FAILURE TO RESPOND

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2959, 23 December 1916, Page 9

FAILURE TO RESPOND

ARRESTS EXPECI'ED . : Thirty-nine*-of- the -ReserviiEts chosen • Vv ballot in Group 5 (Wellington City and Suburbs) have so far'failed to com--nlv- with the-instructions issued by De- ' fence Headquarters. .. These :men were directed'to foriMedi- •: cal. examinationTlast^week: 1 .Tliey did ' - hot, apDear at that time, and iliey Were : notified that-.they must; parade at the ..- > Suckle Street Barracks at 10,. a.m." on tWs iweek.-.-...-.The official- - notice rauras follows... : ■•»-\ou are. required-to. report to -: . the Group Commander at the. Gar- ' • rison • Hall. ■ Biickle Street;' on • • ••Thursday.- December" .21st,'. • :a,t ' 10 -■ 'a.m.. and'furthei 11 . to-explain-your fiiliire '.'to " att'entl - : the'. MetTica!' , . ' -Board as instru<sted: "I:a'm. directed: •' thst|.non-compliaiiGe ' frith wiUrrendftir .'youic' arreet- '.' We : tafei^'at-'aii.y' - ■ "'moment;--:-' •JS^er^S^^'^iiceMiJßd 1 ; . i.. raiikvai ilj- , itf%'p\ai..;;tov .-; the Alihtajy;_author|ties .•fhit'"'sop.6, of -" - tWnv.lwy.e.'.ope.nly^a'nribiin^ ' "V':fe i ntion''pf;'def^'iflg'-^M' , lftw> , -Tlieir ; - . fence'.is, Ji6.t : a. siyil one -.- ; iqne.:,Mid!thex;'are'; liahlg'Hd'hVarresfed' ■■■vat"once, andr.'handed mili- .. .' -.tary.. branc]f... necessary.'Vmachiii-' 1 . ery is j.Teady',and merely' requires ~t& / 'be set-in' motioh. ( " v : " " '■ . . Delay, in _th'e en'fo'rcements'.of thei Act-' '! -would haye'.fhei "effect of increasing "the shortage thjit is threateried'in'the)24tli which be mob- - ilised in the first Week of' January. ■ • This'draft is befn* taken-/into camp .." nearly,a month late, and the quotas nf i the va.'rious; recruiting districts, include ' . men. to cover - the accumulated shortaces of. the last few months.,' The JUI- ] sns .of the Reinforcement'-at: the time . of mohiiisaiion is'Tiiglily important .but preliminary fikipes indicate ■ that in ... Vsb'rne of .the districts the numbers'of ' .'yilii.nteers. . arid"combulsory ' recruits "available will" not'suffice to-complete the quotas. This" seems'- likely to b6 "' ' Hhe'case 'in: Group's.:'where, there is-a , large quota-to bo'filled. ..Figures' l an- '. - nounced "for Group. 9- -'(ChristchnrcW '" BhoV tIM • 92 volunteer's,' 43 balloted. .'• : 3ien,' - and 3'- men- Aummbnetl ' under : Clanse' '3p;'are available .for the draft,. " . ; • leaving "a shortag&'of'64;men-. --