The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-12-24

" army; receives IN casa, as, long laS ne!
II is in the United ,Stntes; $33| a month,
In addition to food, clothing and med
& ical attendance ,if,>2 7ffIfrIf1 ri 2
When ;he is sent to Europe ne gets
20 PEI gent extra, whether in training
OF insthe trenches;,l which brings tie
minimnn cash pay lp; to- $500, q
month";. $1soaa day. 80 I ;as' ID ~ :;
The revolutionary !! part, 81 :the pay
system. however, about which most
peopleafe ignorant, Isl the scale of ole
lowaneea made by the government to-
I the ssdters' Deepen ,atf II tp "
u breaking away from the OLD. theory. Of
\ payinkss diers! p dat wage for fightine'
I to thHHsw theory that the nation Is re-
sponSlead for the welfare not only of
the man in service, but fof the depghd-
VI ents when hetleft Behind himGlsl nv
Unsass This new schkmeyif rthere'sSal
A wee HsAe waitihgc'tsheor receives eacl
montkEdl rect :.frot1 Uhcre Sam $15I a.
6monthwh is virtually an addition
to the dghtings man |wage,t and brings
his total compensationss up ftoIY 4oitaI
!. month while he is I'm the United States
and to&54 go abroad.l u .=12ls 81 ;Ft:2 q !
II there is one child viii tire 5ywife,,r'
the allowance. Is $25 a month :: two
y children $3.50, and, so on up to- the;
point where, with a wife and six chill
dren, Uncle Sam pays $50 a month, in
cash to the family: SIR s> H. ci =.
Allowances Tor: PARENTS Made. TIT:
4 4 It may not be- enough to support
\ them, even with what the enlisted man
Acan send home out of hisswagss, bur
4 II Ii ut least q recognition IF Uncle
Sans responsibility and bulwark
against depend on charity: ----
VI Allowances axe, also provided tor E DE- l
pendent parents, $40 q. month for each,
I and for brothers, sisters and grandchn-
& dren, IS a month for each, with the
4 proyiso. that in any, case the govern
I, meht VIM not pay to the dependents
Ao& my man more than $50 month.
~ No mawkish prudery entered into
the sdraftinga Of these, provisions; By
yacknowledging his illegitinate child =
soldier may secure tor It heSsfullss goY-
ernmental allowance, Il the only provi--
sion being that, II 1t is born after De-
ce1nber 81, 1917, it must be born in the
United States. So in the case Of wife
there need Nbe no legal marriage II
there is proof that they have lived to
gether as man and wife tor two years+
prior to enlistment. s=4trs
y. Uncle Sam also sees to it that his
soldiers do not throw NIL the burden
Of caring FOR dependents on his4bread
shoulders by making it compulsory for
each man who has left a wife or child
behind to pay over to them through
thestreasury at least SIS a month and
as much more as will equal the allow
ance which Uncle Sam makes gups to
half a mans pay. Thus for the man
in service abroad EWhos has TT a
wife and child behind the man will
have to assign to them at least $lo.SO
a month, to which the government Will
add $25, making a total OF S44.oo
which they are to receive.
IT, The old pension system is wiped out
by the new and far more equitable sss'
tenn of compensation for, death and
disability. Ni!''o"} .
This compensation differs from that
provided in any other law. 1t takes
the family as the unit that is serving
Inclination, not the individual man. ~
M Depends on Size Of Family.
IT, bases the compensation on the
sizeSof the family from time to- time. (
! While a totally disabled bachelor will.
get only $50 a month, the man with a
wife and four children will get SIS.
Twenty dollars is added If a nurse is
required; SO a month as long as he
may live, whether he is married or
not.
If he dies from injuries or disease
received III the line Of duty, the widow
children and widowed mother receive
sums ranging from 500 to SIS month,
according to size of family. No dis
tinction is made between a private and
the highest officer.
In addition, every man may take
out insurance up to $4,000 at the &C.
tuai cost Of furnishing such insurance
in peace titnes-the entire nation
through the treasury bears the war
risk. This insurance is wisely safe
>guarted to protect it from creditors,
shyster lawyers and loan sharks.
The city of Lyon has opeDed pro-
fessional training school for the high
er technical and scientific develop
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