The post office of the District of Columbia must have been a bit rushed on the morning of Jan. 1, because on New Year's eve someone went to numerous postboxes and dumped in 600,000 letters.
The 600,000 letters contained 600,000 insurance policies dated Jan. 1, 1925, and addressed to 600,000 men who served in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps during the War. So was the payment of the second bonus begun. So far, about 2,000,000 applications have been filed. Of these, 400,000 were returned because not properly made out (lacking signatures, etc.). Only about 15,000 applications were disallowed...
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