Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-10
PREPARE 100000
I. CHECKS MONTHLY
.ow Treasury Department Pays
Allowances to Dependents
of Soldiers.
ACHINES WILL DO WORK
laces Blondes Between Bru-
ngttes to Overcome Nervous
Temperament.
ACHINES WILL DO WORK

|crryinG money allotments by soldiers
nd sailors and government allow
Fnccs TO their dependents AT home,
bent into the mails at Washington
yesterday. More than 100000 checks
ave been written. and an c1traordi-
larry effort has been made to have the
epcndcnts get their allowances carly
the month.
The average amount OF each check Is
bout s25. and the total mo .thly dis
i:semcnt runs above $500 600.
sually the allotment from the sol
er's pay Is about SIS. and the govern
ent family allowance about $40. the
kac, amount being fixed By tho num-
fr OF dependents.
Three shifts OF clerks have been at
DIRK. Acres OF typIsts-2 800 OF them
+twenty-four hours every day have
altered away on arteries OF type
riters in several Of the largest noor
aces in WESTINGHOUSE comran
cred dance hall above the municipal
arket. an abandoned hospital a.o "A
Glory building recently remcJelcd.
Regardless OF the whrI-.alc guam
y OF documents caci. L-,tcr and each
eek Is rcgnrd->, - distinct hui
an documcu- 81 instructions OF the
rector of tn bureau. william 9. De
|ncy. Every woman tyDist aud man
-'&'>r clerk has been impressed
IN the io.a that the welfare OF
ldlcr's fancy may depend on the
ced, accura>" and personal interest
own by the bureaus workers
So this is tho task aud the spirit Of
q OF tho GO, ~inmcnts greatest bu-
aus-,hc Tire: dry Departments Bu-
hu Of War RISK Insurance Congress
bnal criticism %. delays in the dis-
button OF allotmcnts and allowances
We been met with assurance that
pcrlativc promrtnoss. impossible in
= past because OF the disorder fol-
wing the sudden creation O. new
stem 20 supphnt the old pension
mt, Will be displayed in the future.
,CIiIAES WILL. 30 MORE
AND BETTER WORK
rho bureau expects to have checks
March rcini;tanccs ready for mail
on tho morning OF April !. and By
At time much OF The vast human ma
nc which has been built for pre-
ring tho pay checks Will be scrappcd.
chimes viii do the work better, IL il
,ccted, Than men and women
II the meanwhile, this is the way
human machine works:
experts in Office management have
.,u u ,..I ..,s,
lie. Moro than 1000 %oung men and
Is cannot hc managed efficiently by
ohazard methods. Regular rccrea-
II periods in tho middle OF the morn
and afternoon are provided There
a piano and a praphaphone. and the
Is may canoe during the short re-
s. Thy managers say that they do
per cont better work as result
IRE is a luncE room, operated a,
b. The bureau has a supcrvisiuc
tron. who advises the girl employees.
st OF whom have come to Wash
tor recently for wartime employ
ut en- patriotic grounds. She helps
n obtain !odSinG-rooms and in other
IS.
HEST TYPISrS Arr:
PLACED IN CENTEIt
cedy typists are carefully chosen
II the throns, and arranged at the
Il work desks i'll the center of a
Ep OF slower workers. This ar
ramcnt promotes group speed. and
b'r Office morale, the efficiency mer
iiharge declare. Blonde girls are
ahcd to places between brunettes,
FfoEe bureau management believes
bikes are of more nervous ten1pera-
tine and the bruncttes provide n
steng influence.
in check is typed individually,
an. government law provides that
chs also must be signed individu-
illrathcr than stamped mechanic
lli,The signing is a big task. Sig
lat duplicating machines arc used,
enecks being signed by each origi-
,algnaturc OF a pay clerk.
GALLERIES ALL
HAVE SHORT NAMES
El the choice of pay clerks is II
ess in efficiency. Not personality,
lot lining. but length of patronymic
ami is the determining factor. Men
!itHOrt names work at the signing
laGes. for more short names can
'e sicd daily than long names This
Is 4 reason the jobs are held by T..
fibl y. Mills. j. l.. Betz. G.. ~ Bell
Ind Cox.
Y.wi,h all the efficiency methods
if e big office. 1t must shortly go
itohe discard before the automatic
;,cc writing machines. now being
ierftcd by NJ. T.. Bailey. the chief
sbsing clerk. These machines, by
stle operation, will stamp the
pee with the name OF the payec.
9 Mount, the address. the name OF
G ,ldier his organization sign and
10 rial number of the check.
tInadditioA to this disbursement
,rl the bureaus life insurance bust
tssincludes the receipt and classi-
iatn OF 10000 applications daily
bnmen In camps. for an aggregate
S0.0o0,000 OF insurance. The total
ner OF applications received up
10 present is about 100000 and
Iotal value Of policies sought is
r than 100000. 900.