Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-07-05
CANADA'S CARE =
OF WAR ORPHANS
Those Dependent on Soldiers
Supplied With Funds.
LIVES OF The men INSURED

wives OF. Men In Active Service-Ad.
ditionaI Provision Is Made For Chill
dren Wounded Men Are Taught
Trades and Made Self Supporting.
How Canada provides for the wives
and children of her enlisted men is de-
scribed in report by S. Herbert Wolfe
of New York, prepared at the request
of the secretary of labor and just pub
lished by the children's bureau of the
United States department of labor.
In presenting the report Miss La
thfop, chief of the children's bureau,
says:
I'm the fifty years since the civil
war legislation affecting the family
and its economic status has shown
marked growth. Mothers pension
laws and minimum wage laws are rec
ognized examples, and it is acknowl-
edged that their result has not been to
pauperiZe, but distinctly to improve
the power of the family to protect it.
self. In view of this tendency it is
to be expected that a system of COM
pensation for soldiers and sailors can
be developed whereby the government
will make possible for their children
the home life and parental care which
are the common need of every child"
The report points out that in Canada
two notable elements have been added
to the government provision for sol
diers and their families. First, insur-
ance on the lives of soldiers is carried
by various municipalities, and, second,
the Dominion has undertaken as part
Of it's military system the re-education,
in a suitable occupation, of the dis
abled soldier, so that he can assume
again, in whole or in part, the care of
his family.
Assistance to All Dependents.
The Canadian compensation for the
soldier and his family includes not
only $33 Of monthly pay for the private
in active service, but a separation al
lowance to his dependents of $50
month from the Dominion government
and further assistance in special cases
from the Canadian patriotic fund.
soldier with three children between the
ages Of ten and fifteen may receive Ell
ther $15 or $40 from the assigned pay
Of her husband, $50 separation allow
ance and $25 from the Canadian pa
triotic fund, or in all $50 or $65
month.
If her husband is killed she will re-
n
additional SO month for each of her
children until her boys are sixteen
years of age and her girls are seven
teen years Of age. In addition, if she
lives in Toronto or one of a number
Of other cities she will receive life in
surance. This will be paid to her in
monthly installments unless she shows
that she needs the entire amount at
once to pay off a mortgage or to make
start in business.
If her husband is disabled she will
receive a special maintenance allow
ance while he is having medical treat
ment and learning new occupation,
and when he is finally discharged, if
his physical disability continues, pen
sion will be paid according to the ex-
tent of his disability and the number
Of his children under sixteen or seven
teen years of age.
Protected by Insurance.
Mr.. Wolfe is an actuary of recognized
authority, and he has analyzed espe-
cially the municipal provision for life
insurance by which certain Canadian
cities have supplemented the pensions
provided by the Dominion for depend
entS of deceased soldiers. In Toronto
the municipality has not only purchas-
ed $4,000, 900 worth of insurance from
private companies, but it is itself car
rying more than $32,OOOOOO worth of
insurance. A municipal insurance bu-
reau has been organized, and S2OOOOOO
worth Of bonds have been issued, Of
which the principal and interest are a
charge upon the general taxpayers Of
the city. Every officer and enlisted
man residing within the city limits of
Toronto who volunteers for oversea
service has from the date of his en-
listment been protected by life insur-
ance policy of $1,000, the protection
running from the time of his enlistment
to his death or six months after his
discharge or resignation.
The report refers also to the fact that
each of the European countries makes
government provision for the families
of private soldiers and sailors. In
Great Britain, France and Germany
the amount of the governmental sep
aration allowance depends upon the
size of the family which must be sup
ported.