Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1918 — URGES SERVICE MEN TO RETAIN U. S. INSURANCE [ARTICLE]

URGES SERVICE MEN TO RETAIN U. S. INSURANCE

Washington, Nov. 15.—Soldiers and sailors 'holding government (insurance were urged by Secretary MieAdoo today to keep up their policies after the war, as a means of protecting their' families, and ito give them the right to convert it into other forms to be provided by the government. The insurance may be continued for five years, or converted within that time. If policies are allowed ito lapse, the right to take other forms of government insurance never can be regained. Policies with private Companies will cost' more, and may be impossible to obtain on account of physical infirmities developed in the the war, the secretary said.