[CP] Open letter on unity

Day 1,207, 17:10 • Published in Ireland Ireland • by Digits 05637716

Today I received a pm about A. What is the President's Guard and B. raising concerns about the soldiers who were supplied on a deployment the previous day (namely Michael Hook, Boris Tomic, Ari, mirek and Digits). Originally I was going to pm it, but decided to publish it in an article instead, and hopefully raise and solve any issues which may currently be outstanding.

A. What is the President's Guard?

One would have assumed that someone as involved as you would have read my military manifesto. Link is here:

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-cp-election-i-am-a-military-man-1699721/1/20

Having received a large proportion of the vote, there is a mandate for the idea. At no point does it indicate that it is restricted to army members only. I stated that I will work with the army to make it a reality. The army as represented by Nephworks agreed with it, and we worked out and finalised the system, which I have already shared to you.

There were previous references to it in my first article, which can be seen here:

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/-cp-digits-fun-day-at-the-office-1703112/1/20

To further clarify exactly what it is, unless there is a serious battle, I deploy 5 men to the place where the Priority 1 Battle is. A team leader which I select picks the first 4 men from a list I give him who respond, and deploys with them to fight in that location. This is organised through an org provided for by the government, and works as an efficient system, with only 1 org needing supplies, 2 times. Fights are on a once off basis, each soldier only gets 1 deployment,

It has worked well, it takes responsibility off the already overworked IA men, and gives other people a chance at building their leadership skills.

B - Supplies and personnel

Here is where it gets tricky. First off, as an ordinary soldier, why didn't you take up your issue over supplies with your Chief of Staff? Is this complaint as a soldier or a citizen?

Michael Hook and Boris Tomic are members of the IA. The IA roster is in need of an update. Mirek resigned from the IA, as did Dan Murchadh. It is my understanding that Dan, Mirek and Boris worked in the IA companies for a period and did not receive supplies either at all, or at least equalling the production they made.

Simiarly, I have produced vastly more quantities of goods than I have been supplied with, but I rarely request them, and never complain. Furthermore, the other day I recovered over 400 Q3 food (2400 health), weapons and thousands of grain in government orgs. Immediately I offered the use of this to the Irish Army. I am under no obligation to. Through my own work, and the the donation I am giving via government assets to the IA, this more than covers any supplies used.

Furthermore, Nephworks as CoS has given the ok to supply the President's Guard, and in fact wants to supply them more goods than I do.

So if your concern is about supply levels, I don't think your concern is warranted. However, you and me both know that your concern isn't about supply levels.
So is the concern about the principle of the thing? That if someone doesn't work in a company for minimum wage, they don't deserve to be part of army life? Michael Hook, for example, has a small network of companies in which he works, which precludes him from working in IA companies. Does this mean he only gets to fight with his army mates when Ireland is in mortal danger?

In my view, no, and 1 day's supplies from the many supplies which are not given out will not kill anyone. In fact, you may have noticed a serious proportion of our active population slip away abroad or leaving the game, due to partisanship. In my view, this is an absolute national scandal. There was two sides to it, everyone knows this, and it has mainly stopped, but I will not let whatever part of it thats left to continue. I have a vision where everyone should feel comfortable being a member of the army, and fighting with their countrymen. They should not feel they can not take part due to personal differences. Too many people have flown the coop, burned out by the intensity of Irish life, and this is a shame. More than once, I counted myself among that group.
So you can say what you like about companies and supplies, but to me removing the partisan nature from our country is priority number one. One of the soldiers who was deployed remarked that it was a great feeling serving their country again. That's part of what I want from this exercise - people to serve, and want to serve with their countrymen. I want people to be proud to be eIrish, I want those abroad to know they can come back to a fair, honest and hard-working country, and for those who have left the game to feel they can come back because they might actually enjoy themselves. The damage dealt helps to, but its main priority is unity, training, comaraderie and co-ordination.

Nextly, everyone has a right to play the game the way they wish, and I support that right. There was a serious element within our society which said that if you didn't "work hard", that you didn't count. I might once have counted myself under that opinion, but I don't now. We can not seperate ourselves into groups based on what and how we do things. Unity is the first cause, and I will stand up for it in the face of any criticism.
If this event serves to bring any of those citizens involved back into the unified national army, then it will have served it's purpose.

There is not one person in this country that I will not work with to achieve the best for Ireland, and now I ask you to do the same. For me, that's the principle of the thing.

Digits

Irish Country President

P.S. I can 99% confirm that I have persuaded Sweet Drinker to come out of retirement and back to the game to help me with the accounting and recording element of the MoF. 1 down, how many more to go? Darragh next.