PROGRESS OF RECRUITING
STATEMENT BY HON. J. ALLEN. Tho Hon. J. Allen, Minister of Defence, whon in Christchurch on Saturday, speaking on tho subject of recruiting, said that he thought there would bo no difficulty in obtaining the full quota for tho Tenth, and also that the Elevonth would go into camp in December ■with a full quota. The Government ■would not make any move towards conscription as long as the voluntary system subscribed the men, and for his own part ho thought tho voluntary system would carry them through. He would emphasise the fact, however, that there must be no letting down of reinforcements. According to solemn promises mado to the Imperial New Zealand was bound to send away reinforcements at regular intervals, and with their full complements. Unless it was shown that the voluntary system had absolutely broken down, Mr. Allen said he did not think the Government woud have recourse to conscription. As regards tho national register of men, Mr. Allen said that tho numbers had come up to expectations—about 800,000. He could givo no indication nt present of the general trend of the replies, and it was in no way a mild 1 form of conscription. The Government, said Mr. Allen, was making ' very ' complete arrangements concerning the employment of recruits ■who wero waiting the call to go into camp. Ho had conferred with, both the Public Works Department and the Labour Department, and arrangements wero in hand which ho thought would satisfactorily solve the problem. _ The dental treatment of recruits had also received; its full measure of consideration, and there would be a dental branch of the Medical Corps. '• With regard to the nurses, Mr. Allen said that: the staff would have to be extended, probably by about 130 nurses, and details were already in hand.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2619, 15 November 1915, Page 6
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301PROGRESS OF RECRUITING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2619, 15 November 1915, Page 6
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