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A. Yes.

NOT ASSIGNABLE.

41. Q. Can people to whom I owe money collect such debts out of my insurance?

A. No. This insurance can not be attached, assigned, or otherwise taken by creditors.

42. Q. Does the Government provide automatic insurance?

A. Yes; for those who may be totally and permanently disabled or who may die without having applied before February 12, 1918, the Government has provided insurance in amount of $25 per month payable to a wife, during her widowhood; child, or widowed mother.

It should be borne in mind that this insurance is payable to a more restricted class and does not last beyond February 12, 1918, and that on leaving the service the right to apply ceases. Automatic insurance should not therefore induce you to delay making application.

ON LEAVING THE SERVICE.

43. Q. If while in the service I become insured, do I lo.se my insurance when I leave the service?

A. No; you may carry the insurance even though you leave the service but you must change it to another form within five years after the close of the war in order to continue it beyond that time.

FINAL.

44. Q. I am single and have no dependents; why should I take insurance?

A. (1) Because the insurance is payable to you in monthly installments of $5.75 for each $1,000 of insurance should you become totally and permanently disabled.

(2) You may at some later date acquire by marriage a dependent whom you will be glad to make your beneficiary.

(3) Then, too, you may not be able to pass an examination for life insurance in a regular company (see answer to No. 34).

MONTHLY PREMIUMS FOR EACH $1,000 OF INSURANCE.

(Each $1,000 of insurance is payable in installments of $5.75 per month for 240 months: but if the insured is totally and permanently disabled and lives longer then (sic) 240 months, the payments will be continued as long as he lives and is so disabled.)

WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1918