Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-30
HERALD'S REVIEW Of NORTH CAROLINA
A Record OF Important Events At The Capitol And
Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers
Paying AlIo,men,s ana Allowances.

Paying AlIotments and Allowances.
II ado ment checks sent 10 relatives
o. soldiers ard sailors are late or OF
redaced amount, don't worry Dont
write to Washington either because
letters viii hinder rather than help,
Have patience, and II necessary Apply
to the Red Cross Home Service Sec.
lions.
This is the request Of the Bureau Of
War Risk Insurance, which hereafter
will handle only those ailotments
which carry family allowances, and
only in amounts Ceither SIS or $lJ
~ $50 necessary to supper, the gov
eminent allowance. All other allot
l4cn's will be paid In separate checks
~ the service ents-War,
Navy. Marine Corps. and Coast Guard
An allotment is part Of soldiers
pay deducted for beneficiary or Sc,
of beseticiaries. An allowance Is an
a.lount paid by the government to
the family OF man In service. Al
lowances range from s. to $50, ac
cotding TO the number and personnel
Of the family For example, sol
q er's motherless child receives from
The Bureau OF War Risk Insurance a
s. allowance in addition to the allot
mcnt. wife without children receives
a sl5 government allowance plus the
SIS allotment. wife with two chill.
dron receives $3.50 allowance plus
the SIS allotment.
The recent changes In the allot.
ment.allowance system are essentially
Two "a The enlisted man, formerly
required TO allot certain proportion
OF his pay, must now allot fiat SIS
II his dependents are all in Glass A
or all in Glass b II he has depend.
ents in both classes he must allot SIS
plus IS Glass A dependents includes
yves and children; all other benefl.
eiaries are in Glass B (2) Allotments
in excess OF the required amounts
Csl5, or SIS plus S. as the case may
bel must be voluntarily made by the
men in service and are now paid
through he service departments. AL.
lotments which do rot carry family
allowances allotments to friends or
cousins, for exampe-are also paid
through the service depar; ments. Vol.
untary allotments including excess al.
Elements to w.hes and other depend
ents, were formerly paid through the
War Risk Bureau, they are now paid
through the War Department, Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Il the allotment sent by the War
RISK Bureau is smaller than last
month the difference will probably
made up by separate check
through another department. II not,
II IS because the soldier or sailor has
neglected TO make the voluntary al.
lDtment Men in service have been
supplied with the necessary appllca.
tiJu blanks
The family Of married sergeant
who makes SIS will now receive from
the War RISK Bureau % the allot.
ment fixed at 30 % the government
family allowance the amount depend.
ng on he makeup OF the family II
The sergeant wishes to alot $40 more
than -he reQui ed SIS, he makes ap-
pligation to his own service depart.
mont II this case the extra $40 is
paid by separate check through the
service depar ment
The change OF system may delay
some checks and may cause temporary
dnN e'y But ms result will be to
simplify enormously the work OF the
War Risk Bureau and to speed the
delivery Of tallowance checks
during the remainder OF the war.