TOO MUCH WORK

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21202, 27 August 1940, Page 3

TOO MUCH WORK

I GIRL OFFICERS CENSURED £ i Women of the A.T.S. and F.A.N.Y. J organisations, deservedly winning a 1 leputation for being “terrific work- ' ers,” are, in male opinion, not getting ( enough time for recreation, com- J ments an English correspondent. It is stressed today that all work and no play makes Jill a dull girl. The B.E.F. played football in France and ; organised games are part of the training of Navy, Army, and Air Force, but one does not hear of hockey for the women’s army. Major-General F. W. Ramsay, D. 5.0., who commanded the 58th London Division in 1918, suggests that j more attention should be given to the | health and ‘.:on of the girls in these services. This side of things, he

says, appears to be forgotten, particularly' where detachments are under junior officers. “A lot of girls are made officers straight away, and they do not know how to treat subordinates,” said Major-General Ramsay to ‘a London Evening News representative. They have not the tradition of the Army officers and they give very inconsiderate orders that often mean unnecessarily long hours. “There is no place for recreation. I have known cases where girls have been on duty for thirteen hours or more without any arrangements for proper rest or meals. There are cases, too, where girls have had to pay through the nose for food. A girl who had had a long day’s driving when the roads were snowed up was charged 10s 6d for bed and breakfast ] at a West Country hotel, despite her complaint. “The first duty of an officer is to look alter those under her command.”