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    "ocrText": "INSTRUCTIONS RELATIVE TO APPLYING FOR ADJUSTED COMPENSATION\nGENERAL\nNo., 1) signing for the applicant whenever the applicant's signature is required. Il\npossible, the fingerprint's of the mentally incapacitated veteran will be obtained, but if\n(Extract from Title VII, World War Adjusted Compensation Act.)\nthis can not be done the fingerprints may bei omitted, but a statement will be made in\nPENALTY FOR MAKING FALSE OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENT IN\nthe space provided for the fingerprints, setting forth the reason for omitting the finger-\nAPPLICATION\nprints. In addition to the application, the guardian will submit a cony of the\ncourt order appointing him or her, and also an affidavit setting forth the fact\nSec. 702. Whoever knowingly makes any false or fraudulent statement of a\nthat he or she is Identical with the person appointed by the court order.\nmaterial Ract in any application, certificate, or document under the provisions\nNo credit is allowed for time served under any of the following headings:\nof Titles III, IV, V, or VI, or of any regulation made under any such title, shall,\n(1) As a commissioned officer above the grade of captain in the Army or Marine Corps,\nupon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for\nlieutenant in the Navy, first lieutenant or first lieutenant of Engineers in the Coist\nnot more than five years, or both.\nGuard, passed assistant surgeon in the Public Health Service, or having the pay and\nREAD ALL INSTRUCTIONS OVER CAREFULLY BEFORE STARTING\nallowances, if not the rank, of any officer superior in rank to any such grades.\n(2) Holding a permanent or provisional commission or permanent or acting warrant\nTO FILL OUT YOUR APPLICATION.\nin any branch of the military or naval forces or (while holding such commission or war-\nThis form will be used by all veterans, regardless of the branch of service in which\ntant) serving under a temporary commission in a higher grade. In each case for the\nyou served.\nperiod of service under such commission or warrant or in such higher grade after the\nIn these or any other instructions, pamphlets, or regulations relative to Adjusted\naccrual of the right to pay thereunder. This subdivision does not apply to any non-\nCompensation, when the expression military and naval forces' is used, it is under-\ncommissioned officer\nstood that service in the naval forces includes service in the Coast Guard and Marine\n(3) As a civilian officer or employee of any branch of the military or naval forces, con-\nCorps unless otherwise specified.\ntract surgeon, cadet of the United States Military Academy, midshipman, cadet or\nIn these instructions wherever the term \"legal guardian' or \"legal guardian of vet-\ncadet engineer of the Coast Guard, members of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps,\neran\" is used, it includes and pertains to the legal guardian of the dependent also.\nmember of the Students' Army Training Corps (except enlisted men detailed thereto),\nFILL OUT YOUR PLICATION FROM THE NFORM ATION ON YOUR\nPhilippine scout, member of the Philippine Guard, member of the Philippine Con-\nDISCHARGE CERTIFICATE OR A CERTIFICATE IN LIEU OF LOST OR\nstabulary, member of the National Guard of Hawaii, member of the insular force of the\nDESTROYED DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE, IF POSSIBLE, BUT, IF YOU\nNavy, member of the Samoan Native Guard and band of the Navy or Indian Scout.\nHAVE NEITHER WITH YOU, DO NOT DELAY YOUR OWN AND OTHER\n(4) Any individual entering the military or naval forces after November 11, 1918, for\nCASES BY.WRITING FOR A CERTIFICATE IN LIEU. If you do not have a\nany period after such entrance.\ndischarge certificate or a certificate in lieu, answer the questions on the application\n(5) Any commissioned or warrant officer performing home service not with troops and\nblank from memory to the best of your ability But, in any case DO NOT WRITE\nreceiving commutation of quarters or subsistence.\nTO THE WAR OR NAVY DEPARTMENTS, MARINE CORPS, OR THE\n(6) Any member of the Public Health Service for any period during which he was\nETEEANS BUREAU FOR A CERTIFICATE IN LIEU OR FOR INFORMA-\nnot detailed on duty with the Army or Navy.\nTION RELATIVE TO YOUR SERVICE. The task of administering the compensa-\n(7) While on farm or industrial furlough.\ntion law is of such magnitude that any unnecessary correspondence on the part of\n(8) While detailed for work on roads or other construction or repair work for the period\napplicants will materially increase the work of administration and will result in a conse-\nduring which his pay was equalized to conform to the compensation paid to civilian\nquent delay, not only in settling your own claim but also the claims of all other veterans.\nemployees in the same or like employment.\nAll the departments or bureaus of the Government in any way connected with the\n(9) Any person discharged or otherwise released from the draft for any period of serv-\nadministration of the Adjusted Compensation Act or with the settlement of claims\nice terminated by a discharge or release from the draft.\narising thereunder, are endeavoring to expedite their work with the least delay and are\nIf you come in any of the following classes, do not submit an application,\nanxious to settle the claims of veterans as soon as possible after receipt of an application.\nbecause no individual falling in any of these groups is entitled to any com-\nThis can not be done unless all veterans cooperate by following instructions and sub-\npensation whatsoever under the provisions of World War Adjusted Compensa-\nmitting their applications correctly made out. Be sure to follow instructions carefully,\ntion act.\nand when you receive notification that your application has been received and that you\n(1) Not a member of the military or naval forces of the United States at any time after\nhave been assigned an application number, do not write asking about your application,\nApril 5, 1917, or before November 12, 1918, and whose total service does not exceed sixty\nbecause it is being acted on unless there is something wrong with it, in which case the\ndays.\ndepartment or bureau handling it will communicate with you. Remember that, in\n(2) Separated from the service under other than honorable conditions.\naddition to your own claim, there are some five and one-half million others that must\n(3) Conscientious objectors who performed no military duty whatever or refused to\nbe considered. If you bear this in mind you will realize that at best it will take some\nwear the uniform.\nlittle time for your application to be acted on.\n(4) Any alien discharged from the military or naval forces because of alienage.\nIf you have no typewriter available or if you can not write plainly, take your appli-\n(5) Welfare workers, including the American Red Cross and officers thereof.\ncation to one of your friends, who will undoubtedly be glad to help you, or take it to\n(6) Entire service in any one or more of the classes enumerated in the preceding para-\nsome one who will either fill in your application for you or help you enough so that you\ngraph.\ncan send in your application made out correctly. If possible, make it out on a type-\nAttendance at an officers' training camp, unless already a member of the military or\nwriter-if not, be sure to print or write plainly. If you can not write English, get some\nnaval forces, is not considered as compensable service and consequently no benefits of\none to write out your application for you. If it is made out in a foreign language there\ncompensation accrue therefor during the period a veteran might have been in attendance.\nwill be a delay in action on your application due to the fact that it will be necessary to\nhave it translated before it can be considered. Do not make it out in a foreign language\nINSTRUCTIONS FOR DEPENDENTS MAKING APPLICATION FOR ADJUSTED\nif you can possibly get some one to make it out for you in English. Any veteran who\nCOMPENSATION\ndoes not understand the instructions or in whose mind there is any doubt as to how to\nmake out his application and who can not get a friend to help him, will be able to get\nA dependent making application for Adjusted Compensation under the provisions of\nassistance by taking his application blank to any American Legion Post, or any other\nthe World War Adjusted Compensation Act will use the same form that a veteran uses\nveteran society or organization, the American Red Cross, or any military or naval\nin applying for benefits under the Act (WWC Form No. 1). In addition the dependent\npost or station or any recruiting office. Remember that an application submitted\nis required to make a supplementary statement covered in items 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26\nwhich is not properly made out must be returned to you and final action on your\nof the application blank.\nclaim and others consequently delayed.\nDependents applying for benefits under the provisions of the World War Adjusted\nFollowing these general instructions you will find detailed instructions for filling out\nCompensation Act must furnish properly authenticated death certificate of the veteran\neach item. The items are numbered on the left-hand side of the application blank.\non whom they were dependent, except in the case of a man who died in the military\nRead the instructions for each item before filling out that item, i. e., read instructions\nor naval service. If the dependent is a father or mother of the veteran it is required\nfor item 1 and then complete that item: read the instructions for item 2 and then com-\nby law that a statement of dependency; under oath, be submitted as provided in items\nplete that item, and so on, until the application blank is completely filled out.\n22 and 26 of the application.\nAll items must be answered and all spaces filled in. In case you do not remember\nAs used in this act the term dependent means a widow or widower if unmarried, a\nspecific dates and have not your discharge certificate or a certificate in lieu available,\nchild or children, a mother, or a father, in the order named.\nthen give approximate dates as you remember them. In case any item does not apply to\nA child of the veteran is presumed to have been dependent on him at the time of the\nyou and the answer is not covered in the instructions for that particular item, draw\na\nveteran's death, if at that time such child was under 18 years of age. The term 'child'\nline in the space provided for the answer to that question. This is necessary so that it\nincludes (1) a legitimate child: (2) a child that had been legally adopted by the veteran:\nwill be known in the office acting on the application that no items on the blank have been\n(3) a stepchild if a member of the veteran's household; (4) an illegitimate child, but as to\noverlooked by the applicant. If a certain item applies to you and you do not remember\nfather only, if the child had been acknowledged in writing signed by the father, or if the\nor you are unable to give an answer, write \"I do not know in the space provided for the\nfather had been ordered by a court to contribute to the child's support, or if the father\nhad been decreed to be the putative father of the child.\nanswer.\nWhen properly filled up and witnessed, or sworn to in the case of dependents, the\nThe widow or widower of the veteran is considered to have been dependent on him\napplication must be sent to one of the following places, depending on whether your last\nor her upon their showing that they and the veteran were living together as man and\nservice was in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps;\nwife at the time of the veteran's death. In case of a father or mother being dependent\non the veteran a statement of dependency, under oath, is required as provided in items\nFor the Army to-\n22 and 26 of the application. The terms mother\" and \"father\" include stepmothers\nAdjusted Compensation Branch,\nand stepfathers, mothers and fathers through adoption, and persons who have stood\nThe Adjutant General's Office,\nin place of a mother or father of the veteran at least one year before the veteran began his\nWashington, D. C.\nservice.\nFor the Navy or Coast Guard to-\nIn case of a mentally incapacitated dependent the procedure is the same as for a men-\nAdjusted Compensation Branch,\ntally incapacitated veteran, the legally appointed guardian of the dependent making the\nBureau of Navigation,\napplication; signing for the dependent and attaching to the application a copy of the\nWashington, D. C.\ncourt order appointing him or her the legal guardian of the said dependent, and an affidavit\nFor the Marine Corps to-\nsetting forth the fact that he or she is identical with the person set forth in the court order.\nAdjusted Compensation Branch,\nAn application by a dependent must be made before January 1, 1928, in order to be\nU. S. Marine Corps,\nvalid, except when the veteran dies after June 30, 1927, without having applied, in which\nWashington, D. C.\ncase the dependent may submit an application any time up to six months after the\nThe above address must be used in any further correspondence which may be re-\nveteran's death.\nquired with the War or Navy Departments or the Marine Corps until you are notified\nUnless otherwise specified, instructions covering each item apply equally as well to a\notherwise. All correspondence relative to service in the Coast Guard will be addressed\ndependent submitting an application as to a veteran who is personally applying and like-\nto the Navy Department.\nwise instructions relative to a legal guardian of a veteran apply to the legal guardian of\nIn order to insure that your application is delivered to the proper office, be sure to use\nthe dependent.\nthe addressed envelope furnished with your application blank and thus avoid any un-\nThe dependent making application must give as much of the required information\nnecessary delay in your application reaching its destination at the earliest possible\nrelative to the service of the veteran as possible. All dependents will complete item\nmoment.\n12. This must be done in order to identify the veteran concerned.\nAll applications must be made by a veteran or dependent on or before January 1, 1928,\nexcept when a veteran dies within the six months prior thereto, in which case a dependent\nmay apply at any time within the six months following the veteran's death. Any appli-\nDETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING OUT\ncation received after that date will be held void.\nAPPLICATION\nIn order to be valid, an application must be submitted by the veteran himself except\nwhen mental incapacity prevents him from so doing, in which event it will be made by\nMail your application to the War Department, Navy Department, or Marine Corps,\nthe veteran's legal guardian. If the applicant is physically incapacitated, he or she may\ndepending on whether your last service was in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, or Marine\nsign by using 'his (her) mark' in the presence of the two persons required to witness\nCorps. If you do not know definitely where to send it, ask some one, and be sure. Use\nthe signature of an applicant.\nthe addressed envelope provided by the Government in which to send in your applica-\nIn the case of a veteran who is mentally incapacitated, the legal guardian may make\ntion. If you use that envelope, you can't go wrong. But remember you must put a 2-cent\napplication for the veteran, using the same form as the veteran would use (W WC Form\nstamp on it."
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