SECOND DIVISION
j THE PROVISION FOR DEPENDANTS
MARRIED MEN ORGANISE
The organisers of the Second Division League, recently formed in Dunedin, ere sugesting the creation of branches of the body in other parts of New Zealand. The purpose of the league, they explain, is to protect the interests of members of.the Second Division of the Expeditionary Reserve by securing , adequate provision for their dependants while the men are serving with the Expeditionary Force. The league as non-political, and is open to all classes of the community. Membership is not confined to lleservists, sinco it is felt that the issues involved concern the people who are staying at Lome as much as the men who will be called upon to fight. ■\ ■■~, "Wβ wish to obtain more ade- . quate pensions and allowances for the men who are fighting, and their dependants,", said one of the promoters of the league in explanation of the - scheme. -'-!We are not trying to harass the Government /( or put any obstacle in tlio ivav of . ' the Operation of the Military Servico Act. We are ready, indeed, to co-operate with tho Government in making the operation of the Act effective. But we wish to make it possible for a marrisd man to go to the front ivitli an easv conscience, knowing that hie family will be ade- . quately provided for. * The league docs not for more pay 'lor soldiers; it asks for larger allowances for the dependants." Ihe present position of the Second - Division men is uncertain owing to tho _ lack of an offioial interpretation of the regulations governing tho granting of special assistance to soldiers with business or domestic responsibilitTes. • A married recruits-receive-- the same pay as bis unmarried comrade, at the rate or ss. per day, Bis wife is given a Reparation allowance of 7s. per week mth os. per week for each child under the ago of sixteen years. The total income of husband, wife, and two children under this scale ivill be £2 12s , ■ per week, from which the husband will require a few shillings for personal expenses in camp and at the front. In addition to thm the Government has made provision for the.psyraent of a special allowance, m order to enable a tioT"— ra€et the follolvin .g obliga(a) Bent. "'■ . \ (b) Interest and instalments payable - m respect of loans and mortgages ' . (c) Interest and instakasjiiiT navable -?""P«*.of agreement chase of dwellmghoiise, buoiness premi» :furniture, and the like. - (o) Rates and taxes. - \y Insurance premiums. [t) Expenses incurred iti resnect of Wo management of h's-WrM* Lr «« his military service! dur- ' th^ ,o^, - 01,8 f ° r assi «»"ce under thS in L } ST- m ™° k that "Mpfc ance wni Cll r um ? teuces D< > assist- • «bly Kfcpondent on the war praifcLTS tl ECaIe ' WOUM to ■ u ml\ l °' CeS * tLey «ach have as rnucTi insurance as £2 per wenK A policy .for w?th
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3010, 22 February 1917, Page 6
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478SECOND DIVISION Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3010, 22 February 1917, Page 6
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