HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-12-08, Page 181.0A, The 00.derich Signal Star, Thursday, DeCexnher 8, 1966
Defence Department Explains
Aspects Of Service Unfication
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.Explanatory notes on The Can.
udia,n Forces Reorganization Act
received- from the department of
national defence:
'The name. of the single ser -
Vice was chosen afterthe most
careful and thoughtfuconsider.
ation. Since there is no proper
noun which describes the single
service, it is necessary to eith.
er invent a new word or adopt
an existing word and change its
meaning to include all armed
forces, whether for sea, land, air
or space. After. exhaustive study
within the services, the Defence
Staff recommended that fhename
of the single service should be
the . Canadian Armed Forces. It
is possible that a word will be
coined at some future date which,
will apply to servicemen of all
environments and should this be
the case it can be adopted -by
a simple amendment.
- In choosing the name Canadian
Armed Forces ponsiderationwas -
given to the queston•of theRoyal
title. In the three services two
different systems were used. In
the army,, the Royal title was
applied at the Corps andRegimen.
hal levels while in -the navy and -
'air force it was applied in the -
name of the service itself. It
wad necessary to choose be.
Keep Young
Pigs Warm
"Swine producers could save 1
1;2 pigs per Iitter by using sup-
plementary heat to keep young
pigs warm." emphasizesOntario
Agricultural College swine spec.
ialist J. G. Norrish.
"Drafts, damp bedding, •and
cold cause chills, reducing pig-
lets to a weakened condition that
makes them susceDt ole to ba.
„ps._. H _ a .,oma.-n�.® ,., -
" er tri#`ctions;,;; warns Mf -Tst t.
•rish. "To protect them, provide a
brooder area restricted just to
the little pigs in a' corner of
the pen and, warm it with a heat
„lamp or heated floor. •
"However, if the temperature
inside the brooder is too high,
piglets will find the brooder too
comfortable to.,come out tonurse
their sow. Therefore, ideal tem.
peratures in the brooder should
only be 65 to 75 degrees F. (The
farrowing barn's ideal range is
55 to 65 degrees F.,) The brood-
er,,. of course, must be kept dry,
whether the brooder is equipped -
With straw, shavings or , just a
-bare floor. Draft -free construe.'
tion is essential, and putting a
top. of the brooder will retain
much of the heat, also."
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tween the two systems, and after
careful study the defence .staff,
reeommendecl that the army sys-
tetn be adopted. If the defence.
staff recommends that it is in
the interest of the service toseek
the Royal title for some addit.
ional lists or branches their
recommendations will be consid.
ered.
TERMS OF SERVICE
Officers and men serving in
-the services at Elie time of'pro.
clamation of the npw act will
not be required to serve in a dik
ferent combat environment from
those associated with their or.
iginal terms of engagements un.
less they volunteer todo so.
(That is, infantrymen will not
be required to serve at sea and
sailors will not be required to
serve in the infantry.
RANKS
The decision to adopt predom.
inantly army ranks is based on
the strong belief by the defence
staff they will be acceptable to
most service people andwould be
more familiar to the Canadian
public.
The new rank designations
must be standardized for admin.
istrative purposes and they *will,
accordingly, be used on personnel
documents and in the official
description of an individual's pos.
ition. If, however, an individual
prefers to be designated by rank
traditionaltia his former service,
he will have the option to do .so.
UNIFORMS
Occupational clothing will ,on.
tinue to be worn in relatidt�i°' to
specific employment as is now.
the case. For example, appro.
priate combat clothing will be
worn by forces in the field, at
sea and in the air.
A new service dresswhichwill
be worn by all ranks will be in.
troduced over a period of years
once satifactory user trials have
been completed.
Members of the RCN and the.
RCAF at the time of proclam-
ation may continue to wear their
present' uniforms as dress uni.
forms on an 'optional basis on
appropriate occasions. Inthisre.
spect they will be considered the
,q _equivalent of the army blue pa-
trol.
atr.ol.
Regimental. dress uniforms
will remain unchanged and will
be worn on appropriate occ-
asions.
Members of the -three services
on proclamation may continue
to wear their present mess dress.
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The Blue Thumb:
Functional Details Cause Criticism
By O. MacL EOD• RO
This week we returl t.@ can.
ada, where the iceberg is Just
beginning to show its tip. Not
resultant on anything thAt has
been disclosed by the minister of
defense, but rather extraCtigns
frofn the .fbuntan heats by such
men as George Bain, Scott Young
and Col. Merritt. Their delvings
are all that the man in the street
has, upon which to base his opin.
Ions and criticisms.
The initial fact that emerges
is that government 'policy' is to
provide a 'brush -fixe' or U.N.
peacekeeping force. This imp.
lies land warfare and, as a re.
salt, the- army appears as the
predominant arm, supported by
much reduced naval and air con.
tingerits. The 'navy' tends to be
merely a 'get you to the church
in time' force,'while the air role
continues shrouded and unveiled.
Subject to debate in Parliament
FARMER'S HELPER
Repeated scientific xam.ia a -
'Lions of pellets of indigestiibile
material coughed up by the'Arn-
erican screech awl show that
rhi$ predatory bird is beneficial
to agriculture. Living mostly
on small imamrnals, is consumes
large quarntities of . seed and
plant destroying rodents.
and In committee, and inthe abil.
itv o$ the party in power to swing
it, no one can' reject the dec.
ision. 1? inancial considerations
have decided the magnitude. It
is when, we come to the funct.
tonal details of the "Force" that
the current torrent of criticism
has been precipitated; the me.
thods whereby the policy is to
be implemented 9.nd the suspicion
that the. "Policy" is designed to
fit a political shibboleth called
'unification', rather than a state.
swanlike effort to provide the nu-
cleus for future integration into
Western defence forces. >.
It can be argued with some
truth, that financial reaons have,
forced Britain to cuter cloth
to match her economy in similar
fashion. But there are substantial
exceptions. Britain possesses al.
ready, and intends to increase, its
naval nuclear deterrent in the
shape of Polaris -armed nuclear -
powered submarines. Britain has
not destroyed her ability to ex-
pand, if and when, a conventional
war comes along. (Conventional
here means restricted to -the use
of nonnuclear weapons.) -Britain
has not degraded her Combined
Staff- her repository of brains..
and experience. The ee chiefs
of staff remain. No h stage has
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been given to the Hellyer idea
that unanimity of service opine
ion ip achieved by sweeping°two
out of three of the services under
the rug. Britain gives no hint
of unification byliquidatitn. The
three, British SerVices still re.
tain their own Parliamentary re.
presentatives; and there is no
sign of a 'floating kidney' to the
lee.
The corollary to this last dif-
ference is that there is no hint
of the British minister of de-
fence being a dictator, such as
is inherent in the Canadian arr-
angement: one minister, one chief
of staff. Immediately a maximum
of dictatorship with a minimum
of leadership.
When we come to the details.
and they are very important de.
tails- it is surprising to find
that n an age of specialization,
the Canadian minister of defense
proposes to ignore it. You have
only to look at the Christmas toys,
now _on display, to realise the
complexity of modern weapons.
Canada appears to be proposing
'force' of jacks-of-all-trades; and
masters of none!
Last and far from least, we
come to the most complex seg.
ment iii any defence force.
the man. His inherent aptitudes,
his pre.service knowledge; his°
likes and dislikes. You are' en.
listing this man and will then
expect of him a performance
far above and beyond the 're.
guiations;' far in excess of his
'duty.' Fo r success you will
have to capture his very soul,
as well as his imagination, for
here is no automaton,
To maintain this devotion you
will have to provide the incen-
tive of promotion. Haw exactly
does the average volunteer of this
"force" 'picture his ladder ..tothe
top? At the moment it must be
akin to a Rohrschack drawing. To
one it is the sea; to another, a
mountain; to a . third cumulus
,cloud. Can it be honestly accept.
ed that this paradox, which is to
be bulldozed through Parliam-
ent, will produce fighting men?
The volunteers we seek ate not
cast in lead and "sold in boxes
of fifty. Is this indeterminate
'profession' going to inspire the
loyalty and devotion we connote
with 'service?'
Hellyer may have produced a
'rara avis' but is he advancing
the cause of Western defence?
In sun then, the defects of the
Hellyer proposals, farfrombein
based on emotion, deal with sue
omissions and comna'ssions as:
(a) Unification by liquidation;
(b) No thought for the morrow;
(c) No thought for collaboration
with our friends; (d) No tri.
service brain trust; (e) dictator-
ship, rather than leadership; (f)
specialization ignored; (g) volun.
teers regarded as automatons.
Perhaps you can hear some of
the voices from the past. "We
put too° much faith in systems
and look too little to men" (1)
"Modern warfare is an intricate
business about which no , one
knows everything and few know
very much." (2) "holdheads res-
ponsible for their respective dep.
artments with direct communic-
ation with the secretary of state.
(3)
Mr. Hellyer and Mr. Lee might
have these hung above their beds!
Notes: 1. by Disraeli. 2. Frank
Knox in 1942, 3. Florence Night.
ingale in 1859' addressed to Her.
bert, the Secretary of State for
War, after the Crimean admin.
•istrational debacle.
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