MARRIED MEN'S BALLOT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 96, 16 January 1918, Page 4

MARRIED MEN'S BALLOT

> REMAINING CLASS "A" MEN SUMMONED NEARLY 4,000 NAMES

' ;A Gazette Extraordinary issued yes torday contained the names of the me! , forming the fourteenth draft uncle : the Military Service Act. These men 8800 in number, are members of Class 1 /of the Second Division (married mei without children}. They are due t< eiiter camp at the beginning.of May ibut as a. matter of fact they will noi ■be required until later. Class Ais nov exhausted, and the next draw -will bi Wade upon Class B (married men witl one child each). ...The Gazette contained also the name; of 700 First Division men vhc ihave become available for service through attaining military age or-.foi tame other reason. These men will be medically examined during t}io present week, and will be liable to enter camp in April if required to do so. The February'■■ and March reinforcement drafts are already full. ■The total number pf .men called up Hinder the Military Service Act since !the inception of the compulsory'system is now 92,6/4. The places in reinforcements to be filled have numbered about 22,000. The dates of .the drafts have "iieen as follow:— 1916. . - November ~.;■.....:! 4,000 ; December 3,000 "; : ' 1917. January 3,600 ■■■' February ..■». 6,867 -■•■■■ March 4,503 April 4,812 ■•■ May., 5,530 June 8,545 July ..:.. 8,117 September 15,000 . :. October 9,000 November 6,500 ■■.-.-December 5,7001918. January ~,...., 4,500 92,674