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Conger Reynolds newspaper clippings, 1916-1919

Clipping: ""Government Aid For All Officers With Dependents"" Page 1

GOVERNMENT AID FOR ALL OFFICERS WITH DEPENDENTS

Communication of Quarters, Heat and Light for Families

TEST CASE SEEMS LIKELY

Act Has Been Presented to Controller of Treasury for Interpretation

Here is good news for all A.E. F. officers with dependents. A recent Act of Congress provides that they shall be furnished with commutation of quarters and of heat and light for the maintenance of their dependents in the United States. According to telegraphic information just received from the Adjutant General of the Army, this is to be the rule for every officer "without regard to personal quarters furnished him elsewhere."
The new commutation, however, is not being paid at present, as the Act has been presented to the Controller of the Treasury for interpretation. There will probably have to be a test case to decide the question. In the event of a favorable decision the likelihood is that the collection of commutation will be retroactive to April 16, 1918, the date on which the Act was approved. In the meantime, the decision of the Adjutant General of the Army is that no claims for payments under the Act should be presented or paid until further instructions.
The Act reads: "That during the present emergency, every commissioned officer of the Army of the United States on duty in the field, or on active duty without the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, who maintains a place of abode for a wife, child or dependent parent shall be furnished at the place where he maintains such abode, without regard to personal quarters, furnished him elsewhere, the number of rooms prescribed by the Act of March 2, 1917 (34th Statute, Page 1,169), to be occupied by said wife, child or dependent parent, and in case such quarters are not available, every such commissioned officer shall be paid commutation thereof and commutation for heat and light at the rate authorized by law in cases where public quarters are not available; but nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to reduce the allowance now authorized by law for any persons in the Army."
"Every commissioned officer of the Army of the United States" is understood to mean every officer of the Regular Army, National Guard, National Army, and every Reserve officer on active service.

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GOVERNMENT AID FOR ALL OFFICERS WITH DEPENDENTS Communication of Quarters, Heat and Light for Families TEST CASE SEEMS LIKELY Act Has Been Presented to Controller of Treasury for Interpretation Here is good news for all A.E. F. officers with dependents. A recent Act of Congress provides that they shall be furnished with commutation of quarters and of heat and light for the maintenance of their dependents in the United States. According to telegraphic information just received from the Adjutant General of the Army, this is to be the rule for every officer "without regard to personal quarters furnished him elsewhere." The new commutation, however, is not being paid at present, as the Act has been presented to the Controller of the Treasury for interpretation. There will probably have to be a test case to decide the question. In the event of a favorable decision the likelihood is that the collection of commutation will be retroactive to April 16, 1918, the date on which the Act was approved. In the meantime, the decision of the Adjutant General of the Army is that no claims for payments under the Act should be presented or paid until further instructions. The Act reads: "That during the present emergency, every commissioned officer of the Army of the United States on duty in the field, or on active duty without the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, who maintains a place of abode for a wife, child or dependent parent shall be furnished at the place where he maintains such abode, without regard to personal quarters, furnished him elsewhere, the number of rooms prescribed by the Act of March 2, 1917 (34th Statute, Page 1,169), to be occupied by said wife, child or dependent parent, and in case such quarters are not available, every such commissioned officer shall be paid commutation thereof and commutation for heat and light at the rate authorized by law in cases where public quarters are not available; but nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to reduce the allowance now authorized by law for any persons in the Army." "Every commissioned officer of the Army of the United States" is understood to mean every officer of the Regular Army, National Guard, National Army, and every Reserve officer on active service.