SOLDIERS’ DISCHARGES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1961, 5 April 1919, Page 1

SOLDIERS’ DISCHARGES.

“HONOURABLE” AND “DISHONOURABLE" ENDORSEMENTS. Wellington, This Day. The reasons why soldiers now being discharged from the Expeditionary Force do not obtain a character entry upon their discharge certificates have already been explained in the press, but a number of complaints regarding the absence of this character entry are still being made. Therefore it will help the soldier if it is made clear to the public, especially prospective employers, that the discharge certificated on Forms 206 and 207 are honourable discharges in accordance with King’s Regulations, and that a man who has not been .honourably discharged will not be able to produce a certificate with the endorsements; “Is discharged on the termination of his period of engagement," or “Is discharged in consequence of being no longer physically lit for military service." When a man is not honourably ■* discharged, one of the following en- ? dorsements will appear on Ids certi- i licatc of discharge: “[Living been | sentenced to be discharged with fignominy'’; “Having been convicted by the civil'power”; “For misconduct” (the most common indication of had character) ; “Having been sentenced to penal servitude," or “His services being no longer required." The fact that discharges were originally issued with a character entry has caused the more recently discharged men to make representations on the snojeci, lint character cannot ho well assessed for entry on the discharge certificate under present conditions, though the possession of a discharge with the endorsement indicated ju the first paragraph is evidence that i the holder left the Armv honourable.