Arizona republican., 1918-08-10
SOLDIER RELATIVES
 T0GET ALLOWANCES
 NOW WITHOUT DELAY

|, Many changes recently have been made in the law regarding the allot- ments and allowances to relatives ana | dependents of men in the military or naval service of the United States and the manner of it's administration. Con- corning these, the Arizona State Coun- Gil of Defense has received the follow ing instructions.
 Heretofore an allotment made by an enlisted man of more than the re- qulred amount was included by the War Risk Insurance bureau in the check sent to the relative. Under the | new ruling, all excess allotments will be paid by the army, navy, marine corps or coast guard direct. Under the old ruling, compulsory allotments made by enlisted men to their wives ana children varied according to their rank and pay. no amount being fixed excepting a minimum of $15 month and maximum of half a mans pay.
 As an example, "A sergeant mak- ing S4S a month, who under the old system would have been compelled to allot s25 to his wife and children will now be required to allot only $15, thus looping $9 off the check which the Bureau of War Risk Insurance will send to the sergeants family. If the sergeant wants to continue to allot S25, the Bureau of War Risk Insurance will pay the $15, and the excess of s9 will be paid by the war department through the .quartermaster general
 It is expected that this new system Will greatly speed up the delivery of checks to dependent relatives. While in many cases the first check may be smaller than usual, there will be an other check sent from a different de- partment Q make up the difference between tle compulsory allowance and the combined compulsory. and volun- 1 tary allowance.
 Relatives are urged to write to en- listed men and find out how much they have allotted and how much of the allotment is to be paid through 1 the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and how much by their own service de- partment.
 The Bureau of War Risk Insurance is overloaded with correspondence, re- ceiving nearly 10000 letter a day, and complaints and inquiries about specific cases only delay action.
 Relatives are requested to wait un- | to anybody, and the home service sec tion of the American Red Cross should be consulted first with reference to excess allotments not received.
 Relatives are especially reminded that July allotments are not payable until August, and that August allot-
 ments are not payable until Septem-
 Der, and so on
 The following is a brief statement
 sent out by the treasury department.
 showing the changes in the War Risk
 Insurance act:
 Radical change in the method of
 handling allotments and family allow
 ances has been made by the treasury
 department
 several important amendments of
 the War Risk Insurance act just ap-
 proved by the president, make possible
 the change in procedure.
 After July l every enlisted man in
 the military or naval service, regard
 less of rank or pay, must make the
 same compulsory allotment to his wife
 and children. s15 a month. To this
 allotment the government will add a
 monthly allowance ranging from s a
 month for a motherless child, and S15
 for wife without children, up to a maximum of $50.
 In addition, the enlisted man, if he desires government allowances for his dependent parents, grandparents
 grandchildren. brothers and sisters
 may make voluntary alotments to them-fixed by the new amendments at s month, where allotment is
 made to wife and children, and s1S z where no such allotment is made Heretofore allotments were on 9 = ell inov 1n .,oI : the soldiers pay or the numbers an6 j. personnel of his family.
 The new system, which was put into effect with the approval of the wal l and navy departments will simplif, the administration of allotments ant ] allowances. both by the bureau of Wal ,, Risk Insurance and in the field Hence
 forth the bureau of War Risk Insur. ,, ance will handle allotments of only ] two amounts, s15 and s20. q The amounts of family allowance, 0 paid by the government to supplement " these allotments are not changed b, I the amended law.
 Beginning with July pay. the Bureat = of War Risk Insurance will handle al Y lotments only to support family allow 7 ances-and then only in the amount t required by law to support such allow
 dHceS. The excess dllOtlnenCS, ana al {: lotments to persons not entitled to al a loWances, will be handled by the wa e department, navy department, marin d corps and coast guard.
 This change in administrative pro I. cedure will considerably increase tn = bureaus efficiency in handling it's al l. lotment and allowance problem. U Under the new amendments. ia . ther through adoption and mothe - through adoption will be considere r the same as natural father an l. mother and will have the same right e to allotments and allowances. IT Approximately 3600,00O checks hay - been issued to date by the Bureau c il War Risk Insurance. Checks are be if ing mailed at the rate of more tha $ 10000 a day.
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