30-day leave per year has been revoked
The peacetime practice of awarding 30 days’ furlough per year to servicemen has been revoked by all branches of service except the WAAC.
For the most part furloughs are granted only if the men can be spared from his war training duties. They are granted at the discretion of a man’s commanding officer upon the man’s own application.
Ordinarily, the armed services permit a man to return on leave in case of family death or another serious emergency. For those overseas, however, such furloughs are out because of limited shipping facilities and possible disruption of training.
As for shipment to overseas posts, the government has the right, unless otherwise specified in the enlistment papers, to send its men anywhere at any time, regardless of the amount of training a man may have had. No one is guaranteed a furlough before leaving the country.