HOME GUARD PARADES
Sir—Now that compulsion is to apply to service in the Home Guard, are we to be given soldiers’ pay? The livelihood of each individual must be considered. There may be some Guardsmen who can attend parades easily and without hardship, since they live in Invercargill and suffer no loss of working hours. I have been a Guardsman for the last 18 months and I have suffered considerable losses in business and through having to provide petrol for transport. Usually I am in the country working all the week, so I have to put in four Sundays of six hours each to reach the required 24 hours. When conscription is imposed and men have to parade regardless of where they live oi what is their business, it is only right to treat all alike and recompense them for their services. As the rolls are to be scrutinized after August 31 with a view to taking action against men who have not attended regularly, I should like someone in authority to explain just what consideration will be given to the individual’s position because, as I see it, I shall be a soldier without Army pay and expected to earn a living outside Army jurisdiction. HOME GUARD MEMBER.
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Southland Times, Issue 24831, 25 August 1942, Page 5
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208HOME GUARD PARADES Southland Times, Issue 24831, 25 August 1942, Page 5
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