""t 'n-irnose of the Intended
amendment is to allow a man to elect
how the Insurance shal be paid. Ser
vice men say that their beneficiaries
In many cases are too old ever to
renlize any usefulness from the insur
ance. If paid only In monthly install
ments. It has also been suggested
:hil men be allowed to elect payment
of part of their total insurance in one
lump sum and the balance in Install
ments. SEEK SOLDIER
WHO VANISHED;
HAD DISCHARGE
New York. July 25 The War De
partment, through Colonel Arthur
Woods, assistant to the Secretary of
War, announced today that Clayton
Emerson Hope of Willirnantic, Conn.,
recently discharged as a private from
the army, has strangely disappeared.
The War Department is making every
effort to locate him.
Hope, who served with the 69th
Balloon, company In France was hon
orably discharged at Camp Upton on
May 19. He had previously written
his mother that - he expected to be
home In a few days. Since that time
nothing has been heard of him by his
parents or relatives.
