Show soldiers 1 All allotment otmen t cheeks help solve problem of home front dependency army finance corps offers assistance to men alen in service As more a and od more husbands anc d fathers ant enter the forces 11 I 1 e 1 a nation must er assume ep the care a of the th hn has soldiers been d well dependents said ld a aih fights no well all mar man vicc ban it il his heart t is filled with anxiety anxiety about b u th his 1 loved ed one the federal is pro for or the government U a b go basic sic needs at least of millions of wives children and par parents le of fight ing men through pay allotment and fi family chatir allowance the checks a sent out ED monthly to distribute tribute the billions of dol del Is lars rs involved and to handle the TO ganv a details of this vast ant aff affair the war department department established th the of fice of dependency benefits in or oc hoberd tobar wi by consolidating lour four a the navy has a sparer separate a agent agencies of 1 naval nawl similar mallar a service vc in the bureau wl Fers onre pay all allotment min art means simply that the soldier sends seeds home a certain tat n fixed part of his army pay every month he directs the army finance corps to deduct it this amount from his sale salary to and to remit it through the office of dependency benefits to any dependent he may send money to his wife and ad children par parents or to a bank for deposit or to is we life insurance a nee company this allotment is entirely voluntary and can be stopped any time or in creased or decreased the rely only regulation is as that a man keep at least 10 lo 10 a month for his own needs sol soldier it I 1 er gives 22 a month the family allowance is a sum sam provided by the soldier and the gov gm ern eminent nagat jointly the enlisted man gives 22 a month from his army pay V and to this the government adds ed an amount act that increases according ordin g to the number of dependents c ints there arff re two no classes of dependents pen dents A wife and children and B parents brothers and sisters leaders and other relatives in special cases it if a man wishes to th provide for both ed class ass A and it B depends dependents IT ts he mut must pay 27 a month otherwise his contribution is just 22 regardless of his army pay grade all men mail are eligible for this family allowance excepting those above the rank of sergeant that Us is th those use in an the four lowest grades miles how haw much dependents can receive is all shown for typical cases by this summary A wife at ets fv 10 a na bunth th A wife and an ane oft child get 62 A wife d and ad two tam ck children res get 72 there is a an aft additional I 1 allowance iowa as for each child over 11 two ie wife and parents get 80 father and mother only ma 47 T to abe be eligible for these benefits benefit the relatives must meet cert certain requirements quire ments of the office offic a the principal princie one am laing being that they prow prove actual depend dependency e ney they the y in must have been met supported at lea least at in part by the soldier before h he le left it for far service in many cases uia this p proof roof is difficult on the other hand I 1 in certain cases the enlisted man mail must pay his lt share arsa of the allowance whether he wants want to or not A wife can demand her allow allowance a nee and it Is a mma minor child may even a divorced woman may be entitled to payments if she had bad b been receiving ev g al alimony ho dependents depend E a in al cl class B ca can get gel an eilf allowance wanes only if 9 the army man ag agrees ces to it it in any case the family allowance sum begins to accrue the first of I 1 the month following foli filli 1 g the ithe month an which the man IR applies LIlie for it that is ailef if he mak makes a application in june the allowance begins begin to emulate accumulate e 0 on the first of july and is pal paid if after july 31 A soldier baldier may apply as won soon as he is on active duty that LE is as soon as he enters beet I a cam camp p or any army establishment up under d or orders every enlisted d man can provide for far his family famil y a and od relatives both through the f family anal Y allowance and the pay allotment channels tw twenty cry million affected army dazes nurses members of the WAAG so and ay d iy certain Ert A muC auxiliary 1 civilian I d U corps employees of the war department in may y make use of the pay allotment sy system but bt only only soldiers idar can obtain the bere benefits a 0 of x the family allowance more t than h an 20 million PE pepla people pla m are included in 1 families of enlisted men man As an the army is to be increased to about it 8 zau million TU by the old end of fit the a year earlmany many more wives and ad C children h ran a wl will be a left alone while in many y worn m ft en are working in war pl plants tx n and at other essential tasks while their hd us bands s 0 ht rl other her ewi wives 1 cannot or should not leave their homes am the h family allowance authorized unite under r the servicemen s dependents allow anc ance e act of june 1942 is the nu nucleus claus of security d during r 9 1 wartime I t line U I 1 t Wb wherever are soldiers cou must st receive their pay re regularly here the men of the engineering regiment line up for th their air money at night nigh t while phile on maneuvers in louisiana more tha than n 2 millon million men provide P oval for their dependents depan dents through contributions contribution from f am their th e ir salaries u under oder the famil allo allowance nance plan added to these benefits are the voluntary allotments thereby insuring the essentials es 0 of life to the so soldiers family the office of DIP dependency benefits benefit nes mails out about ban IN avs million family allowance checks a month at present it this number will doubtless increase cr e rapidly as fathers go to war about 1 I men have made pay allotments most of these probably are included in the mitchill fit family chill y allowance Iles sance figure too about 83 per cent of the army a personnel are eligible for the family allowance benefit all men from buck privates to full gan generals cral may make pay allotments the director of the office points plants out that more than two thirds of the bonev disbursed by the office of dependency ben benefits e fits comes ft from am army mens pay the ODD ODB acts as a fiscal agent that is a bank or cat currency Tency exchange tor for soldiers one hundred per cent a of the pay allotments is and 45 per cent of the family allowances are deductions from soldiers salaries the rest represents the governments government s contribution b to t the he family allowance or shoot about one third of the total surn sum disbursed each month two billion dollars yearly right kight now the office of dependency benefits is sending out money acy al the r rate it of 2 billion A r a ali epa is year to 74 7 1 million I ih t s of f soldiers every month more than VA 3 vt million checks go out to all parts of the nation from newark N J which is head headquarters S since mess the office was organized last october it has disbursed so some a 19 million it checks check T ten en thousand clerks and a staff of arm officers under direction of brig gen H N gilbert labor at the tremendous clerical burden they are housed in an 18 story building the volume of mall mail has forced the newark postmaster pos t tir to increase his staff by one U s sixth the mail room of 1 the office handles 60 pieces of incoming mail and 74 pieces of outgoing mall mail every day this is exclusive of checks which would bring the daily outgoing total to pieces ample machinery has been a set et up by the he office of depend el bene B a fits to handle the expected increase in requests for family allowances and a allotments 11 of pay to soldiers de pen dents which will result t from the M ad A 1141 4 0 it 3 service men tattooed stationed a in remote put P ut P parts arts of the world often have little bill opportunity to spend speed thin their salaries so a the hey send home larger large r 3 sums ms un on der the pay allotment met method he it this i finance corps offic officer e r is handling handline for the sath at fight fighter g I 1 of north africa ant anticipated mated induction of more fathers and it d childless married men as the war par progresses brig gen H N gilbert U S A director has an a bounced even if the induction rate exceeds the present estimate of 12 a day this will not net throw the ODB machinery out of gear nor strain its capacity the director po pointed cited out the original framework of the OUR ODB was set up on a modern production line plan capable of rapid expansion and geared to handle a large va volume 1 I ephe of work with efficiency and speed the ODB now new receives an average of 12 family allow allowance nce applications a day and 4 G 00 C class as E allotments of pay a day and is processing those that are in order at a I 1 comparable rate the d rector director i stated men now new going into the army are gjoen en an opportunity to apply for a family allowance at the reception center he said in order to get the application in as soon as possible since the family allowances begin to accrue the first of the next month after application end and are due for payment at the slid end of 1 that month to further save time men entering the service are advised to take tahe with them such doeurn documents ants to support their their applications a eions a as s are n necessary essry certified f d copy of marriage certia cart I 1 acate and p d uburth birth certificates of children and affidavits of dependency rd f for I 1 or fathers at I 1 ers and moth mothers ars or minor brothers or anat sisters who are dependent an t up upon th if them em in the case of 1 wives and rd children th the a family a allowance flo is only payable on proof of relationship chiselers are few we have all heard that there are some people taking adan advantage tage of the family allotment no doubt there are it I 1 is practically practically unavoidable that ii a small triz arumn number AT of wives we parents and other relatives relative who are a not an entitled to support t should 0 be a obtaining bt ining it a these cases case ars are being investigated however and rules rule are a being tightened so t that at these leaks will be plugged in time clr he on the other hand I 1 it is inspiring to know that ma many depend dependents cate wives chi cli Earen kirrin fathers fat by ers and mothers who are worthy of every assistance si axt once are patriotically ref refusing I 1 m aid here are a few typical letters e x A soldiers mother writes from an mi michigan michad chag 1 I the mother he 1111 idle of soldier did 1 not I ex per any on monthly m athly allowance 1 let my ad ion haie hot hu his in full ll 11 gauhl monthly payments which auh I 1 think in he A needs ti th the money too loo ruhh ue oil all know I 1 fiade ut a son an Us on the he farm in yet v u I 1 can depend on him hani and we an aill 11 do our or int bit here it on too all I 1 ask is to a take 41 care of on my ion in al the he forces another mother says I 1 thank you very R ico much h for lending me 1 the he application ap for finally family allowance I 1 aish ul 4 te to s toy Y for the iu iua A to in take ink the he money y chuh R huh I 1 A should auld uld haw h from them and on use it M bip ann this iha aar a and d b oreg g rov iv tuo sons in faff and to keep the I 1 h other UI 6 t one fro from going you very P kind dmd ly prom frodin IS a divorced inu dread wife sole m Air arizona time omes comes this refusal to accept anything fro from her ex ar husband I 1 do dont rik ask of 1 private or lic he R maidra any a A y help I 1 did not ad nh for alimony nen 1 I ba d mv divorce h but a only E custody of 1 ih the children 1 dra another mother came into the newark office and it told the interviewer I 1 ve s got get is a job and so ai I 1 topped stopped in I 1 to discontinue my family A y allowance my son arranged for it A but I 1 won wont t nee need i son it any jon longer 9 i I 1 start work tomorrow this widespread attitude of patriotic m le pride ii and unselfish desire to set sacrifice prine file goes 0 a file far to counterbalance the chihlas chiselers and unworthy dependents ants the e office of dependency bea benefits bl believes deheve t s that it is providing baic security curi t y on the home front security for mary ellen who is 11 19 and unafraid d as s she h a prepares r e a f or motherhood the while her r lp young 1 husband la 11 d is in fighting fighting to make sure there I 1 is a tree irce world at it for his child to enter security for small jimmie whose fal big brother rot er helped delpe it i crothe 1 the him and go get him book laings laram before he marched rh e it pit off to war |