RECRUITING SCHEME

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2694, 14 February 1916, Page 6

RECRUITING SCHEME

$ - THE SUMMONS FOR SERVICE MEN TO BE CLASSIFIED TWO FORMS OF ENLISTMENT" The Recruiting Board's scheme provi.%; for two methods of enlistment. 'l'lie first. class will be known as Category A, and will consist of the men who register for a definite Reinforcement draft, and who know the week of the monui in which tlicy will be tailed up to go to camp.' Tho advantage a-bout this class, therefore) is that every reemit who is registered in it knows more or less exactly the date oil which ho is to receive the cail to serve, and he is thus able to fix up his private allains and to so make his arrangements as to be in a position to respond when tho summons comes. There is no question of selection in tho case of Category A, as every recruit who registers in it knows definitely what bis position is and when ho will be:called up. But in addition to registering men for particular Reinforcement drafts a register is to be kept of' men who are willmg to come up at fourteen days' notice, as required by the Defence Department. The men so registered will be classed as Category 15. They will be enlisted for any arm of the service, and will form a ■ reserve, and will be used to make up any shortages that may occur from time to time in particular drafts when they are callid up l'or training.' The hoard's scheme provides that when ,men are refrom Category B to make good a deficiency in any particular draft, or to meet ajiy sudden demand, they are to bo called up by the Defence Department Group Officer by classes, and in such . order as may be decided by the Recruiting Board. It has been decided that the. men in Category B shall be called up in each military group area as required in the following order and classes as far as practicable:— First —Single men without dependents. Second—Single men with dependents and married men without children. Third—Married men with two or less children. Fourth—Widowers with children. Fifth —Married men with more ■ than two children. Tho position, therefore, will be that of the men' registered in Category B in each group area, all the single men without dependents will be first exhausted to make good deficiencies tnd to.meet sudden demands before the second class, consisting of single men with dependents and married men yithout children, are drawn upon • and tho latter in turn will be used up. before tho third class aro called upon to serve, and so ou until only married men with two or more children are loft in the group. Arm Badges. Importance is attached by the Recruiting jjoard to tho wearing of the distinctive arm 'badges by those entitled to woar them. Tho Order-m-Council authorising the issue of arm badges has I een passed, and will be gazetted at once. The badges will bo ready for issue early in the week. Those men ait present entitled to wear them must make application for them, owing to the, impossibility of searching tlio- records to discover those to whom to send them . From this week, of course, tho issue will- bo automatic. The regulations regarding tho'issue of badges to those who hivo enlisted, who have been discharged, who have been rejected, or who aro engaged jn an ex- • empted industry were gazetted on Saturday. "Exempted industry" moans any industry which iu tho opinion of the Minister of defence is so related to the requirements of the present war that tho recruiting of persons engaged in that industry is not expedient in the public interest. The regulations state, further, that every badge shall be accompanied by a card 1 signed by a military ollicar and containing particulars as to the person to whom it is issued and the reason for its issue. No person other than a person to whom such a badge has been duly issued by a military officer shall wear any badge so approved by the Minister of Defence, or any badge so nearly resembling the same as to bo. calculated to deceive. Every person to whom any badge has been issued shall at all times while wearing the badge or having it an his personal possession carry with him the card issued to him along with the badge as aforesaid, and shall on the request of any military officer or constable produce the card for his inspection. Rowland, Jeweller, 90 Manners Street is the firm who are giving 15 per cent. (35." in tho £) to soldiers or their friends when purchasing anything for them. Badges, wristlet watches, engagement riiigß, etc. See Rowland about it. —Advt.