3 NOVEMBER 1939, Page 18

THE COST OF A SOLDIER

SIR,—In your Notes of the Week on the " Cost of a Soldier " you say " it is impossible to justify the meagre allowance of Is. a day for a fourth child—a sum which was contrasted with the 8s. 6d. for an evacuee."

May I point out that the allowance is is. per week, or less than 2d. per day for the fourth or any further children.—