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SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE The business of insuring our soldiers and sailors is scarcely a year old and yet we have written inir than 30000000000 of insurance insuring approximately three and a half million of soldiers and sailors This gigantic business employing 10000 individuals and doing a greater business than ti largest insurance company of the world has b cu organized in less than twelve months Of late the bureau lias been doing more than a billion dollar a ivcek business the total for the month of August will approximate 000000000 in new in ¬ surance On one day 91to3 pieces of mail came to the bureau bureauIt It is a great work an intricate work a work that every American approves of Mont than ninety IHT cent of the members of our military ami naval forces are insured and this insurance has strength ¬ ened the morale of our fighting men and brought comfort and courage to their dtpcndcntK at home iu addition to the insurance there are added soldier and sailor family allotments and government allow ¬ ances to dependents the disbursement of allot ¬ ments and allowances already totaling more than 140000000
