Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-28

| or draft of the Organized Militia
or National Guard, the family Of
each enlisted man of the Or
ganized Militia or National Guard
called or drafted into the service Of
the United States until his discharge
from such service, and the family of
each enlisted man Of the Regular
Army until his discharge from active
service therein or until the discharge
Of the Organized Militia or National
Guard from such service If such en-
listed man is at the time in active serv-
ice in the Regular Army, which family
during the term Of service of such en-
listed man has no other income, ex-
cept the pay Of such enlisted man,
adequate for the support of said fam
| lily; provided, that the action OF the
| Secretary of War in all cases provided
for in this paragraph shall be final,
and no right to prosecute suit in the
Court Of Claims or in any other Court
of the United States against the gov
ernment Of the United States shall
accrue to such enlisted man, or to
any member of the family Of any such
enlisted man, by virtue of the passage
| of this act: And provided further:
any such enlisted man who shall marry
| after the fifteenth day Of July. nine
teen hundred and sixteen: and the
word family shall include only wife,
children and dependent mothers."-Act
August 80, 1916.
2. AN act to increase the revenue
and for other purposes"
Sect 1906 The act approved
August 90, 1916 being an act making
appropriations for the support of the
Army for the fiscal year ending June
! 80. 1917. and for other purposes, is
hereby amended as follows:
THE sum Of 100000 herein ap-
| propriated to be expended under the
direction of the Secretary Of War for
the support of the family of each en-
listed man of the Organized Militia
, or National Guard, or of the Regular
Army, as therein provided, shall be
available to be paid on the basis OF
and for time subsequent to June 18,
| 1916, the date Of the call by the Pres
| ident, and the time for which such
payment shall be made shall CORES
| pond with the time oe service of the
enlisted men, and payment shall be
made without reference to the enlisted
man having enlisted before after the
call by the President. Act Sept s.,
| 1915.
| 3. The families of all enlisted men
who were members of the Militia or
National Guard at the time of the calls
| Of the President of May and June
IS, 1916, and were brought into the
service of the United States pursuant
| to those calls are entitled to the bene-
| fits of the Act from and including
June 10, 1916. The families of men
enlisting in the Militia or National
Guard after June IS, 1915, are en-
titled to the benefits of the Act from
| the date of enlistment. The amount
paid to the family of an enlisted man
Of the Malta or National Guard may
be paid to the family Of such soldier
until his discharge from the service.
| 4. The amount which may be paid
to the family Of an enlisted man of
the Regular Army is the amount the
soldier was contributing to the sup
port of his family on June 18, 1916,
the time of the presidents general
call. If the soldier was in the service
at that time. The families of soldiers
enlisting in the Regular Army after
June IS, 1916. are entitled to the bene-
fits of the Act from and including
the date of enlistment
5. The benefits of the Act do not
extend to the families of enlisted men
of the Porto Rico Regiment or the
PHILIPPINE Scouts.
6. The families of members of the
Regular Army Reserve called to the
nn1n -h@
ice are entitled to the benefits Of the
Act from the date on which the SOL
diers were required to obey the call
7. Immediately upon receipt of this
order the provisions thereof will be
read by company and other command
ing officers to all enlisted men of their
commands and the men advised that
they are privileged to make applica-
ton for the support of their families.
Men who claim to have dependent
families in contemplation of the law
will thereupon be furnished by their
commanding officers with the form
prescribed for making application for
support of families. These forms will
be furnished to all department COM
manders for distribution to all posts
and stations within the territorial
limits Of their commands, whether un-
der their administrative control or not.
Distribution should not be made to
organizations of the Porto Rico Regi-
ment of Infantry or the Philippine
Scouts
s. The application form when exc
cuted by the men and certified to by
his organization commander will be
| forwarded directly to the Depot Quar-
termaster, Washington. D. C. To avoid
delays incident to the return of these
forms for correction, the organization
commanders will see that the forms
are properly prepared by the men.
9. The attention Of all concerned is
called to the fact that the word fam
lily" as used in the law includes only
wife, children and dependent mothers.
10. When the application is for
warded to the Depot Quartermaster
entry to that effect will be made on
the soldiers descriptive list and in
the event Of the soldiers death, dis
| charge, muster-out, furlough to the
reserve, or desertion, the fact shall