The sun., 1918-12-12
DELAY IN ARMY PAY
DENOUNCEDIN HOUSE
The Case Of Several Hundred
Wounded Soldiers without
Funds Raises q Storm.
INQUIRY Is THREATENED
AllOtments From War Risk
Bureau Also Under Fire
Xmas Checks Promised.
Special Despatch 10 Tnr snN.

WASHINGTON, Dec. ia Congress
sional investigation Of the War Risk
Insurance Bureau and of the allot-
ment and pay sections Of the army. is
threatened as a result Of widespread
complaints reaching members OF Con-
gross Of the failure OF soldiers to re-
ceive their pay and OF delay in sending
allotments to mothers and other de-
pendents Of soldiers.
storm broke out when the Sher-
ley bill to pay the transportation home
Of war workers leaving Washington
was brought up in the House to-day.
Representative Mann Un) read tel
egram from West Baden. Ind. declar-
ing that several hundred wounded SOL
diers sent there to convalesce were
dumped down BROKE" having received
no pay for several months. The people
Of west Baden appealed for Govern
mental action and relief while local
committees aided the soldiers.
No Pay Received for Months.
Residents of West Baden reported
that the men had not received their
pay In France for months and that
they had received nothing since arriv-
ing in this country. although they
were carried from New York to ILL
nois.
Leaving the question OF pay Mr.
Mann scored the allotment system and
the Government agencies having it in
charge. He said many cases had been
reported to him of dependents of SOL
diers, men taken in the draft, who had
failed to receive the Government allot-
ment or allowances to which they were
entitled under the law
Representative Butler CPa-) de-
clared that Pennsylvania families did
not receive allotments until they were
months overdue and that in some cases
! they were needy. Representative
Walsh (Mass.) said sailors were
dumped ashore and soldiers sent home
from camps broke" and with no Jobs
and no money because they had no;
received their Government pay. There
are any number OF men, he said. who
received their transportation home
from camps in this country. but
landed without work and without
money, after having offered their al
to their country.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l1.-Machinery OF
the Treasury's War Risk Bureau has
been speeded up to hasten the dist ibu
ton OF allotment and allowance checks
10 soldiers and sailors families hy
Christmas, It was announced to-day
An army of clerks now is turning out
checks at the rate of 100000 n day
More than 100000 are TO be mailed
this month.
All October allotment and a,lowanc,
checks, covering appointments OF
September pay. have been mailed, anC
! the bureau now is at work on the No
vember checks, covering apportion
ments Of October pay, and due in De
cember This applies only to checks
covering Jointly allotments from pay
together with additional Government
allowances for dependents.
| Pay ailotments only, without Gov
| eminent allowances, are distributed
| through the War Department, which
| reported to-day it had completed the
mailing Of checks covering October pay
allotments, and is now preparing anC
mailing the November allotments. Tn,
| last of the November allotments will
be mailed by December 81, in time Il
reach soldiers families by Christmas