UNWILLING MEN.
THOSE WHO WILL NOT SERVE. AN INTERESTING ANALYSIS. The analysis of the returns by the Government Statistician (Mr .Malcolm Eraser), resulted in the unwilling men being classified as follows, according to the reasons given by them for their refusal to serve : Religious or conscientious 819 Business : Financial ... ... 617 On account of farm ... 992 Business obligations ... 516 Studying ... ..; 22 Holding contract ... ' 16 Serving apprenticeship 13 Cannot be spared by employer ... ... 16 Producing food and military articles ... 10 Scarcity of labor ... o Personal: Health 2692 Family and personal 215 Contemplating marriage ~>3 Parental .objections ... 80 ~ Age-"'■''l ■• ... ... 27 •Afraid" ... ■•■ 1} Of foreign extraction ... 15 Health: Stature ... ... 23 Brothers at front ... 15 . 3131 Political: Favor conscription' ... 210 Political '... ... 36 Treatment of troops ... \6 Insufficient military pay. pensions, etc . . 8 Miscellaneous: Willing to serve elsewhere 4.1 Leaving New Zealand ... 79 Miscellaneous ... 34 No reason stated ... < '3J 83!*.' A further classification of these men shows their conditions of health, as stated by them in answer to the questions on the census form:— Very good ... 187 Good ... •:•-;, 3971 Indifferent ... -,'2957/ Bad ... ■ ■■■, 770 Not stated ...;V 205■ ;_' V" Total .i'8390
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 45, 28 January 1916, Page 3
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184UNWILLING MEN. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 45, 28 January 1916, Page 3
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