Single Men Asked First.
General instructions will he given to tho district committees regarding tho methods to be followed in securing rccruits, but details of the scheme in each district will be arranged by d responsible committee.' Every, committee will bo . informed of the number of recruits reutiired fro in its , district month bv . ' month, and it. will be asked to undertake enlistment or the .full quota. Though the Government has not made any definite pronounce--inent on tho subject, Mr. , Massey . stated that recruits will naturally be ' sought first among the independent , single men, but if necessary an appeal ] wil° be made to married men. Every Man to be Canvassed. j As it is estimated that there 'are already probably sufficient enlistments < to-, fill tho Twelfth Reinforcements, which will begin training about the middle of next month, tho first object of the scheme will be to secure recruits for the Thirteenth Reinforcements, . which will be,assembled a month later. The canvassing of eligible men will bo continued'-steadily, till every one lias j been given an opportunity to state Ins J intentions. Any . man who is iiiiable to join the forces immediately will be asked to say when lie can do so, and a ; memorandum of his answer will be made. • If the work is done thoroughly 1 cach committee should eventually_ complete : a list of all eligible men in its district who are willing to volunteer. Its duty will-then be to ensure, that its quota of recruits is complete each month by calling upon those, who liavo promised to enlist for any particular draft, and if necessary urging others to come forward earlier than they originally proposed. Recruiting rolls are to be the : confidential property of ! committees. -They will become records • of the response made to the appeal; or ! the date on which every volunteer ens listed, .and the dato of his departure l for the training camp. Tlie committees ' will also he asked to add to the rolls • the names of any men who appear to i. have been overlooked in the national registration. Tlie Recruiting Board lias asked General Robin, Acting Commandant, and Colonel Gibbon, Chief of the General Staff, for suggestions regarding, tho scheme from a 'military point of view. The Prime Minister expects that their report-, will be received within a • week. The preparation of district rolls will involve a considerable amount of y work, and tlio board-has also to appoint certain executive officers to assist f ui the organisation of the scheme, ' Mr. Massey Optimistic. s Mr. Massey remarked that the .-holidays had undoubtedly affected recruiting for tho December draft, but actually not to a serious extent. Tliero wero still some vacancies in tho Eleventh Reinforcements, but these would! be filled during this week. Ho did not anticipate any difficulty in regard to tho rr January contingent, and he had no v doubt in his mind that tlie Government would be able to send during 1916 the o full number of men which it had uiiderd taken to provide.
It was a merry convalescent boy officer, back from tho front, who told of his great feat of arms. For 12 hours lie and a "Tommy" had lain helplessly , wounded and unobserved, mutually consoling each other. At last they saw four German soldiers approaching. "All up now," was the thought, as the enemy halted hfeside them, .No such thing. Tho enemy asked to bo taken prisoners! Our boy officer consented, on condition that the four Germans should support tlio two .Englishmen into camp., Tho conditions were duly observed'. A passenger alighting ..from a tramcar at the Quai des Tiuleries, fell, and t-iio wheels of the car passed over one of his legs, says a Paris message to the "Morning' Post." To the surprise of those who hurried to his assistance, he got up smiling, explaining that the log run over was a wooden one, and that tho ai'fair was of no consequence as the leg which replaced one lost at the battle of tha Mama w:va short, and ho , .'vas, on hi§ way. to have it changed^-.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2654, 28 December 1915, Page 6
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680Single Men Asked First. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2654, 28 December 1915, Page 6
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