EMERGENCY CORPS
"STRICTLY CIVILIAN BASIS"
"The signing of the declaration of service on the enrolment card of the Emergency Reserve Corps is not mandatory on the part of the person enrolling," wrote the Associate. Minister for National Service (Mr. - Wilson) in reply to an inquiry by the Christchurch branch of the Society of Friends. "In the Emergency Reserve Corps Enrolment Order, 1942, the Minister requires the persons specified in the order to apply for enrolment, and if their services are accepted they are required to serve. Emergency Precautions Services may accept the application of any person who is not prepared to sign the declaration, and he will then become a legal member of the branch to which he is posted, and will be subject to the conditions of service which may be gazetted for that branch. I -am pleased to give you an unqualified assurance that all branches of the Emergency Reserve Corps have been organised on a strictly civilian basis, and are entirely under civilian control. It is intended to maintain that position," the Minister concluded.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1942, Page 9
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177EMERGENCY CORPS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 42, 19 February 1942, Page 9
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