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SCHEME FOR ALLOWANCES TO
DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SAILORS

AND SOLDIERS.

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SCHEME FOR ALLOWANCES FROM NAVY AND ARMY
FUNDS TO DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SAILORS
AND SOLDIERS.

Inteoductory Note.

This paper sets out in general terms the principal features of the scheme appro\ed
by the Government for allowances from Navy and Army Funds to the dependants
(other than widows and children) of sailors and soldiers whose deaths tire due to the
present war. It must be clearly understood that the Admiralty Orders and Army
Orders and the Regulations made or to be made will alone be the documents that will
be decisive as to any points that may arise in particular cases, this paper being no
more than a presentation to Parliament of the main lines of the scheme.

T. J. MACNAMARA.
H. W. FORSTER
\st December, 1915.

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I. — Fathers, Mothers, &c.

1. For a ])arent or parents wholly dependent on the sailor or soldier, an allowance
to be given not exceeding in any case (whether for one parent or two) the amount of
ascertained dependence prior to mobilization or entry into the Service if later, or the
widow's pension appropriate to the sailor's or soldier's rank (10s. a week for the lowest
rank with no increase on the score of age), whichever be less. The allowance to
continue so long as no other means of support {e.g., other children reaching full age)
exist.

2. For a parent or parents incapable of fully supporting tliemselves, and partly
dependent on the sailor or soldier, an allowance, not exceeding the amount of
ascertained dependence prior to mobilization or entry into the Service if later, or
5s. a week, whichever be less, subject to periodical review as to the continuance of
the incapacity.

3. For any other dependant who is wholly or partly incapable of self support, an
allowance not exceeding the sum prescribed in the preceding paragraph, subject to
periodical review as to the continuance of the incapacity.

4. Old age pension to be reckoned in diminution of above benefits.

5. For able-bodied dependants, other than parents coming under paragraph 1,
a grant by way of gratuity or weekly payment, not exceeding in all a year's pay of the
sailor or soldier, or a year's allowance at the rate at which separation allowance and
allotment were paid for the 26 weeks after the notification of death, whichever be greater,
to be given at the discretion of the Admiralty or War Office.

II. — Women who have been entirely dependent on a Sailor or Soldier for
THEIR Maintenance and who would otherwise be Destitute, and
Children of the Sailor or Soldier in their charge.

6. If there are no children of the sailor or soldier and the woman is in good health*
a grant by way of gratuity or weekly payment, not exceeding in all the amount of a year's
allowance at the rate at which separation allowance and allotment were paid for the
26 weeks after the notification of death, to be given at the discretion of the Admiralty
or War Office.

7. If there are no children of the sailor or soldier and the woman is whoUy or
partly incapable of supporting herself from infirmity or age, an allowance of from
5s. to 10s. a week according to circumstances to be given, renewable from time to
time on medical certificate. When the disability ceases a terminal gratuity not
exceeding the amount of 26 weeks of such allowance may be given.

8. If there are .children of the sailor or soldier in her care, an allowance of
1 Os. a week to be given in addition to the usual allowances for the children. When the
last child reaches the age limit or dies, the woman, if in good health, to receive a
terminal gratuity of 13^. (half the annual value of the allowance). If she is wholly or
partly incapable of supporting herself, she may be granted an allowance of from 5s.
to 10s. a week, according to circumstances, renewable from time to time on medical
certificate, and on the cessation of the disability a terminal gratuity not exceeding the
amount of 26 weeks of such allowance.

. 9. Old age pension to be reckoned in diminution of above benefits to the woman
(not to the children).

III. — Administration.

{a. ) The claim to a grant of allowance or gratuity after the sailor's or soldier's death
will rest in the ordinary course on the establishment during his lifetime of a claim to
separation allowance as a dependant, and in the absence of such established claim a
special investigation will be made, and very complete evidence will be required.
Grants will be subject to the same conditions as widows' pensions in regard to the
circumstances of the sailor's or soldier's death, forfeiture &c., so far as such conditions
are applicable.

\l>.) All the awards referred to will have effect after the expiration of the 26 weeks
for which separation allowances are continued after the notification of the death of the
sailor or soldier.

(c.) This Scheme provides only the grants. to be made from the Votes of the
Admiralty and War Office, not those which may be made out of funds at the disposal
of the Body proposed to be established by the Bill now before Parliament. The duty of
determining the facts on which a grant may be based will be among the duties of that
Body, and the Admiralty or War Office may at their discretion entrust it with other
duties in connection with the administration of such grants

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