MILITARY SERVICE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3558, 19 September 1916, Page 3

MILITARY SERVICE.

FRESH REGULATIONS GAZETTED

OBLIGATIONS OF RECRUITS

.WELLINGTON, September 18. Regulations under the Military Service &et gazetted to-night are as follow:—Every voluntary recruit shall at th« time when he takes the;oath of allegiance under the Expeditionary. Forces Act, 1915, be attested ■in the presence of a«i attesting officer. Every compulsory recruit shall, before being first received into a camp',, of military training, or forthwith thereafter, be attested in the presence of an attesting officer. Every compulsory recruit may, if he so desires, take the oath' of allegiance and be attested in the same manner as a voluntary recruit, instead of in the manner set forth in the second schedule. Every compulsory recruit who refuses or fails when required to do so by any officer under whoso command he is, to appear before an attesting officer, and there to answer all questions submitted to him and be attested in accordance with these regulations, shall be guilty of disobedience to the lawful, commands of an officer under whose command he so is, and shall be -liable under the Army Act accordingly. . A yoluntarj recruit may, on his attestation, «\ c"~ cate the Reinforcement draft' to which he desires to be attached; but if he is a Reservist belonging to the First Division, no such indication shall n any manner limit or affect his obligation of immediate military service as a member of an Expeditionary Force, and'he shall be liable, by. virtue of his enlistment, to serve at any ; time, and in any Reinforcement • draft, in _ the sumo "manner as if he had enlisted without any such indication. Nevertheless', effect shall be given to nny such indication so far as the Commandant thinks consistent with the public interest.