AMERICAN SOLDIERS
SUPPORT OF DEPENDENTS COMPULSORY ALLOTMENT (N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent) (Rec. 1 a.m.) CANBERRA, July 15. Every married private, corporal, and sergeant in the United States Army serving in the south-west Pacific is now compelled to contribute 22 dollars (approximately £6 18s) a month, towards the support of his family. The lowest amount to which a soldier’s wife without children is entitled by law is 50 dollars (approximately £ls 18s) a month. This includes a generous Government subsidy. The compulsory allotment now enforced does not apply to ranks higher than sergeant. It is held that these receive sufficient pay to make substantial voluntary contributions.
Details of the scheme have been released by the United States Army authorities in Australia, who say that about 85 per cent, of American soldiers serving in this theatre are affected. For the first child the United Slates Government pays 12 dollars a month, with 10 dollars for each additional child.
A further voluntary scheme for dependents provides for parents, brothers, and sisters.
The scheme will operate retrospectively from June, when the pay of American soldiers was increased by an average of 15 dollars a month.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24969, 16 July 1942, Page 5
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