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equal to the allowance which the government will give, provided 

 such amount is not more than half the monthly pay.^ Women re- 

 ceive for children, who would be Class A dependents for men, 

 allowances as follows: one child, $5; two children, $12.50; three 

 children, $20; four children, $30, with $5 per month for each addi- 

 tional child. 



Class B allowances are subject to two conditions: (i) The person 

 receiving the allowance must need it and be dependent in whole 

 or in part for support upon the person making the allotment. They 

 need not be wholly dependent. They may have earnings of their 

 own or also other sources of support. (2) The total of the allot- 

 ment and the allowance paid to the dependents must not exceed the 

 amount of the habitual contribution from the man to the dependents 

 in all cases where dependency existed prior to enlistment or prior 

 to October 6, 191 7. Otherwise the government allowance will be 

 proportionately reduced. 



The total of the allotment and family allowance for a divorced 

 wife may not exceed the amount of the alimony decreed. 



The War Risk Bureau, in its regulations made under the author- 

 ity of the Secretary of the Treasury, has sought to interpret and 

 apply the law in the broadest and most sympathetic way. For 

 example, the regulation which defines dependency says : 



For the purposes of the War Risk Insurance Act, a person is dependent, 

 in whole or in part, upon another, when he is compelled to rely, and the 

 relations between the parties are such that he has a right to rely in whole 

 or in part on the other for his support. 



Also, if a Class B dependent, for whom a family allowance is 

 claimed, becomes dependent in whole or in part on the enlisted man, 

 subsequent to both enlistment and October 6, 191 7, the limitation 

 as to habitual contributions is regarded as not applicable, and the 

 family allowance is paid without regard to it. 



Family allowances are payable for one month after a man is 

 discharged from the service, but are not provided for more than one 

 year after the termination of the war. 



5 This has been amended by the Act of June 25, 1918, providing for a 

 flat additional allotment of $5 in all cases where there is an allotment of $IS 

 for Class A, and a flat allotment of $15 where there is no allotment for 

 Class A. 



