Sir,—At Home Guard parade tonight a letter was read to us on the subject of compensation, pointing out that under no circumstances was a Guardsman entitled to compensa- < tion in case of an injury going to or from parades. Well we know that. But here's something, else that I think most people don't know. To prove how just (?) such an arrangement is the letter went on to say that the soldiers—and I suppose it applies to territorials too—going to ; or from camps are not to compensation in case of injury. Can. this possibly be true? And if it is t wonder how many parents know it. It is unbelievable that a mart who has volunteered or been called up for active service and ordered to go into camp on a certain day by a certain route travels at his own risk. The thing is preposterous! Absolutely unbelievable! Yet that is what was read out to us to-night and if this letter stated the position correctly then it should be altered instantly. Dton't you think so? Yours etc., J. PEARSON* Whakatane 11/9/41. '
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 155, 15 September 1941, Page 4
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