LEAVE FROM CAMP

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 113, 8 November 1918, Page 4

LEAVE FROM CAMP

& QUESTION OF PAT.

There tt n» «fcopp»gß fl* pay when * soldier is granted routine or sick leave,"' aasß the MiniMer of Defence in reply to a question by Mr. Wilkinson (Egmont)'; "but pay is stopped, and with it the usual separation allowances, when a soldier is, on application, given .leave for any period either by the camp authorities, or on die recommendation of the Military Servic* Board for business or domestic reasons. An exception to this rule is made, however, in connection with leave for a wife's confinement. In these cases it is the practice of the camps to grant a soldier foudteen days' leave on pay. It is also competent for the Military Service Board, in granting leave to a soldier, to recommend that the leave should^be on pay. if in its opinion there are special circumstances warranting such a recommendation. It must be remembered that in the great majority of cases leave i« sought for private business reasons, and for periods ranging from a week to six months, and that in every instance the soldier makes the application knowing that such leave, if granted, will be without pay. In cases where application for leave i« made on account of serious sickness in the soldier's family, and evidence is produced that his presence at home is essential, the Department is prepared to favourably consider the granting of leave on pay." -.■■-. '"-,■ . .-