SOLDIERS' DISCHARGES.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 April 1919, Page 3

SOLDIERS' DISCHARGES.

"HONORABLE" AND "DISHONORABLE" ENDORSEMENTS. Wellington, Yesterday. The reasons why soldiers now bein°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 208 and 207 are honorable discharges in accordance with King's Regulations, and that a man who has not been honorably discharged will not be able to produce a certificate with the endorsements: "Is discharged on the termination of his period of engagement," or "Is dischar«ed in consequence of being no longer physically lit for military service." When a man is not honorably discharged, one of the following endorsements will appear on his certificate of discharge: "Having been sentenced to be discharged with ignominy," "Havine been convicted by the civil power » "For misconduct" (the most common indication of bad character), "Having been sentenced to penal servitude," or "His services being no longer required." The laefihat discharges were originally issued w,th-a character entry has caused the more recently discharged men to wake representations on "■ the subject, but character cannot be well assessed for entry on the discharge certificate imder present conditions, though the nossession of a discharge with the endorsements indicated in the first paragraph wsr hehoideriefttiiei ™ y