Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-24
DEPENDENTS OF THOSE SENT TO
FRANCE TO RECEIVE FL
NANcIAL ASSISTANCE
TO ADD TO WAGES
DEPOSITED FOR SUPPORT
Government to Contribute S35 Month
" When Half Of Wage Is Deposited
ond to Add Dollar for Dollar Amounts
q Excess of Haif-Men With No De-
pendents Will Receive 4 Per Cent
Interest on Deposits.

Camp Dodge, Nov. o4-Orders from
the war department being read at forts
and cantonments, indicate that the
government will provide very amply for
the wives and mothers OF boys who so
to the war It will have interest local
ly and elsewhere for those in the draft
or who contemplate serving their coun-
try at the front. The orders disclose
the governments plan for protection
of soldiers dependents while the men
are in service in France. The order is
believed to mean that troops al many
posts will be sent 10 France at an
early date.
Each enlisted man is ordered 10 al
lot one-half his pay to his wife, mother
or other relatives dependent upon him
for support. The government viii add
$25 to the amount withheld from the
soldiers pay by his allotment and
transmit the sum TO the wife or mother
or relative he designates,
II a soldier gives more than half his
pay to a dependent relative the gov
ernment Will equal the excess over one
half. dollar FOR dollar, and will
add this 20 the $25 provided by the
government TO her support.
Deposit Half Pay
A single man who has no depend
ents is required to deposit one-har
his pay with the war department. This
money will be held for him in trust
and will draw per cent interest until
the war is over. his term of enlistment
ends or he receives his discharge for
u 70
draw the amount accrued on his depos-
its compounded semi annually.
This Is intended as a fund upon
which he can rely for extra transpor-
tation and clothing allowances.
The new orders provide for the
maintenance and protection Of those
left at home when the boys leave for
the front An enlisted mans pay is
$50 per month. If he allots the one
half Of II, SIS. to his wife, the govern
ment gives her IN addition s25, making
her a monthly income for the support
of her self and children OF $40.
II the soldier allots $40 Of his salary
to his family the government Will equal
the So excess and give her $50 along
with the $50 from his pay. Thus the
family's income at home will be $50
per month and the soldier will draw
$40 a month at the front. His total
income from the government for hing
self and family will amount 10 $50, in
stead Of only $50. If he allotted his
whole salary his dependents would re-
ceive so a month from the govern
ment. .. -.-..
The soldiers insurance costs him 50
per $1,000, and he may pay for It IN
twenty equal installments. The max
imun insurance he may take out IS
10000. In case of his death his widow
or other dependent relatives will draw
not merely the amount Of the policy,
but one-ifth Of its face value as long
as they live.
Draw Only 81 in France.
Y ~ said that when the men go into
service in France they will be limited
20 8 a month spending money and the
balance Of their pay will De put on
interest and held for them BY the war
Department. \ man when he come,
from the business over there" will
have a neat little nest egg awaiting
him 70 start him in business or for such
other use as he may care 10 make
Ct L
The restriction while IN service in
France IS made necessary by the fact
that a heavy Influx Of American gold
would disorganize money values in
that country. TIE s. American gold
will buy four and one-half times as
much IN France as the French money.
The American soldiers pay Will be
slightly more than that OF any Of the
allied armies IN the field and will
doubtless be more than sufficient for
his needs.
Prices Twenty Years Ago.
DenisOn. NOV. 24.-As showing the