COMPULSORY SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1658, 27 January 1913, Page 4

COMPULSORY SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA.

INTERESTING PARTICULARS.

Tho lat&t figures issued by tho Australian military authorities show that during last quarter a considerable num. ber of boys who had shirked their training have lwn discovered, and havebeen brought under tho Act. A\ hci\ tho 1898, lot woroi registered, it was found that thero wcro 'about 10.00Q boys missing. During the 18 months in which the compulsory service has beon about 4000 of these shirkers have been traced, so that the figures just issuM show that, there are now some 0000 lads to bQ accounted for. Tho figures up to the end of November have been prepared by Qapiain Dodds, Director of Personnel tor tho Adjutant-G«neral. _ Dealing with the numbers of men in training under tho compulsory servico schomo in tho militia forces, the total registrations nnmlwr 33,590, whioh, cvf course, does not includo thoso in tho militia before the new scheme commenced to operate. Of this number 17,253 have been exempted from drill, mainly for the reason that they livo too far from the training ureas. That tho health of tho cadets is good is shown by tho fact , that there aro 83 per ccnt. who are medically fit, Tho actual number in training is 10,854. Tho numbor of registrations for the senior cadets wh(V9O. ages rango from H to 17 years is 118,315, and tho pctual number In training is 00,100, Tho number medically fit was 01 per cent. There liavo to, bo added to thoso the junior cadot-s, who number 41.530. Tho following is 1 the allotment of the cadets who were last year drafted into tho militia forces, who aro now distributed among the various units:— ' . Light Horse 818 Field Artillery 850 Garrison Artillery 30.1, Engineers 571 Infantry 13,71!) Army Scrvice ...... 200 Army Medical Service.. 359