636 LINDSAY— SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' INSURANCE. 



of the allowance which the government is asked to give, provided 

 such amount is not more than half the monthly pay.* 



Where a man has Class A dependents but no Class B dependents, 

 he must allot at least $15 per month and as much more up to half 

 his pay to equal the allowance requested according to the following 

 schedule: for a wife but no child, $15; a wife and one child, $25; 

 a wife and two children, $32.50, with $5 per month additional for 

 each additional child up to a total of $50, which is the maximum 

 government allowance to the dependents (Classes A and B) of any 

 one man under all circumstances; no wife but one child, $5; two 

 children, $12.50; three children, $20; four children $30, and $5 for 

 each additional child. These allowances to Class A dependents are 

 made without reference to dependency or need except that they may 

 be waived by a wife who gives evidence of sufficient means for her 

 own support, but may not be waived by a child, and a man may be 

 exempted in certain exceptional circumstances from making a com- 

 pulsory allotment. 



When a man in the service has Class A dependents for whom he 

 is making an allotment and in addition has Class B dependents for 

 whom he wants an allowance he must make an additional allotment 

 equal to one seventh of his pay. Under exceptional circumstances 

 this additional allotment may be waived by the bureau. Class B 

 dependents receive allowances as follows : one parent, $10; two, $20; 

 each grandchild, brother or sister, or additional parent, $5, provided 

 the total family allowance for Classes A and B dependents for one 

 man does not exceed $50 per month. 



As there are no compulsory allotments for a woman in the 

 service, her dependents are always Class B dependents. For Class 

 B dependents where there are no Class A dependents men and women 

 alike in the service must allot, if they w^ant allowances for their 

 Class B dependents, an amount not less than $15 per month, and 



* By an amendment (Act of June 25, 1918), the allotment requirement 

 has been greatly simplified, and is now a flat compulsory allotment of $15 

 per month, regardless of the amount of pay or the amount of tlie allowance 

 requested, for every man with Class A dependents and an additional allot- 

 ment of $5 per month for Class B dependents (or $15 if he has no Class A 

 dependents) if he requests an allowance for Class B dependents. Tliis fixed 

 flat allotment for either Class A or Class B avoids the necessity for the fre- 

 quent changes due to changes in pay. 



