Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-02
SOLDIERS ALLOWANCES
EXPLAINED TO BOARDS
Half, at Least, Must Go to De-
pendent Families-Quaker
Balks at Draft

The district appeal and local draft boards
today received from Governor Brumbaugh
notices detailing the application Of family
| allowances, allotments, compensation and
/ Insurance for the selected men, in connec-
tion with decisions pn claims on the ground
Of dependency and with the reopenng Of
cases
Allotment Of part OF the pay Of every
! enlisted man Is provided ana made com
pulsory to the wife and children, but
voluntary as TO other persons. The amount
! OF the monthly compulsory allotment is
! equal to the family allowances but not
more than one-haH the pay OF the enlisted
man or less than SIS.
The enlisted man is allowed TO allot any
amount Of his pay in addition 70 the com
pulsory allotment for such purposes and
persons 1s he may direct, subject TO regula-
tions The Secretary of War may require
that any portion Of that one-half pay not
allotted shall be deposited in the military
pay deposit fund for the benefit Of the
man.
Provision is also made for waving the
right to allot on written consent Of the
wife substAntiated by evidence of her
ability TO support herself and children, or
for good cause II proven.
The Treasury Of the United States pays
the family allowance. which shall not be
in excess of $50 a month, in addition TO
the allotted pay upon application of the
man, or by or in behalf of the beneficiary.
II is to be paid from the time Of enlist
ment, except that II does not go farther
back than November l.
DIVIDED INTO TWO CLASSES
There are two classes of benehclaries,
noted in the Governors circular, to be paid
as follows:
Class A--wife. child or children
First Wife, but uo children, SIS.
Second. Wife and one child. 32b.
Third Wife and two children, $3.50,
and 81 for each additional child.
Fourth. No wife but one child, S..
Fifth. No wife but two children, $3.50.
Sixth. No wife but three children, $50.
Seventh. No wife but four children, $50,
and S. for each additional child.
Glass B-Grandchildren, parents, brother
or sister
First. One parent, SIO
Second Two parents, $50.
Third. Each grandchIld brother, sister
and add tional parent. IS.
Refusing to go to Camp Meade under mill
itary rule, but expressing himself as will
ing to go under civil order, J. Howard Bran
son, of 80 La Crosse avenue, Lansdowne,
stood on the station platform and saw the
contingent Of selected men from the sur
rounding boroughs and townships depart
for the Maryland training camp today and
fcials in the Federal Building in this city.
United States Commissioner Long held
him under $1,000 bail for further hearing
on November .. Branson furnished bail
which will in all probability be refunded il
he goes to Camp Meade of his own accord
BransOn explained today that he expected
to be at the cantonment long before the
time of his hearing in the role Of a nom
combatant. He is a Quaker and a consci.
entious objector.
District Appeal Board No. today sent
an urgent request OF w. @. Murdoch dis
bursting agent at the registration headquar-
ters, Harrisburg, for money to pay its
clerical force and office expenses. The mem
bers Of the board have paid out Of their
own pockets about $4,000 for the last eight
weeks In order TO keep the clerical force I,
intact, some of the heaviest work of the !
entire draft period coming during this last
two weeks. The board has sent vouchers
Tor the money and otherwise complied with /
the requirements as usual, but has received
no cash.