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N v NEW ZEALAND EMWBmONARY FORCE | IHLFttCEBTSI |■' ;To llie Maofeood of Zealwid between the ages of 20 and 40 years. YOUR EMPIfiE CALLS ENGLAND EXPECTS! i |N order to miintain a.regular supply of REINFORCEMENTS for the NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY j- ■'!. FORCE, every man of the required age who is a British subject and is medically fit owes a duty to his ■i> 1\ ; REGISTER YOUR NAME AS A RECRUIT TO SERVE YOUR KING AND COUNTRY ■ Due to the patriotism of your forefathers, ENGLAND is to-day able to assert the principle of JUSTICE and j RIGHT. Are you by your neglect going to deprive our Empire of this privilege and power! j i ■ PROVISION IS MADE FOR YOU WHEN , SERVING YOUR COUNTRY to receive PAY at the .. j following rate: As a Private, from the day ©f leaving for Camp you will receive 4s. per diem for seven days in | the week. This will be paid to you In full at intervals of ten to fifteen days for the first calendar month. After j I that date the daily rate will be Ss. You will be fed and clothed until discharged. Arrangements can be made j to enable you to allot any portion of your pay to relatives or friends, or to a bank until your return, but only 2& | a day can be drawn after embarkation. The balance, If not allotted, will be held as deferred pay, and paid to . j you on discharge or on return to New Zealand. j REGISTER NOW ; : 1 Ragistration-cards can be obtained from any Post Office or Defence Office- When filled in send to th® nearest Defence Office, or Officer commanding your unit. j ' DON'T GIVE "OP ' WORK UNTIL ORDERED TO DO SO. ' | -loil fel for the rest of .your life you shirked joor duty whan your Empire's eKistenoe depended on your help. j GOO SAVE THE JUNG.' |

1. HOW TO ENLIST:-. ' Apply to the nearest Defence Office or Post-office for ' information and registration-card. Fill in the card and send it to the nearest Defence Office (no stamp required). When you are called on for medical examination, do not give up your civil employment. Medical examination is only a stage in the proceedings, after which you return to work and wait until you are ordered to parade. Due notice will be given so that arrangements may be made to settle private affairs. ■ 1 Serving Territorials must register through their Unit Commanders. 2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTOF REGISTRATION: Registration-cards received by the Defence Authorities will be acknowledged. The acknowledgment will be given a registration (serial) number, which • should be referred to in all subsequent correspondence. . , 3. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Intending recruits who change their place of residence must notify the Defence Office with whom

CONDITIONS. -IINFORMATION1 INFORMATION FOR INTENDING RECRUITS. ,

'• At the end of the first' month pay is increased to | Expeditionary Force rates—that is, ss. per day 1 in the.case of privates. From this pay is deducted any allotments that the men desire to make. | Only 2s. a day can be drawn after embarkation, the • j balance, if not allotted, being held as deferred pay, s { and paid to the soldier on discharge or on return \ to New Zealand; in case of death, paid to nest-of- j • kin or legal representative. \ 12. CLAIMS BY DEPENDENTS FOR i MAINTENANCE:- j Each man on arrival at Camp, at the same time as i he is attested will have to sign a form giving the j Defence authorities power'to utilise any portion of \ his deferred pay, or half of his total pay, for the . benefit of any of his family left unprovided for, • on claim being made on dependents's behalf. [ (Family means and includes parents, wife, legi- i timate children and any person in whose favour a \ Maintenance Order lias been or may hereafter be \ be made under "The Destitute Persons Act, i 1910.") ' j

8. VACCINATION AMD INOCULATION ( In the interests of himself and of his comrades, every soldier is required to have been vaccinated and inoculated for enteric. No recruit 'will be accepted unless he agrees to vaccination and inoculation. ' 9. .EQUIPMENT:-:; All equipment, clothing, blankets, etc., will be provided free by the New Zealand Government. | 10. TRAINING Before leaving New Zealand men are liable to be trained for four (4) months at Trentham or for any shorter period ordered. It. PAY:Men. who enlist for service with the Expeditionary Force receive pay at Territorial Force rates for the first month in camp—that is 4s. per day in the case of privates. The whole of the money is paid direct to the men at intervals of ten to fifteen days.

they registered. Should they go to another district they must re-register in the new district.. 4. TERMS OF'ENLISTMENT-.- . Enlistment is for the period of the war and until such time thereafter as may be necessary for re- . turn and discharge in New Zealand. 5. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE:— ' Every soldier is required to take the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty the King in a prescribed form. 6. REQUIREMENTS • Age must be between twenty and forty years. Height must be.over oft. 4in. Weight must be under twelve stone. Fit for service. 7. MEDICAL TEST:— The medical examination requires, amongst other matters, that a recruit should have good, eyesight, good hearing, no ruptures, no defects, not subject ■ to fits, and be possessed of sufficient teeth for efficient mastication.

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2462, 15 May 1915, Page 8

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Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2462, 15 May 1915, Page 8

Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2462, 15 May 1915, Page 8

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