The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-07
CHILDREN IN WAR TIME.
How Canada Takes are of Soldiers
Children.

iiei cllISteu men Is described in n re-
port by Mr.. :. Herbert Wolfe OF New
York, prepared at the request of the
secretary Of labor and just published
by the Childrcn's Bureau of the Unit
ed States Department of Labor.
| In presenting the report, Miss Iath-
rop. Chief of the Children's Bureau,
says:
In the so years since the Civil war.
legislation affecting the family and
its economic status has shown mark
ed growth. Mothers pension laws and
minimum-wagc laws are recognized
examples, and it is acknowledged that
their result has not been TO pauper-
iZe but distinctly to improve the pow
er of the family to protect itself. /,
view Of this tendency it is to be cX-
pected that system of compensation
for soldiers and sailors can be dc
vclopcd whereby the government will
make possible for their children the
home life and parental care which arc
common need of every child.
The report points out that in Can
ada two notable clements have been
added to the government provision for
soldiers and their families: First, in
surance on the lives Of soldiers is car
ricd by various municipalities, and
second, the Dominion has undcrtak
on as a part of its military system the
re- education, in suitable occupation,
Of the disabled soldier so that he can
assume again, in whole or in part, the
care of his family.
| The Canadian compensation for the
soldier and his family includes not
only $33 of monthly pay for the pri-
vate in active service but a separa-
ton allowance to his dependents of
$40 n month from the Dominion gov
ernment and further assistance in spe-
cial cases from the Canadian Patriotic
| fund.
For example, the wife of private
soldier with three children between
the ages of 10 and Is may receive
either SIS or $40 from the assigned
pay of her husband, $40 separation al
lowance, and $25 from the Canadian
Patriotic fund, or in all $50 or $65 a
month.
1 1,n, Il, c1Nn, ;e ILL IL.
receive $40 month for herself, and
an additional Sc month for each of
her children until her boys are 16
years Of age and her girls are II years
of age, In addition, if she lives in
cities, she will receive life insurance.
This will be paid to her in monthly in
stallments unless she shows that she
needs the entire amount at once to
pay off mortgage or to make a start
in business.
| If her husband is disabled, she will
receive n special maintenance allow
ancc while he is having medical treat
ment and learning a new occupation.
and when he is finally discharged, if
his physical disability continues, a
pension will be paid according to the
extent of his disability and the num-
Der of his children under 16 or
years Of age.
Mr.. Wolf is an actuary of recognized
authority and he has analyzed cspe-
cially the municipal provision of life
insurance by which certain Canadian
cities have supplemented the pensions
provided by the Dominion for de-
pcndcnts of deceased ,iers. In To-
ronto, the municipality has no. only
purchased $1O,OOO,OOO worth of insur-
ance from private companies, but it is
itself carrying more than $4,000, 900
worth of insurance. A municipal in
lSurance bureau has been organized
and $2,0O0.OOO worth of bonds have
been issued of which the principal and
HiItI'Sl dIc al CtlitISc upon the Scnerll
| taxpayers of the city. Every officer
and enlisted man residing within the
| city limits of Toronto who volunteers
for oversee service has from the date
of his enlistment been protected by
Life insurance policy of $1,000, the pro-
lection 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 Ger
many the amount of the governmental
separation allowance depends upon
the size of the family which must be