty before
November 11, 1918, even though of
ficially in the service, will be paid
the bonus; no officer who has been
discharged by special order with one
month’s additional pay will be paid
a bonus; in case of death, the bonus
will not be paid to heirs or legal rep
resentatives.
No further correspondence will be
necessary to get the bonus after the
required letter giving details of serv
ice and accompanied by discharge
papers is sent unless the zone finance
officer himself writes for further in
formation.
CO-OPERATIVE STORES
OF ALASKA NATIVES
The Metlakahtla Commercial Com
panay, a stock company composed of
Indians on Annette island, Alaska, de
clared a dividend of 20 per cent cash
on its capital stock, 10 per cent cash
dividend on purchases by stockhold
ers, and a 15 per cent stock dividend
for the twelve months endiing Dec.
31, 1918, according to J. C. Helwig, as
sistant to the superintendent of edu
cation of the natives of Alaska.
The Hydaburg Trading Company,
composed of Indians on Prince of
Wales island, declared an 8 per cent
cash dividend on its capital stock, 7
per cent cash dividend on purchases
to stockholders, and a 4 per cent stock
dividened on its capital stock for the
twelve months ending December 31,
1918, and the Klawock Commercial
Company, on Prince of Wales island,
also composed of Indians, declared a
15 per cent cash dividend on its cap
ital stock and an 8 per cent stock
dividend, said Mr. Helwig.
wirn uie exception oi assistance
| that is given by the teachers of the
Alaska bureau of education and the
annual auditing of accounts by the
Alaska bureau, the business of the
three corporations is conducted en
tirely by Indians. Indians own vir
tually all the stock in the three con
cerns.
“A departure this year for the Met
lakartla Commercial Company was
the ‘China’ contract, by which the
company furnished Chinese labor to
the Annette Island Packing Company,”
said Mr. Helwig. “The results were
very satisfactory to the Metlakahtla
company, and it is not unlikely that
this practice will be continued. Chi
nese labor heretofore has been fur
nished by special contractors.
“Twenty-five thousand dollars was
needed to finance the enterprisee. At
the end of the season the packing
company paid the Metlakahtla' com
pany at the rate of 47 cents a case,
from which the company paid for the
labor and was able to declare a profit.
“The Metlakahtla company was or
ganized three years ago, the Hyda
burg company seven and the Klawock
company five years ago.
“The board of directors of each of
the companies is made up of Indians,
who hold regular monthly meetings.
The managers and clerks of the com
panies are Indians. The school teach
ers in the districts keep the books
and give advicee. Once a year an
auditor is sent North by the Alaska
bureau of education to examine the
accounts.
“When the companies were organ
ized the Indians specified that an an
nual government inspection must be
made, the same as in the postofflce
department.”
Mr. Helwig’s report shows that the
Metlakahtla Commercial Company in
the twelve months ending December
31, 1918, made sales amounting to
$40,000, giving a net profit of
$9,602.39; capital invested, $21,140.
Hydaburg Trading Coompany—
Sales, $31,500; net profit, $4,104.72;
capital invested, $19,577.50.
Klawock Commercial Company—
Sales, $34,500; net profit, $3,130.58;
capital invested, $12,790.
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TO MINE FOR SULPHUR
IN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS
For the first time in the history oi
Alaska the mining of sulphur on a
considerable scale will be started in
a few months on one of the islands
of the Aleutian group, says the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. The Alaska Sul
phur Company, made up of Chicago
capitalists, is launching the new un
dertaking and will ship a steamer load
of machinery north within a short
time to begin operations. The prod
uct will be shipped to Seattle and
distributed from there to markets in
various parts of the country.
To carry the first shipment of tram
cars, tracks, engines and machinery
to the North, W. T. Isted, steamship
and marine agent, has chartered the
coast steamer Horace X. Baxter from
the San Francisco firm of J. H. Bax
ter & Co., acting in behalf of the
Alaska Sulphur Company. The steam
ship arrived on the Sound recently and
will make a trip to San Pedro with
a cargo of piling, after whicih she will
return to Seattle to load for the North.
She is chartered for one trip and the
company plans later to charter or buy
one or more steamers to take the
output to Seattle.
The sulphur deposit is located on
Akun island, about ten miles from the
whaling station on Akutan island. Ex
perts for the company have gone over
the ground in the past few seasons
and have blocked out a supply which
will permit of a capacity output for
many years.
Sulphur is used in the process of
makinig paper, and the paper mills of
the Paciific coast will consume a large
part of the shipments from the Aleu
tian island mine.
On her return from the South the
Horace X. Baxter will go to Belling
ham to load lumber for the construc
tion of quarters and mine buildings,
and will return to Seattle to take
aboard a shipment of tram cars, ca
bles, rails, hoisting engines and other
equipment.
She is to sail from Seattle in about
a month, carrying a crew of work
men who will get the property ready
for mining operations. Additional
crews will leave later on in the sea
son, to start mining. The company
has arranged to secure a numoer of
scows at Unalaska and plans to op
erate the mine all the year round
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