The Stretford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1910. LATEST RECRUITING METHODS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 81, 2 November 1916, Page 4

The Stretford Evening Post. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1910. LATEST RECRUITING METHODS.

The attention of the whole of the 'permanent staff throughout the district Is now engaged on a recruiting campaign to make up the shortages for the 22nd Reinforcements and ■ o make a complete fjuota. .which goes into camp in the,,middle of November. The Taranaki shortage for the 22nd is 55 short and the quota allotted to the 23rd is 79 short, so that 134 men have to bo found by 11th November. When the Military Service Act became law, the voluntary recruiting which has been carried on by the various local bodies acting as Re-

cruiting Committees practically ceased, because ‘ those committees that as the power to en- | force Conscription was on the Statute j?ook the Government should get the ! men. The authorities have been I faced wi th the problem of amending I the National Register appointing! members for Appeal Boards and members for Medical Boards, the latter especially being a very difficult problem as there is a dearth of doctors throughout the Dominion. The Act is already being enforced, 1000 sum-1 mouses having been issued against | citizens under section 30, which is; otherwise known as the “Family j Shirkers Clause.” Meantime, the j mobilisation of the 22nd Draft has j left a shortage of 274 men for the Wellington district, and no loss than 1 555 have to be found for the 23rd draft for the district. The, Defence Authorities have to find, these men, and to do this they, have decided to send the whole of the| instructional staff into the sub-areas to ’make a personal canvass of all men wJjom they may meet. It is confidently expected that the sergeantmajors will bo met in a patriotic, spirit, but those accosted must re- ( member that these Del once officers, are only doing their duty and should ibe treated with duo respect. Taranaki will surely not be 'ouml wanting in putting every effort foitli Ito supply the necessary men. Napier j and Palmerston have already nearly j completed their quotas, whilst Masterton and Gisborne also report good | progress. On the 13th of this month 1 —next Wednesday—the Government 1 will be in a position to operate the ballot and tins mutt not be the first to have the I,allot. It should he remembered that •jho figures given for each gvoup 1 are biased ou the National Registei on a population basis, and each district has only lo supply the numbers required, that is, no men will ho taken from Taranaki .to fill the deficiencies in other districts. Colonel Hone, the officer commanding '.ho Wellington Military District, urges special efforts being n ade b> the. public to assist the Defence of- ' fibers in every possible way, as it 1S aii urgent national call for men. Those in possession of armed badges and acknowledgment cards arc asked to produce them in order to assist in ■ the movement.