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24th REINFORCEMENTS

MOBILISING THIS WEEK.

The mobilisation of the 24th Beifl- • forcemeats will begin this week. Con- - siderable interest attaches to the event owing to the fact that the drafts from the various districts will include the first batches of balloted- men,' who will enter the training oamps side by side with the volunteers. The figures at present available indicate_ that there is going to be a shortage in the draft/ . Enough, men are available to fill an ordinary, four-weekly reinforcement, but the quotas for the 24th Reinforcement include the recruits required to.cover, previous shortages, and it appears likely that some part of tho deficiency, will have to be carried forward again. - The Defence authorities are disposed to regard the state of, recruiting generally as favourable. Voluntary recruiting has kept up fairly well during the holidays, when it might have been expected to slacken, end is providing a. , considerable proportion of the inen required for successive drafts. Morel than 700 volunteers are available already for ihe 26th Reinforcements. Themachinery of the Military Service Act • lias moved slowly, and the number ot ■ cpmpulsorily enlisted men available this month will not be as large as was originally expected. But apparently the delays that have taken place are not regarded- with-much concern, by],, the authorities, provided that the men' i>ecome available in the near futureJust how many of', the balloted ,meit will enter camp this month • cannot--be ganged with certainty.in advance. The . extent of the response w>ll be revealed by the actual mobilisation. , , .•>.-'. ■ Tho indications are that the majorityof the balloted men will present them;, selves withoutitrouble on the days.of mobilisation. "I am very pleased with the qnality and the general attitude of the men chosen by ballot," said the Minister of Defence (the Hon. J. Allen) to a Dominion reporter yesterday. "Most of theso men are evidently- will-, ing to play the game fairly. They may have liad reasons for not comitgfor'ward as volunteers, but now that'thejr\ lot has 'fallen upon them they are willing to join the forces and do their duty. lam quite sure they are going to help to maintain the high reputation already won by Now Zealand's troops." The Minister'added tlint the Defence authorities realised fully . that rerr many of the balloted men- had had sound Teasons,. domestic, business or otherwise, for not volunteering,for ser- . vice There, was going to he absolutely no distinction in the training camps- v between volunteers and compulsonly enlisted men, and he trusted there would-be no friction of any kind.'

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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 4

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24th REINFORCEMENTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 4

24th REINFORCEMENTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2966, 2 January 1917, Page 4

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