The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-09-26
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TO EXPLAIN CHANGES

III Is nlEnly enSShNiai Niita' N''S ~"
dier's and sailors family should clear
" understand the changes in the law
and in the government procedure
which will affect the amount Of the
checks which they will receive from
the Government after August LIST.
There is no change to Class-A De-
pendents of men getting $4,000 and
allotting $500. If an enlisted man
whose pay is $4,000 a month has al
lotted to his wife and children only
the amount required by law there
will be no change whatever in the
checks which they have been receiv-
ing from the government. The man
must continue TO allot SIS from his
nav and the government will continue
TO allow SIS additional to the wife
and the same amount as previously
for each child.
The amount which every man is
now required to allot to his wife and
children, irrespective Of the amount
Of pay which he is receiving, is SIS.
For each man getting over $50 this
will be a reduction. II he wishes 70
continue to contribute to his wife and
children the same amount as before,
he may make new allotment for the
difference through the War Depart
ment or Navy Department. Thus,
for example, if he had farmerly al
lotted SIS TO his wife and children
and wishes TO continue to do so. he
must make new allotment of 50
through the War or Navy Depart
ment, as the Bureau Of War Risk In
surance will in the future handle only
the $500 compulsory allotment.
Prompt notice of these facts has been
sent to men in all branches of the mil
itary and naval service, but il will,
of course, require some time for the
new forms 10 be executed and re-
turned to Washington. Many men
may decide that they do not wish to
continue to allot as much as before
In such cases the Government cannot
compel them TO keep up the former
allotments, and the family may re-
ceive only the minimum compulsory
allotment Of SIS and the same gov
eminent allowance as before.
In many cases men have made al
lotments to parents, brothers or ais
tiers through the War Risk Insurance
Bureau, but have not requested the
Government allowance, either be
cause these relatives were not de
pendent upon them. and, therefore.
not legally entitled to the allowance,
or because although dependents they
did not understand that he could OBJ
/ tair the allowance for them by re-
questing ii. In either case, the rela-
tives will no longer receive the allot-
ment through the Bureau of War
/ hloh iNouiduNts a. lht uidi WlHhtS
I them to continue TO get the allotment,
he must make new application
through the officer having his ac-
counts. which will then be paid by
the War or Navy Department. If he
decides that he does not care TO do
this, these relatives will cease to re-
ceive any payments whatever.
II such relative should deem him
self entitled TO the Government al
lowance by reason of dependency,
he can only secure il in the future
by asking the man to discontinue mis-
allotment through the War or Navy
Departments for instance, and to
make application to the Bureau of
War Risk Insurance stating that he
wishes to make an allotment which
will carry an allowance with it.
Relatives or friends Of enlisted men
not included in Glass A (wife, child,
or former wife divorced, who has not
remarked and to whom alimony has
been decreedl or in Class 4 iparen.
brother, sister, or grandchild) TO
whom allotments have been made,