ARMY RELEASES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24543, 27 March 1943, Page 8

ARMY RELEASES

STEADY PROGRESS THE CADRE SYSTEM NEED FOR 1000 GIRLS Steady progress is being made by the Army in giving effect to its share of the ' Government's recently-declared policy of releasing men from full-time military duty so they can swell the ranks of those in essential industry. y lt can be expected that all the men concerned will not be back in civilian life for at least some weeks, but already 18 and 19 year-olds are beginning to return to their homes and procedure for the release of older men seems to have been established. It is not to be expected that the change-over will be free of complexities. Equally, it can he anticipated that the reorganisation of the Army will have some effects that have not hitherto been clearly seen. Help from Other Services As has been stated, the broad plan for the reorganisation of the Army provides for the retention of permanently mobilised cadres, or nucleus bodies, and the release to industry of all men not needed for these cadres. The men so released, plus others now in industry or in such other services as the Emergency Precautions Service who can be transferred to the Territorial Force, will form a. pool from which units will bo brought- to war establishment 'it need, and will be required to do an amount of training each year which is expected to amount to one month in camp and the equivalent of two days' parades each month, lhe latter part of their training will not evolve absence from their employment. A pre-requisite to the success of the cadre scheme will bo the enlistment of a large number of women for the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. The need in the Northern Military District is placed at 1000 women. District Quota Basis The basis of the whole scheme is that so many men are to bo released to industry. This Dominion total has been split into parts and each of the military districts has been given a quota by which it has to reduce its strength. Releases according to this quota will inevitably cause difficulties for headquarters and units, because among the latter there are those whose present strength is not up to the number laid down for their cadres. This may mean, for instance, that unit commanders will seek the retention of some 18 and 19 year-olds. However, the instructions issued by the Army to units appear to make it mandatorrv for commanders to release all youths in these two categories unless, cadre needs demand their retention. Further, if they do seek to retain a youth, he must be replaced by an older man at the first opportunity. Procedure for Youths It has already been found that a number of 18 and 19 year-olds do not wish to take the opportunity given them to be released. Where they do want to return to civilian life they make the necessary application on forms which have boon issued to all units, lhe forms are in triplicate. One goes to the applicant, one to his unit's adjutant and one to the district manpower officer tor the district in which he resides. , All the youths released are required to present themselves to the district manpower officer at the first opportunity and in some cases units have found it convenient to send the men in a group to the officer for his directions. Men in Older Groups The release of men in the 20-41 categories will be handled by the manpower officers having regard for the cadre requirements of units, lhe release will be based on the manpower survey recently taken throughout the Army by the National Service Depart.- ! ment and will be spread over a period. \ point of supreme importance both for the Army and for industry is provided by grade 1 men whose military service has been adjourned because of the nature of their employment. It appears to bo clear that Expeditionary Force quotas can only be met if some of these men are replaced in industry by grade 2 men about to be released from the Army. divorce refused PETITIONER'S CONDUCT A petition for divorce based on an agreement to separate entered into between the parties in November, was contested before Mr. Justice Callan yesterday. The petition was brought by Henry Herbert Roderique, of Wellington, engineer (Mr. W. W. King), against Daisy Roderique (Mr. Schramm), to whom he was married in May, 1928. There are three children of the marriage. . . The respondent opposed the petition on the ground that the separation was due to the wrongful acts and conduct of the petitioner, and alleged that he had been associating with a woman in Wellington, who c.av e birth to a child by him in January, 1937. The defence was heard first._ Mr. Schramm said that from Wellington Roderique sent his wife a lawyer's letter in October, 1936, suggesting that she consent to an agreement to separate. This was a great shock and surprise to her. but alter taking advice she consented, not knowing of the other woman. As a perfectly innocent party she was quite entitled to refuse now to consent to a divorce. The petitioner denied that he was the father of the other woman's child, and said there was not a word of truth in the evidence that he" had admitted paternity. He would have married this woman at one time if he had been free. In giving his decision without calling on Mr. Schramm, His Honor referred to the legal principle that people who wished the assistance of the Court must come with clean hands. Mrs. Roderique and particularly, her mother, had impressed him as honest witnesses, but he could not say the same for Roderique. This woman in Wellington and his infatuation for her had been the cause of the separation taking place when it did. The respondent had discharged the burden upon her and the Court, therefore, was obliged to do as she asked and dismiss the petition with costs. RETURNS OF LAND All landowners who at noon on .March 31 hold land of an unimproved value, according to the Government valuation, in excess of £SOO are required to send a return to the Commissioner of Taxes by April 9. The unimproved value is the value of the land, exclusive of buildings, .fencing and other improvements. Forms are obtainable at all post offices.