The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-12-08
MUST AID DEPENDENTS.
Man in Army or Navy Required TO
Help Support Wife and Children.

ment of amounts toward the support !
Of the wife and children of men in
the army and navy has been issued |
from the office of the district attorney
Of New Orleans:
Under the law the man in the SER
vice, whether he be a drafted man or
an enlisted man, or whether he be in
the army, navy or marines, is COM
PEELED to provide for the support Of
his wife, his child, or his divorced
wife to whom he was ordered to pay |
alimony.
The mere fact that he has wife,
or child, makes it compulsory that
he have a certain amount taken from
his nav. which is set aside for their
benefit.
This money can be obtained by the
wife or the children without inquiry
into the question of their financial
condition; the mere fact that they ask
for it entities them to it, and the wife
of the millionaire, or his child, is just
as much entitled to it, if they request
it, as is the wife or child of pauper.
Now. the amount man can be COM
pelled to give for the benefit of his
Wife-or child, OF children, depends
npon his pay and what the govern
ment allows them.
The amount the government will
give as a special allowance to the
family depends upon it's size.
The government will pay the fol-
lowing amounts: Wife, SIS; wife and
one child, s25; wife and two children,
s32. so: wife and four children, S37.-
20: wife and five children, $42.5O;
wife and six or more children, $50.
To a child (no wife), So; two chill
dren, $3.50; three, $40; four, S3y;
five. s35; six, $40; eight or more chill
dren, $50.
Tt was the intention of the govern
ment to make the man give an amount
equal to that given by the govern
ment. but the government stated tnaJ
# was not it's intention to deprive hlm
of all his pay, so It made provision
in the act that he could not be com.
nelled to give more than one-halt OF
his nav. and the least he could give
would be $15. :,
the army, making $50 per month, the
most they can be compelled to give IS
s15 ner month, and this will be added
fo the amount the government Allows
and check for the total mailed to the
! denendent: for instance, it man mas
a wife and four children, to whom the
Government gives $42.50, if the man
r a nriyate, all he can be compelled
to give is one-halfzof his pay, or To-
making total amount OF S5l :oO ~
/ be received by the wife and cnilaren.
IF he IS a corporal or sergeant, earn Ell
ing more, if his pay permits 1t ne WIN
be compelled to give what the govern. =, :
mont gives, but if the amount tne
government gives is more than one
: half of his pay, all he can pe COM
nelled to give is that one-haf. -,
The most the government VIII g1Ve;
, in anv case is $50, which will be addeo
5 - - tbe amount the man is compelled Jo
In the case Of a divorced wife, al
!; she can get is what the court allowed
b|er | to get: that is, the amount men ns,
: tioned in her alimony decree. Inc
: nnost the government will give 20 !,
7 w;fe as an allowance is $l5, to Wnlcl
; roust he added, of course, the Slo III.
: n,an ;s compelled to allot, making
total of $50 to be given to the WlIe
Che will have to lose the surplus. l
sho sI,,e 11ras awarded no alimony, she get
nothing. ,,,sorv TIL,
S This allotment is compulsory. In'
man in the service will be sent pialai al
on which he must state whether hs 10 10
a anv of the above dependents, ana 5n 1,,
t noinnte he states this it automaelcail.
d anthorizes the War Department u
t make the deduction from his pay. !,
e There are only two metnods 0.
: which he can escape having TINS pa
v taLan m from him. One is where M
/ vpifa ] child or divorced wife request
e tbe bureau in Washington to feleV
/, him him from paying it, and she mus aus
f a,.oua she is able to care for hersei1
lTbe other case is where he proves, Z
:. tbe satisfaction of the bureau tia
d she is unfit to receive 1t. :, So;
d man is made to provlde LOT ~
d wife child or divorced wife, as state
d ahove, but he is not compelled TO pre
i .1;da for his mother, father, sister Q
If brofhar. This is voluntary rnatte
With him, If he wants to take care 9
{ them, all r1gnG, II AioI' a,.;,,;,, +
1t left the force of public opinion
l. compel him to do SO. ~;
n As an incentive for him to 90 thl
e the government, if he will volunIaIa, -, !,
r eIlof .rL a certain amount, will pay ce1
IS % fain allowance to his father an
= w. 'o1 ootbar or to his sister or brother' pt
d theu ,eS must show they need the none
anj I that the amount which the GO
- 1ar,, <s, n, e,t will pay them, plus the aiio
~ naaot is not more than the amount
Il forrnerlv contributed to them peloi
: he entered the service; i
y ny The Government will pay to a q
ar nondanf father, or dependent noel
II ps1 ~ s10 each; to dependent sister
# brofbar. s5 each. The payments q. !,
ID mother, father, sister, oIoehel sreo aro = =
cidedly different from the pay:nen
is TO a wife or child, in that tne WIZ ~;
1e child gets the money without quessl.
ot as | to whether they need It or ne
ct while the others must snow tney ale
~ ~ heTT The government m will pay the allo'
noe tn q wife, or wife and chlld' al
20 % aiso nav it to mother or father. .
- sn;1l not nav more than 500 to elth
-. ~ W. both Of these dependents. -,
IA = In order to get the allowance TOT e
~ ,athor mr. father, sister or brotne
Is 4o 4ho man must allot at least sle {, Q
,st - ol IF his nav, though he need not an
ISL IS u M n,s +hsn ban ene-half Of his pay; but
he is making compulsory a rn;fa a
oh for the benefit of his Wlfe, OF VIZ o+l :
all child, all he need allo1 lon ,a; ms ~ them %