The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-11-12
WAR RISK INSURANCE

pecially is this true since Congress
during it's last session passed an Act
for the Establishment Of War Risk
Insurance Bureau in the Treasury De-
partment."
Article 2 provides for allotments
and family allowances and applies on
lvto enlisted or drafted men. 1t
makes it compulsory for every man
in the army or navy who has a wife
or child, or divorced wife to whom
alimony has been decreed to make an
allotment of his pay monthly equal
to the amount which the government
gives, provided it does not exceed
one-haif his pay and is not less than
SIS the month"; The government al
lows the wife Of every man IN ser
vice SIS a month in addition to the
amount the husband allots to her; the
government allows $25 to a wife ard
one child in addition to the amount
the husband and father allots to them;
wife and two children, $3.50, with
S. additional for each additional
child. Wife and children are in Glass
A and allotments to them are COM
pulsory; no man in service may es-
cape alloting part Of his pay, and III
no case less than SIS month, to
provide for wife, or wife and children,
and the government gives the amounts
stated above in addition.
Glass B includes mother, father,
sister, brother, grandparents and step
parents of either the man in service
or his wife. Allotments by men in
service to any Of this class is purely
voluntary, but if the man in service
is willing to allot part of his pay
to any in this class the government
will make monthly allowances for
them as follows: one parent, $40, two
parents, $40; and SIS for each addi-
tional one in this class: but in no
case will the government make an
allowance to any one in this class
exceeding what the man himself has
been contributing to the support Of
such person or persons.
If a man who is getting $50 a
month, for instance, allots half his
pay to his wife and two children, they
| get in addition to that $3.50 a month
from the government, and he may IN
addition allot one-seventh Of his pay
or IS: that is the minimun-tO his
parents, and they will get $40 or $40
from the government: except that In
no case will the government allow
more than $50 a month as family al
lowance on account of any one man
in service. In cases where man In
the service has no one in Glass A to
make an allotment of half his pay
to person or persons in Class b be-
fore the government will make any
continue until the death Of the sol.
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month after his discharge.
The theory underlying all this is
that allowances by the government
shall be conditioned absolutely upor
allotments by the man in service.
Article provides for compensation
The pension system heretofore exist
ing was abrogated upon the passage
of this act. The 6-months' pay which
a man got upon his disablement or tina
his family got upon his death in line
of duty is done away with. Instead
compensation" is provided for in thi
act. 1t is well to note here that "com
pensation" and insurance apply equal
lily to officers and men, while allow
ances and allotments, explained above
apply only to the men: officers ar
not included. If an officer or an en-
listed or drafted man is disabled o
dies by injury or disease in line O
, duty in active service, military or nav
, ! al, he is entitled to compensation a
! follows: In case of death, wife c
q child or widowed mother dependen
y upon him for support shall receive
/, widow, $25; widow and one child, $35
, widow and two children, $45; and
! for each additional child up to two
. widowed mother, $40 the month: pro
/, vided, that the government will in n
case give more than SIS a month t
q the family of any man. Compenss
q ton is payable to widow or widowe
i mother as long as they live or unit
they remarry; it is payable to a chill
until it becomes Is years old or ma
ries,. but if the child is permanent
= helpless by reason of insanity or di
y ease, the compensation shall continu
l. until such incapacity is removed.
q case Of permanent disablement, a ma
"a in service shall receive compensate
" as follows: if single, $50 the montl
IS if he has wife, S45; wife and OF
n child, sos; wife and two children, SIS
Ie wife and three or more children, 81
m widowed mother, $40 additional; if
Il need of nurse or attendant, the go
~ government will allow 500 additio
" Oh. LII ScSSS VI DetIC Idl UlSdDll1Cy,
! percentage of the amount that wou
At have been allowed for total disaoili
A. will be allowed. This percentage
70 figured on basis of how much t
70 mans earning capacity has been r
o. duced by similar injuries in civil G
10 equations. This compensation featu
tn also provides for medical lelp al
of supplies, for schools for education a.
IN rehabilitation after the war.
he A very severe penalty is provid
of for false answers to questions regar
n ing family relations, and it is a era
O. offense to receive compensation
es family allowances when not entitl
~ to them.
tv Compensation has nothing to
n, with insurance-the two are not CO
No nected at all.
80 Article deals with insurance.
r. taking man from civil life and D,
AZ ting him in the army the governing
as takes away his instability. By Il
~ act the government gives hack ~